Emma Merkel

Fage 21MIBCWMS

33 plausible swims · 5 meets · 2024-06-01 → 2026-07-26

Personal records

Event	Course	Best	Cut	Date	Meet
50 Freestyle	LCM	28.15	Sectionals ✓+1.56s to Futures	2025-07-13	2025 West Michigan Classic venue
100 Freestyle	LCM	59.48	Sectionals ✓+1.79s to Futures	2026-07-24	2026 MI LCM ULTRA Championship Meet venue
200 Freestyle	LCM	2:12.63	Sectionals ✓+7.64s to Futures	2024-06-28	2024 CW Eric Namesnik Memorial Open venue
400 Freestyle	LCM	4:46.89	+4.50s to Sectionals	2024-06-29	2024 CW Eric Namesnik Memorial Open venue
50 Backstroke	LCM	32.08	+0.59s to Sectionals	2024-07-26	2024 LCM ULTRA Championship Meet venue
100 Backstroke	LCM	1:06.86	Sectionals ✓+2.57s to Futures	2024-06-29	2024 CW Eric Namesnik Memorial Open venue
200 Backstroke	LCM	2:22.74	Sectionals ✓+3.45s to Futures	2024-06-30	2024 CW Eric Namesnik Memorial Open venue

National cuts (Sectionals → Nationals) are the current-season meet qualifying times for the swimmer's zone and age group; ✓ marks the hardest cut already achieved.

Fastest relay legs

Leg	Course	Time	Start	Relay	Date	Meet
50 Freestyle	LCM	27.75	flat	200 Free Relay	2026-07-26	2026 MI LCM ULTRA Championship Meet
50 Freestyle	LCM	27.09	flying	200 Free Relay (leg 2)	2024-07-28	2024 LCM ULTRA Championship Meet
50 Freestyle	LCM	26.76	flying	200 Medley Relay (leg 4)	2026-07-24	2026 MI LCM ULTRA Championship Meet
100 Freestyle	LCM	58.82	flying	400 Free Relay (leg 4)	2024-07-26	2024 LCM ULTRA Championship Meet
100 Freestyle	LCM	59.65	flying	400 Medley Relay (leg 4)	2026-07-25	2026 MI LCM ULTRA Championship Meet
200 Freestyle	LCM	2:12.37	flying	800 Free Relay (leg 4)	2024-07-27	2024 LCM ULTRA Championship Meet
100 Backstroke	LCM	1:07.29	flat	400 Medley Relay	2024-07-27	2024 LCM ULTRA Championship Meet

Reconstructed from relay split marks. Flat = lead-off (comparable to individual times); flying starts run ~0.5–0.7s fast and are not PRs.

PR splits

100 Freestyle LCM 59.48

29.16

30.32

Front half 29.16s · back half 30.32s

200 Freestyle LCM 2:12.63

31.44

33.11

34.43

33.65

Front half 64.55s · back half 68.08s

400 Freestyle LCM 4:46.89

32.31

34.89

36.28

36.13

36.97

36.66

37.80

35.85

Front half 139.61s · back half 147.28s

100 Backstroke LCM 1:06.86

33.04

33.82

Front half 33.04s · back half 33.82s

200 Backstroke LCM 2:22.74

33.99

35.89

36.62

36.24

Front half 69.88s · back half 72.86s

Reaction time

fastest 0.67s average 0.712s slowest 0.76s 6 electronic starts

Start reaction over time faster starts higher

From electronically-timed starts only (~2% of corpus swims carry a reaction time). PRs with a recorded reaction show an RT chip in the splits section above.

Swim history

Every recorded swim, newest first

Date	Event	Course	Time	Age	Round	Meet

Individual swims with a recorded date and time — including disqualifications — plus reconstructed relay legs (marked). Assembled in the browser from this page’s data.

Progression

Faster times are higher. One card per event, all courses & history.

50 Freestyle LCM 28.15 2 swims

100 Freestyle LCM 59.48 7 swims

200 Freestyle LCM 2:12.63 3 swims

400 Freestyle LCM 4:46.89 1 swim

50 Backstroke LCM 32.08 2 swims

100 Backstroke LCM 1:06.86 9 swims

200 Backstroke LCM 2:22.74 9 swims