Erica Lynn

Position:
Multi Event
Class:
Senior
High School:
Ames
Hometown:
Ames, Iowa

2005: Outdoors, scored 4,946 points in the heptathlon to place sixth at the Big 12 Championships, setting a personal-best in the hepathlon 100-meter hurdles (14.39) and a season-best in the 200-meter dash (25.79) ... set personal record in the heptathlon at the Walton Combined Events Carnival with 5,041 points, which provisionally qualified her for the NCAA Meet ... earned sixth place with 4,968 points in the heptathlon at the Drake Relays ... clocked 14.17 in the 100-meter hurdles to earn second place and tossed 96-7 in the javelin, good for seventh place, at the Mark Messersmith Invitational ... placed eighth in the long jump at the ASU Invitational with a leap of 17-9 1/2 ... indoors, earned sixth at the Big 12 Championships in the pentathlon with 3,359 points .... placed sixth in the heptathlon at the ISU Classic with 3,640 points ... leapt 5-8 in the high jump, good for first place at the ISU Holiday Classic ... placed sixth in the pentathlon long jump (18-01), shot put (32-02 1/4) and 800-meter run (2:29.47) at the ISU Classic ... clocked a season-best time of 8.91 in the 60-meter hurdles to place second at the ISU Holiday Classic.

2004: Outdoors, tied for seventh place in the heptathlon at the Big 12 Championships with a personal best score of 4,631 ... placed third in the same event at the Tom Botts Invitational (4,405) ... placed fourth at the UNI Twilight in the 100-meter hurdles (14.96) and also placed fourth in the javelin with a toss of 100-01 ... indoors, placed eighth in the pentathlon at the Big 12 Championships scoring a personal-best 3,532 points ... in the pentathlon events, achieved personal-bests in the shot put (33-05 1/4), 60-meter hurdles (9.13), 800-meter run (2:29.99) and high jump (5-05 3/4) ... leapt 17-6 in the long jump at the ISU Classic, a personal best ... placed fourth in the 600-meter dash (1:49.09) at the Wisconsin Invitational ... member of the Academic All-Big 12 Team.

2003: Redshirted indoor and outdoor seasons.

2002: Outdoors, ran on the record-setting shuttle hurdle team at the Florida Relays ... ran a 15.53 at Florida Relays in 100-meter hurdles ... tied for sixth place in the high jump at the Northwest Invitational (5-0) ... threw 9.03 meters in shot put at April Twilight meet ... at Musco Twilight, threw 19.18 meters in the javelin throw, jumped 5.31 meters in the long jump and ran 15.20 in 100-meter hurdles ... placed ninth with season-best of 4,133 points in the heptathlon at Big 12 Championships ... indoors, tallied 3,158 points in the pentathlon at Big 12 Championships to finish 12th ... took sixth place in the 60-meter hurdles at Minnesota Quad ... jumped 1.56 meters in high jump at ISU Open ... ran 9.35 in 60-meter hurdles at ISU Open ... threw 9.30 meters in shot put and tied for fifth place in the high jump (1.57 meters) at UNI Invitational... notched a leap of 4.94 meters in long jump at UNI-Dome Open and took ninth place in the 800-meter run (2:30.37).

Before ISU: Member of three-time CIML conference champion team ... competed in Iowa high school state meet all four years in high school ... in 2001, placed second in the shuttle-hurdle relay, third in the 100-meter hurdles and 4x400-meter relay and placed seventh in the high jump ... placed second in the first-ever high school girls 100-meter hurdle competition at Drake Relays ... also at Drake Relays, member of second-place 4x400-meter relay squad in 1999 ... competed in cross country and appeared in three state championship meets ... had the opportunity to play soccer in Europe during the summer of 2001.

Personal: Born August 4, 1983 ... daughter of Steve and K'Lynn Lynn ... majoring in elementary education ... father is the head coach of ISU men's track and field team.

Outdoor Personal Bests
Heptathalon ? 4,133
100m H ? 14.17
200m ? 25.79
800m ? 2:30.15
Shot Put ? 31-7 1/4
Long Jump ? 18-8
High Jump ? 5-7
Javelin ? 96-7

Indoor Personal Bests
Pentathlon ? 4,968
60m H ? 8.91
800m ? 2:29.47
Shot Put ? 32-11
Long Jump ? 18-5
High Jump ? 5-8

Fun Facts
Nickname is "the coach's daughter" ... ice cream is favorite food ... favorite singer is Lauren Hill ... favorite athlete is Jackie Joyner Kersee ... people she most admires are her parents.
Heptathalon ? 4,133
100m H ? 14.17
200m ? 25.79
800m ? 2:30.15
Shot Put ? 31-7 1/4
Long Jump ? 18-8
High Jump ? 5-7
Javelin ? 96-7

Indoor Personal Bests
Pentathlon ? 4,968
60m H ? 8.91
800m ? 2:29.47
Shot Put ? 32-11
Long Jump ? 18-5
High Jump ? 5-8