Monique Merrill (born May 26, 1969) is an American world champion adventure racer, ski mountaineer and

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There ...

mountain biker. She studied at the

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. Merrill attended the Pine Crest School until 1987, and studied at the

until 1991. She lives in

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Selected results

''Monique Merrill''
Dynafit. * Six-time champion and record holder for Imperial Challenge Multisport, Breckenridge * Three-time champion and record holder, Co-ed Grand Traverse-Crested Butte to Aspen ski race * 1999: ** 1st, Montezuma's Revenge Mountain Bike 24 Hour Race * 2000: ** 1st, Montezuma's Revenge Mountain Bike 24 Hour Race * 2003: ** 1st, Xterra National Overall, Keystone ** 1st, Montezuma's Revenge Mountain Bike 24 Hour Race * 2005: ** 1st, Life-Link Ski Mountaineering Series * 2006: ** 1st, World Championship

Adventure Racing Team Wild Rose setting out on the paddling section at Full Moon in June 2009, Panorama Mountain Village Adventure racing (also called expedition racing) is typically a multidisciplinary team sport involving navigation over an unmarked wildern ...

, Sweden ** 1st, Primal Quest Adventure Race,

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** 1st, Raid Galouise,

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, Canada ** 3rd, Xterra National Championships,

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** 10th,

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

vertical race * 2007: ** 1st, World Championship Adventure Racing, Scotland ** 1st, North American Randonnee Rally,

Jackson Hole Jackson Hole (originally called Jackson's Hole by mountain men) is a valley between the Gros Ventre Range, Gros Ventre and Teton Range, Teton mountain ranges in the U.S. state of Wyoming, near the border with Idaho, in Teton County, Wyoming, T ...

** 1st, 100 Mile Mountain Bike Marathon, Breckenridge ** 1st, Mountain Crest Marathon 27.2 miles, Breckenridge * 2009: ** 1st, US Ski Mountaineering National Championship,

* 2010: ** 7th,

team race (together with Amy Fulywer) ** 9th, World Championship single race ** 9th, World Championship vertical race ** 9th, World Championship combination rankingISMF World championship combined ranking - women
, ISMF. * 2011: ** 1st, Power of Four, Aspen Mountain, mixed team, together with Mike Kloser

Pierra Menta

* 2009: 7th, together with Sari Anderson

Patrouille des Glaciers

* 2010: 7th (and 4th in the "international civilian women" ranking), together with Lyndsay Meyer and Nina Cook Silitch''2010 Patrouille des Glaciers''

References

External links

Monique Merrill
at ''skimountaineers.org'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Merrill, Monique 1969 births Living people American female ski mountaineers Marathon mountain bikers University of Virginia alumni People from Breckenridge, Colorado American mountain bikers American female cyclists 21st-century American women 20th-century American sportswomen