Erika Daligcon becomes the new head coach of the Falcon cross-country program in 2008, succeeding SPU legend Doris Heritage who held the title for the last 30 seasons. She has been an assistant coach working alongside Heritage for the previous six seasons.
Daligcon competed in distance running in both track and cross country for Seattle Pacific from 1995-97, including a scoring role for the Falcons on their 1995 cross country team which won a conference title and took 14th at the NCAA Championships.
Daligcon graduated from SPU in 1998 and later taught English and performed mission work in western Japan. Erika is married to Nate Daligcon, another alumnus who was an All-America soccer midfielder. They live in the Magnolia neighborhood of Seattle.