University of Detroit Mercy Athletics

Official Collegiate Results & Top Times
 

Career Highlights:

• Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2024)

• Did not run in any meets

• Earned ninth in the 3,000m in 11:26.29 at the SVSU Classic
• Registered a season-best 2:53.73 for 25th in the 800m and was 25th in the mile in 5:38.71 at EMU's Bob Parks Memorial
• Posted a season-best 5:37.05 in the mile for 19th at the Akron Invitational
• Recorded a season-low 11:07.32 for 34th in the 3,000m at the Horizon League Championships

• A four-year letterwinner in cross country and track and field
• A Scholar-Athlete all four years
• Helped her team to a sixth-place finish at the state championship as a junior and ninth as a senior
• Guided the Wildcats to three straight county and regional titles
• A state qualifier as a junior and senior in cross country and track and field
• Took fifth in the two-mile as a junior

Personal:

• Daughter of Danielle Candela and Richard Mery
• Has a younger sister
• Her cousin, Alyssa Balcomb, plays softball at Oakland
• Chose Detroit Mercy because she loved the community and the academic programs
• Enrolled in the 5-year MBA program