Clarion Athletics

Erin Richard is the most decorated women’s athlete in Track & Cross Country ever at Clarion competing from the Fall of 2004 through the Spring of 2009 and was recruited by 2022 HOF coach Pat Mooney. She is a 5-time NCAA Division II All-American (Indoor & Outdoor Track), 7-time PSAC Track winner, and the 2007 PSAC Cross Country Individual champion. Her 5 NCAA All-America placings include a 5^th place in the 5,000 and a 4^th place as a member of the Distance Medley Relay at the 2009 NCAA Division II Indoor Championships at Angelo State. She also placed 3^rd in the 5,000 and 4^th in the 10,000 at the 2007 outdoor national championships (at Johnson C. Smith) and placed 7^th in the 5,000 at the 2007 indoor nationals. Also a three time PSAC Champ (Indoor Mile; Outdoor 3,000 & 5,000) that year, she was voted 2007 PSAC Female Track Athlete of the Year.  In the Fall of 2007 Erin became the first and only Clarion female to win the PSAC Cross Country Championship defeating defending champion Rachael Lanzel of Edinboro by 12 seconds at Kutztown. She also finished 4^th at Division II Regionals and 61^st at nationals. In the Spring of 2006 she won the PSAC Indoor 3,000 and DMR, plus was 2^nd in the mile. She also won the 1500 and the 3,000 at the PSAC outdoor championships. Richard also was 11^th at NCAA Cross Country Regionals in 2006 (missing PSAC’s with an injury). Her awards also include 2008 and 2009 Clarion Female Athlete of the Year, ESPN/CoSIDA 2^nd Team Academic All-American in 2008, 3^rd Team ESPN/CoSIDA Academic All-American in 2009, 4-time Clarion and PSAC “Scholar Athlete” and two-time PSAC Academic Top 10. She owns 8 Clarion Track & Field records including 4 outdoor including the 1500 – 4:32.6;  3000 - 9:56.7; 5,000 - 16:41.4 and 10,000 – 35:38.9 and 4 indoor featuring the mile – 4:58.4; 3,000 – 9:37.1; 5,000 – 16:50.7 and DMR 11:51.0 under the tutelage of coach Jayson Resch. A native of Erie, Pa. and a 2004 graduate of McDowell High, Erin currently is employed at the University of Denver as an Academic Advisor.