Erin Filak

Position:
Cross Country
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Boylan Catholic
Hometown:
Rockford, Ill.

2008-09 (So.): Cross Country - Competed in three meets for Ball State . . . season-best 5K time came at the Mid-American Conference Championships (20:52.9) . . . Indoor - BSU's second-best competitor in the 800m . . . finished third in the 800m at the BSU Quadrangular while recording a career-best time of 2:19.29 . . . finished 12th in the 800m (2:25.20) at the BGSU Challenge . . . placed fourth in the 600m (1:40.62) and part of the third-place 4x800m (9:26.74) squad at the Gladstein Invitational . . . Outdoor - Finished 21st out of 46 competitors in the 800m at the Mike Poehlein Invitational while notching her top time of the season (2:26.14) . . . second-best 800m time of the season came at the Miami Invitational (2:33.63).

2007-08 (Fr.): Cross Country - Ran a career-best time of 21:18.65 (5K) at the Indiana Intercollegiates . . . Indoor - Placed seventh in the 800m at the BSU Triangular (2:22.60) . . . Outdoor - Finished 12th in the 800m at the Mike Poehlein Invite (2:19.00) . . . recorded a 17th-place finish and a career-best in the 800m at the Miami Team Challenge (2:23.79) . . . third-place finish in the 400m at the Butler Twilight (1:01.48) . . . part of the 4x400m relay team that finished fourth at the MAC Championships (3:55.20).

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner in track and field and cross country at Boylan Catholic . . . four-time all-conference . . . fourth-place finish at cross country conference meet (19:30) . . . 2004 state qualifier in cross country. . . track and field state qualifier in the 1,600m relay and 3,200m relay . . . owns personal bests in 400m (59.4) and 800m (2:17).

PERSONAL: Full name is Erin Filak . . . born March 13, 1989, in Rockford, Ill. . . . daughter of James and Patricia Filak . . . has two sisters, Rachel and Rebecca, and one brother, Alec . . . majoring in architecture.