| Erica Ziel |
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Junior
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| Hometown:
Saginaw, Mich.
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| High School:
Swan Valley
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| Height:
5-5
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Ziel's Career Honors:
• Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (2007)
2007:
Enjoyed a solid sophomore campaign ... ran in seven meets ... finished among Navy's scoring five in every race ... totaled five top-20 performances ... kicked off the year with a bang with the team's best time, 20th overall, via a 19:22.45 clocking in the 5k Covered Bridge Open ... finished ninth one week later at the Dartmouth Invitational with a time of 21:15.2 ... placed 18th in the Salty Seadog Invitational with a 23:24 showing ... rounded out the team's scoring five at the next three meets, the Paul Short Invitational, the Star Meet at Army and the Patriot League Championship ... she raced to a seventh-place time of 24:48.14 at West Point ... ended the year with Navy's second-best time, a 22:04 clocking, to finish 62nd at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Region Championship.
2006:
Saw action in four races ... opened the year with an 11th-place finish in the 4,200-meter race of the Harry Lang Invitational ... owned a 23:46.25 showing at the Spiked Shoe Invitational ... came in 39th place during the 4k race at the Stanford Invitational.
High School:
Attended Swan Valley High School ... earned four letters in cross country and track ... four-time member of the all-conference team in cross country ... served as cross country team captain from 2004-05 ... helped cross country team to four-consecutive Tri-Valley Conference titles and two Saginaw County championships ... named all-state in track as a senior ... broke the school record in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 5:17.16 ... also selected team captain and team MVP of the track team during her senior campaign.
Personal:
Daughter of Jeffrey and Barbara Ziel ... born June 5, 1988, in Saginaw, Mich. ... majoring in oceanography.
