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2002 Nike Athletes of the Year

the dominant high school track and field athletes
of the 2001-2002 school year

Erika Odlaug

2002, Deerfield IL


Erika Odlaug's 17th place finish in the World Cross Country Championships in Dublin, Ireland
was the best by an American junior woman in that meet in 10 years, which merits selection as Nike AOY in itself. Like most high school members of the USA junior team, training for the international effort through the middle of the school year left her depleted for outdoor. Because of this and other reasons, the highly ancicipated dream 2-mile of 2002 -- Allison Tubbs, Erika Odlaug, Molly Huddle, Natasha Roetter, and Megan Kaltenbach -- never happened. Huddle was left to break the high school 2-mile record alone, and the 10-minute barrier stood. Erika has joined the University of Colorado, along with the Zeigle twins of Utah.


photo by Paul Merca

Date
Event
Perf
Notes Meet
2002-05-18
G-2Mile
#1 10:35.13
c - IL 2A State Meet
2002-03-24
6K
#17 21:23
  World Cross Country
2002-03-14
G-2Mile
#1 10:26.80
c - IL Maine East
2002-03-14
G-Mile
#1 5:08.70
c - IL Maine East
2002-02-10
6K
#2 21:19
  USA Winter XC Nationals
2001-12-08
5K-XC
#2 17:04
5k - Disney World FL FL Nationals
2001-11-24
5K-XC
#1 17:49
5k - UW-Parkside WI FL MW Seeded

 

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