2012-13: Competed four times on the fall, with his best finish coming in a fourth-place performance in the Duke-NC Central dual ... clocked 25:56.6 for 8K to place ninth at the Great American Cross Country Festival ... collected a top-10 finish at the Three Stripe Invitational with a time of 15:39 for 5K.

Prior to Duke: Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track & field at Arlington ... finished 18th overall at the state cross country championship as a senior ... named the Poughkeepsie Journal's Runner of the Year as a junior ... All-American in indoor and outdoor track & field ... helped his squad's distance medley relay take sixth at the 2012 New Balance Indoor Nationals ... finished 11th in the state in the 1,600m indoors during his junior season ... outdoors, was a member of Arlington's distance medley relay that came in fourth at the 2012 Penn Relays and fifth at the 2012 New Balance Outdoor Nationals ... finished sixth in the state in the 3,200m and in the emerging elite mile competition at Nationals in 2010 ... garnered all-state, all-section, all-country and all-league recognition  in cross country and track & field during his prep career ... two-time team captain in cross country and track & field ... National Honor Society member ... an AP Scholar with Distinction.

Personal: Son of Ed and Ann Merenda ... born Jan. 2, 1994 ... has one sister, Stacey.

Cross Country PR
8K- 25:56.6 (9/28/2012)

Outdoor PR
3,200m- 9:10.16 (High School)