Erica McLain
Event: Triple Jump
Height: 5-7
Weight: 137
PR: 14.42m/47-3.75 (2010)
Born: 01/24/1986
Current Residence: Menlo Park, Calif.
High School: Plano (Tex.) East HS '04
College: Stanford '08
Coach: Edrick Floreal
Agent: Robert Wagner
Sponsor: Nike
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Career Highlights: 2010 USA Outdoor champion; 2009 USA Outdoor runner-up; 2008 NCAA Outdoor champion; 2007 NCAA Indoor champion; 2007 NCAA Outdoor runner-up; 2005 USA Outdoor champion; 2004 USA Junior runner-up; U.S. junior women’s triple jump record holder; 2002 U.S. Junior long jump champion
Two weeks after capturing the 2008 NCAA Outdoor title in the women’s triple jump with a windy 14.60m/47-11, McLain qualified for her first Olympic Team by placing third at the U.S. Olympic Trials…In 2007, she won her fifth career Pac-10 title with an American collegiate record mark of 14.15m/46-05.25…The future of U.S. women’s triple jumping took center stage at the 2005 USA Outdoor Championships after McClain, a freshman at Stanford, enjoyed a resounding victory and earned a berth on the Team USA roster for the 2005 World Outdoor Championships in Helsinki. McLain broke her American junior record en route to her first U.S. title with a winning jump of 14.01m/45-11.75 on her third of six jumps. Her effort surpassed her previous American junior record of 13.78m/45-2.5 at the Pac 10 Champs in May. "Hitting the American junior record, that was cool," McLain said afterwards. "But it wasn't really my goal. My goal was meeting the "A" standard (“A” qualifying standard for the World Championships). I didn't even have the "B" standard coming into the meet.” McLain was the youngest member of Team USA at 2005 World Outdoors…McLain, who was a three-time Texas state champion in the triple jump as a prepster, started her freshman season at Stanford with a second place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships to earn her first collegiate All-American honor. McLain then won the Pac-10 outdoor triple jump crown to help the Cardinal women win the conference title, she then finished second at the NCAA West Regional, and then earned All-American honors for a second time with a third place finish at the 2005 NCAA Championships… Another notable performance by McClain was her 1st place finish at The Penn Relays, where she leaped 13.34m/43-9.25 for the win even though she had a sprained ankle…a two-time National Honor Roll member and a National English Merit Scholar in high school.
2010: USA Outdoor champion (14.18m/46-06.25w)…3rd at Pre Classic (14.33m/47-0.25)…1st at Payton-Jordan Invite (14.02m/46-0)…1st at California Relays (14.42m/47-3.75)…8th at Monaco (13.78m/45-2.5)…ranked #1 in the U.S. by T&FN...best of 14.42m/47-3.75.
2009: USA Outdoor runner-up (13.91m/45-7.75w)…32nd in qualifying at World Outdoors (13.39m/43-11.25)…2nd at adidas Track Classic (13.67m/44-10.25)...1st at Payton Jordan Invite (14.23m/46-8.25w)…ranked #2 in the U.S. by T&FN…best of 13.91m/45-7.75.
2008: 14th in qualifying at the Olympic Games (13.52m/44-4.25)...3rd at Olympic Trials (13.96m/45-09.75)...NCAA Outdoor triple jump champion (14.60m/47-11w) and 4th in long jump (6.56m/21-6.25) …1st at Berkeley (13.70m/45-3)…ranked #2 in the U.S. by T&FN…best of 13.96m/45-9.75.
2007: 3rd at USA Outdoors (13.57m/44-6.25)...NCAA Outdoor runner-up (13.67m/44-10.25) and 3rd in long jump (6.53m/21-5.25)…Pac-10 Outdoor Triple Jump champion (14.15m/46-5.25)...1st in Triple Jump at Road to Eugene (13.61m/44-8)...NCAA Indoor champion (13.91m/45-7.75)…1st at Stanford (14.15m/46-5.25)…1st at Seattle (13.51m/44-4i)…ranked #3 in the U.S. by T&FN…best of 14.15m/46-5.25.
2006: 3rd at NCAA Outdoors in Long Jump (6.41m/21-00.50)...2nd at NCAA Outdoors Triple Jump (13.66m/44-09.75)
2005: USA Outdoor champion (14.01m/45-11.75 American junior record)...13th in Group B at World Outdoors (13.29m/43-7.25)...1st at Pac-10 Outdoor Champs (13.78m/45-2.50)...3rd at NCAA Outdoors (13.62m/44-8.25)...1st at Penn Relays (13.34m/43-9.25)...1st at Texas Relays (13.51m/44-4)...runner-up at NCAA Indoor Champs (13.62m/44-8.25)...ranked #1 in the U.S. byT&FN...best of 14.01m/45-11.75.
2004: USA Junior champs TJ runner-up (13.30m/43-7.75)...11th at World Junior Champs (12.89m/42-3.50)...1st at Texas Relays TJ (13.14m/43-1.50)...1st at Arcadia Invitational (13.23m/43-5)...1st at adidas Outdoor Champs (13.44m/44-1.25)...1st in TJ at Nike Indoor Champs...best of 13.44/44-1.25
2003: 3rd at USA Junior Champs (12.85m/42-2)...1st in TJ at Nike Indoor champs...best of 12.85m/42-2
2002: U.S. Junior LJ champion (5.88m/19-3.50)...USA Junior TJ runner-up (12.71m/41-8-50)...12th at World Junior Champs LJ (5.75m/18-10.25)...won LJ and TJ at Golden West Invitational...bests of 5.88m/19-3.50, 13.13m/43-1.