[1] Meredith made the 1912 Olympic team shortly after his graduation from Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades in 1911 while he was a student at Mercersburg Academy under Scots-American coach Jimmy Curran.

In April 1915, he ran the last lap for the University of Pennsylvania team that broke the world mile relay record.

[2] After his second retirement from competition, he became a real estate broker but retained an active interest in athletics.

In 1924, he attended the Olympic Games in Paris as a reporter, working for the Christy Walsh Syndicate.

Attendees were a roll call of early 20th century American and Pennsylvanian sports, including Jimmy Curran, Earl Eby, Donald Lippincott, Sherman Landers, Wallace McCurdy, Larry Brown, Joe Lockwood, Robert Bolger, Joe Berry, Allie Miller, Ed Harter, and Paul Costello.