Erica

McLain

Event: Triple Jump
Height: 5-7
Weight: 137
PR: 14.15m/46-5.25 (2005)
Current Residence: Plano, Texas
High School: Plano (Tex.) East HS ‘04
College: Stanford ‘08
Coach: Edrick Floreal

Career Highlights: 2007 NCAA Indoor champion; 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.

In 2007, Erica McLain 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, Finland. 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 Conference Championships 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. McLain 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 in Sacramento... 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.

Competition Results:
2008: 1st at Berkeley (13.70m/45-3)
2007: 3rd at USA Outdoors (13.57m/44-6.25)...NCAA Indoor champion (13.91m/45-7.75)...NCAA Outdoor runner-up (13.67m/44-10.25) and 3rd in long jump (6.53m/21-5.25)...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 Finals (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. by T&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