Erin Clark (South Eugene HS, Eugene, OR 2013; Colorado 2016) Bio

	Erin Clark Height: 5'5" Year: Junior Hometown: Eugene, Ore. High School: South Eugene Experience: Redshirt
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COLLEGE – 2014: Clark moved into a leadership role as a sophomore as the top harrier for the Buffs. She started the season by winning the Rocky Mountain Shootout. A couple weeks later, Clark placed seventh at NCAA Pre-Nationals. She was fourth at Pac-12s, earning All-Pac-12 First Team recognition. Clark continued to excel and was the runner-up at regionals, earning her second all-region honor in as many years. She capped off the season with a 31st place finish at NCAAs for her first All-America honor.   2013: Clark earned a spot on the varsity roster as a true freshman. She ran the Rocky Mountain Shootout unattached, but finished an impressive third overall. The following meet, NCAA Pre-Nationals, she finished as CU’s No. 3 runner, crossing the finish 28th overall. Clark helped the Buffs to a second-place team finish at the Pac-12 Championship, placing 13th, once again as CU’s No. 3. She recorded her best finish of the season at regionals, coming in fifth overall. Clark finished the year helping the Buffs capture a seventh-place finish at NCAAs by placing 97th.  During the year, she was named All-Pac-12 Second Team and all-region. HIGH SCHOOL: Clark recorded a sixth-place finish at the 2012 Oregon State 6A Cross Country Championships after placing third at the 2011 meet and was eighth in 2010. Following her sixth-place finish as a senior, Clark placed eighth at the Nike Cross Nationals Northwest Regional and took 11th at the Foot Locker West Regional. Clark also competed at the Nike Cross Northwest Regional her junior and sophomore years, placing fourth and seventh, respectively. On the track, she won the state 3,000-meter title twice. Clark won in 2013 with a state and school record (9:32) and she also won as a sophomore in 2011. At the state meet during her junior year, she took second in the 3k and was third in the 1,500. HIGH SCHOOL BESTS: 1,500-meters: 4:28.90; 3,000-meters: 9:32.08; 5,000-meters: 16:41.36.   IN THE CLASSROOM: Clark is majoring in integrative physiology and owns a GPA greater than 3.40.  She tabbed to the honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic team in 2014.   PERSONAL: Erin Elizabeth Clark was born on December 28, 1994 in Albany, Ore. She is the daughter of Andy and Susan Clark and also has one younger brother, Nathan. Her aunt, Kathy Herrmann, ran on Oregon’s cross country and track and field team. Clark also enjoys skiing and was an alpine racer in high school.