Oklahoma State University Athletics
2019-20 Men’s Cross Country & Track Roster
Roster
Andrew Merutka
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Carrollton, Texas
- High School:
- Hebron HS
For an updated list of personal bests, visit the link below:
https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/7481164/Oklahoma_State/Cash__Merutka.html
Personal Best
400 Meters – 46.85
600 Meters - 1:19.37
600 Yards – 1:10.47
800 Meters – 1:52.66
Honors and Awards
2022 Academic First-Team All-Big 12
2022 Indoor Big 12 Championship - DMR
2022 Indoor All-Big 12 (DMR, 4x400 Meter Relay)
2022 Outdoors
Opened his season in record fashion at the Texas Relays, helping the Cowboys break the school record in the 4x400 Meter Relay with a time of 3:05.51… Ran on the winning Distance Medley Relay squad at the Drake Relays, competing on the 400 meter leg of the race in which the Cowboys came across first in 9:40.60… Set a new personal best in the 400 Meters with a time of 46.85 seconds at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships… Ran the second leg of the Cowboy 4x400 Relay at the NCAA West Prelims as they finished 15th overall.
2022 Indoors
Competed at five meets for the Cowboys during the 2022 indoor campaign… Kicked off his season with a 13th-place finish at the Red Raider Open in the 600 Yards… Helped the Cowboys to a fifth-place finish in the 4x400 Meter Relay at the loaded Razorback Invitational with a time of 3:11.98… The next week at the Texas Tech Shootout, the same group finished fourth overall with a time of 3:11.10, which ranks eighth in program history… He saved his best for last at the Big 12 Indoor Championships, earning two All-Big 12 honors in the DMR and 4x400 Meter Relay, with the previous being his first Big 12 Championship with a time of 9:37.90.
2021 Outdoors
Appeared in six meets in his debut outdoor season as a Cowboy… tabbed five top-10 finishes on the season… aided the Cowboys to a fifth-place finish in the 4x400 meter relay at the Michael Johnson Classic… anchored the winning Cowboy 4x400 meter relay team at the John Jacobs Invitational… also raced a personal best 48.04 in the open 400 meters at the John Jacobs Invitational, which placed him fourth… claimed All-Big 12 honors as a part of the fifth-place 4x400 meter relay at the Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
2021 Indoors
Raced in the 600 yards and the 4x400 meter relay at the Texas Tech Shootout… finished fourth in the 600 yards (1:10.97) and contributed to the Pokes’ sixth-place performance in the relay.
2020 Indoors
Competed in the 600m, 600 yards, 800m and 4x400m relay… best finish was third in the 600m at the Arkansas Invitational with a time of 1:19.37… was part of the relay team that took second at the Alex Wilson Invitational with a time of 3:08.76, which marked the second fastest in program history… relay team was also third at the Texas Tech Shootout and fifth at the Big 12 Championships… turned in a personal best 1:52.66 in the 800m at the Texas Tech Shootout… time of 1:10.47 in the 600 yards at the Big 12 Championships was the eighth fastest in school history.
High School
Attended Hebron High School in Carrollton, Texas where he was a three-year letter winner on the track... Two-time Texas 6A District 8 champion in the 400 meters... Also played football for two years.
Personal
Andrew “Cash” Merutka is the son of Mark and Darla Merutka... Born on November 27, 2000... Both parents graduated from Oklahoma State... Majoring in aviation.
