Erik Sloan
 Erik Sloan
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Glenview, Ill.

High School:
New Trier

Height:
6-3

Event:
Distance

2005 Cross Country: Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Finished fourth on the team and 155th overall at the NCAA Championships in a time of 31:28.7 ... Garnered all-region honors by placing 22nd (31:41) at the Midwest Regional Championships ... Finished fourth on the team and 20th overall at the Big 12 Championship (24:35) ... Ran a 24:43.8 at NCAA Pre-Nationals, good for 61st ... Finished 86th in a time of 25:41 at the Roy Griak Invitational.

2005 Outdoor: Finished 21st in the 3000m steeplechase in a time of 9:29.24 at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships ... Won the unseeded 1500m run in a time of 4:00.00 at the Kansas Relays ... Finished 14th at the Texas Relays in the 3000m steeplechase in a time of 9:26.37.

2005 Indoor: Finished seventh in the 5000m at the Husker Invitational in a time of 15:06.16 ... Had a third place finish in the 3000m at the Jayhawk Invitational in a time of 8:48.40.

2004 Cross Country: Redshirted

2004 Indoor: Placed 10th (4:30.78) in the mile at the Wildcat Invitational ... Finished 13th in the 5000m at the Husker Invitational.

2004 Outdoor: Placed sixth in the 5000m at the Hurricane Invitational with a time of 15:41.22.

2003 Cross Country: Competed in four meets ... Finished 40th in the Big 12 Championship with an 8k time of 26:08.8 ... Ran a time of 32:38 at the 10k Midwest Regional Championships to finish 51st.

2003 Outdoor: Competed in six meets ... Finished eighth in the 3000m steeple at the Kansas Relays with a time of 9:56.92 ... Recorded a season-best 3000m steeple time of 9:36.91 at the Ward Haylett Invitational.

2003 Indoor: Competed in the mile and 3000m run ... Placed seventh in the mile at the KSU Invitational with a time of 4:32.29 ... Recorded a fourth place finish in the 3000m run (9:13.13) at the KSU Open.

High School: Named second team All-Midwest (Foot Locker) in 2001 by placing 13th ... Lettered all four years in both track and cross country ... An all-conference selection for cross country (1999, 2000 and 2001) and track (2000, 2001, 2002) ... Earned ITCCCA all-state honors in the 3200m in 2002 ... Placed 16th at the 2000 cross country state championship (14:44)... Obtained All-America status by placing seventh at the 1999 AAU National Cross Country Championships in Lexington, Ky. ... Held the school record in the 3200m (9:19).

Personal: Born Oct. 7, 1983, in Chicago, Ill. ... Parents are Marty and Rosemary Sloan ... Majoring in secondary education-history/social studies.

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