<page_title> Gretchen Merrill </page_title> <section_title> Results </section_title> <table> <cell> U.S. Championships <col_header> Event </col_header> </cell> <cell> 2nd <col_header> 1941 </col_header> </cell> <cell> 2nd <col_header> 1942 </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1st <col_header> 1943 </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1st <col_header> 1944 </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1st <col_header> 1945 </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1st <col_header> 1946 </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1st <col_header> 1947 </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1st <col_header> 1948 </col_header> </cell> <cell> 2nd <col_header> 1949 </col_header> </cell> </table>
Gretchen was a six-time from 1943 to 1948, at the U.S. national champion and thrice placed second in 1941, 1942 and 1949.