2024 Men's Cross Country Roster
Biography
SPU: One-year letterwinner; three years with the program. ... GNAC All-Academic in 2024.
Junior (2024): Raced in four of the five meets. ... Scored as the No. 5 team finisher at the Emerald City Open, placing 96th overall. ... Was No. 7 for the team and 79th overall at GNAC Championships. That was his higheset individual place of the season.
Sophomore (2023): Did not compete.
Freshman (2022): Ran in one meet, placing 35th at the season-opening Puget Sound Invitational.
Nathan Hale High School: As a senior in 2021, made the Class 3A (medium-large school) Washington state meet for the first time, placing 114th. ... Set a 5-kilometer personal best time of 17 minutes, 1.6 seconds two weeks prior to that at the Metro League Championships. ... Recorded his highest postseason finish when he took 11th at the Metro League meet as a sophomore in 2019. ... Went to the Class 3A state track meet for the first time as a senior in 2022, running the third leg on Hale's 4-by-400 relay team that placed 20th. ... Recorded his first individual high school victory when he won the 800 meters in a quad meet against Ballard, Eastside Catholic, and West Seattle early in the 2022 season. ... Later in that same season, won the 1600 once and the 3200 once. ... Received a team scholar-athlete award for both cross country and track, and was recognized as one of Nathan Hale's top three scholar-athletes.
Personal: Ethan Forrest Erickson. ... Computer Science / Honors Liberal Arts major.
Fun facts: Began running at age 7 when he joined a local community center track club. Originally was a sprinter, "but I was intrigued by other athletes who ran farther, so I soon became a distance runner." ... Has been running for 11 years prior to arriving at SPU. ... Also has done basketball, ultimate Frisbee, and tennis. ... Favorite cross country course in high school was at Seattle's Woodland Park. ... If not for cross country, would focus on basketball. ... Favorite sport to watch is basketball. ... Dumbest movie he has ever seen is "Fargo." ... Book he just couldn't put down was any in the "Artemis Fowl" series by Eoin Colfer. ... Favorite junk food is chocolate cookies. ... Favorite healthy foods are fruit or homemade smoothies. ... Favorite TV program is "Sherlock." ... His dream car is a Tesla with a custom matte wrap. ... Loves to shop for electronics. ... Favorite sports team is the Seattle Sounders. ... Favorite athlete is Kenyan distance runner Eliud Kipchoge. ... If he could invite anyone to dinner, it would be author C.S. Lewis, and he would serve tea and pastries. ... If he could be any action hero, would be the Green Lantern. ... His friends call him Mantis. ... In 10 years, plans to be a coding creator, related to either machine learning, cybersecurity, or game development.
PRs ON ALL COURSES
(All 8 kilometers unless otherwise noted)
Puget Sound Inviational @ Fort Steilacoom (6K) 20:32.6
Puget Sound Invitational @ Fort Steilacoom (5K) 17:28.0 (2022)
Bill Roe WWU Classic @ Hovande Homestead Park 28:32.9 (2024)
Emerald City Open @ Lower Woodland Park 30:01.3
GNAC Championships @ Sudden Valley 29:56.2 (2024)
CAREER RESULTS
