2020-21 Track & Field Roster

Erica Hegele
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Shady Spring, W.Va.
- High School:
- Shady Spring HS
2020-21 (So.)
Indoor Season
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Recorded a season best time in the 60-meter hurdles at the Big 12 Championship, where she finished in ninth place (9.32)
- Finished in fourth place (9.35) in the Thundering Herd Invitational 60-meter hurdle
- Placed eighth in the Thundering Herd 200-meter in a time of 27.59
- Earned a seventh-place finish (2:29.90) in the 800-meter at the Big 12 Championship
- Saw a high jump height of 1.43 meters at the Big 12 Championship (11th) and Thundering Herd Invitational (seventh)
- Recorded a long jump distance of 4.93 meters at the Big 12 Championship (10th) and Marshall Classic (sixth)
- In shot put, she recorded a sixth-place finish (10.72 meters) at the Big 12 Championship and a 10th place finish (9.89 meters) at the Marshall Classic
Outdoor Season
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Recorded a sixth-place finish (15.55) in the 100-meter at the RMU Invitational
- Finished in 12th place (27.01) in the 200-meter at the Stan Romanoski Open
- Saw a team season-high time of 14.86 in the 100-meter hurdle at the Raleigh Relays
- Recorded an eighth-place finish (14.88) in the 100-meter hurdles at the Mason Spring Invitational
- At the Mountaineer Classic, she finished in second in the 100-meter hurdles in a time of 15.23
- Placed sixth (4.94 meters) in the long jump at the RMU Invitational
- Finished in seventh place (10.49 meters) in shot put at the Stan Romanoski Open
2019-20 (Fr.)
Indoor Season- Competed in her first career Big 12 Championship, placing 10th in the pentathlon after earning 3,112 points (60m hurdles – 9.29; high jump – 1.40m; shot put – 10.39m; long jump – 4.82m; 800m – 2:30.71)
- Represented WVU in the 60-meter hurdles at the Penn State Tune-Up, taking sixth place with a time of 9.43; also competed in the long jump and posted jump of 4.98 meters to finish seventh
- Competed in the long jump (12th – 5.08m), 60-meter dash (37th – 8.56s) and the 60-meter hurdles (17th – 9.29s) at the Akron Invitational
- Appeared in the indoor for the first time in her career at the Penn State National Open, placing fifth overall with 3,074 points after earning fifth in the 60-meter hurdles (9.29), sixth in the high jump (1.36m), first in the shot put (10.45m), sixth in the long jump (4.92m) and second in the 800 meters (2:32.92)
- Finished in 29th place in the 60-meter hurdle prelims at the YSU Collegiate Invitational, posting a time of 9.83 seconds
- Posted a victory in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.35 seconds at the WVU Open; also competed in the shot put (2nd – 10.38m) and the 200-meter dash (5th – 28.18)
- Made her Mountaineer debut at the Marty Pushkin Open, earning a victory as a member of the 4x400-meter relay (4:10.87) and taking third place in the shot put (10.58 meters), sixth in the 60-meter dash prelims (8.56), fifth in the high jump (1.50 meters)
High School
- Competed at Shady Spring High School for coach Vince Culicerto
- Second Team All-State goalie as a freshman
- Second Team Honorable Mention goalie as a senior
- Played for the Capital City Striders in Charleston, W.Va.
- Member of Flipstarz Gymnastics Club
- Played for the KSI indoor soccer league
Personal
- Daughter of Elizabeth Hegele
- Has two brothers and one sister
- Birthday is October 18
- Majoring in exercise physiology
- Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
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