2012-13 Cross Country & Track and Field Roster

Erika LaCroix

  • Position Distance
  • Height 0-0
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Shreveport, La.
  • High School McLeod HS

Biography

2012 Outdoor Track Season: Placed second in her section in the women's 5,000-meter run with a time of 17:06.45 at the San Francisco Distance Carnival ... Placed 27th in the women's 10,000-meter run in the Olympic Development Elite event recording a time of 37:02.83 at the Mt. SAC Relays ... Placed fourth (17:22.83) in the 5,000-meter run and placed sixth (36:51.48) in the 10,000-meter run at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships.

2012 Indoor Track Season: Placed second in the 3,000-meter run while also running the seventh-fastest time in school history with a mark of 10:22.58 at the Arkansas State Kickoff Klassic ... Won the women's 5K with a time of 17:38.46 at the ASU Invitational to earn Sun Belt Conference Track Athlete of the Week honors ... Won the women's mile and ran the seventh-fastest time in school history (5:02.72) at the MTSU Invite ... Earned All-Sun Belt honors after helping the Trojans win the women's distance medley relay and run the sixth-fastest time in UALR history at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships ... Also finished fifth in the women's 5,000-meter dash in 17:24.00, the second-fastest time in school history, at the Indoor Championships.

2011 Cross Country Season: Placed 12th in 18:48.70 at the Brooks Memphis Twilight ... Placed third with a time of 11:23.49 at the Arkansas Twilight Run ... Won the women's 5K out of 86 runners in a time of 17:24.20 at the UALR Invitational ... Was the top Trojan finisher for the women's team at the Arkansas Chile Pepper Festival, placing 37th out of 296 runners recording a time of 21:34.8 for the 6K ... Earned All-Sun Belt honors after placing seventh with a time of 18:19.2 in the 5K at the Sun Belt Cross Country Championships ... Was the top Trojan finisher at the NCAA South Central Regional, placing 63rd out of 149 runners in 22:47.2 for the 6K course.

2011 Outdoor Track Season:  Earned All-Sun Belt honors at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships placing third in the 5,000-meter run in 17:57.28 and also placed fourth in the 10,000-meter run in 37:51.41 ranking her third in UALR career records...Recorded career-high in the 5,000 meters at the Beach Invitational placing second in 17:15.01 and ranking her third in UALR career records...Recorded season-high in the 3,000-meter run at the Memphis Tiger Invitational placing seventh in 10:28.78...Also placed second in the 5,000 meters at the UCA Relays in 18:37.30.

2011 Indoor Track Season:  Redshirted.

Cowley College:  Helped lead Cowley College to Jayhawk East Champions, Region VI Champions, and to a NJCAA National Championship in cross country in 2010.

High School:  Competed in track and field and cross country at McLeod High School.

Personal:  Daughter of Shaun Bain and Darien LaCroix... Has one brother, Kyle LaCroix...Born March 10, 1992 in Shreveport, La....Majoring in biology.

Historical Player Information

  • 2010-11Freshman

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  • 2011-12Sophomore

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  • 2012-13Junior

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