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2022 Men's Track and Field Roster

Alyssa Carver
Russell Hons
Joshua W. Strong
Richard Svaleson

Eric VanErp

  • Position Multi-Events
  • Indoor Junior
  • Outdoor Jr.
  • Hometown Battle Lake, Minn.
  • High School Battle Lake HS

Biography

VanErp's Performance History & Personal Bests

2021-22 SEASON

 
Indoor (Junior): Summit League heptathlon champion, scoring a personal-best 5,091 points to win the conference title … Also placed 7th in the 60m hurdles at the Summit League Championships … 60m hurdles personal-best of 8.24 in the conference prelims … Indoor high jump PR of 6-06.00 (1.98m) in the Summit League heptathlon … Won the pentathlon at the Dakota Alumni Classic on Dec. 3, scoring 3,567 points to rank 10th in NDSU history … Ended the season ranked 8th in school history for the heptathlon.
Outdoor (Junior): Summit League runner-up in the decathlon, scoring a personal-best 6,658 points at the conference meet … Pole vault personal-best of 13-01.50 (4.00m) in the Summit League decathlon … Long jump season-best of 22-10.00 (6.96m).

2020-21 SEASON
 
Indoor: All-Summit League performer in the heptathlon, placing 3rd at the Summit League Championships with 4,926 points … Placed 8th in the 60m hurdles and 8th in the high jump at the conference meet … Also finished 10th in the triple jump and long jump at the Summit League Championships … Personal-best 60m hurdles time of 8.36 seconds in the prelims of the conference meet … Heptathlon PR score of 5,019 points at the Bison Open on Feb. 5-6, ranking 10th in NDSU history.
Outdoor (Sophomore): Placed 5th in the decathlon and 7th in the 110m hurdles at the Summit League Championships … Personal-best decathlon score of 6,290 points and personal-best hurdles time of 14.93 at the conference meet … Also finished 9th in the high jump.

2019-20 SEASON

Indoor (Redshirt):
Competed unattached as a redshirt … Scored 3,698 in the pentathlon at the Dakota Classic on Dec. 6, which would rank 6th in NDSU history … Scored 4,778 points in his heptathlon debut at the Bison Open on Feb. 7-8 … Personal-best 60m hurdles time of 8.65 seconds at the SDSU Indoor Classic.
Outdoor: Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2018-19 SEASON
 
Indoor (Sophomore): Placed 6th in the triple jump and 8th in the long jump at the Summit League Championships … Personal-best triple jump mark of 46-04.00 (14.12m) at the conference meet … Season-best long jump mark of 23-03.50 (7.10m) to win the event at the Thundering Herd Classic on Jan. 12.
Outdoor (Redshirt): Competed unattached as a redshirt.

2017-18 SEASON
 
Indoor (Freshman): Placed 4th in the triple jump and 9th in the long jump at the Summit League Indoor Championships as a true freshman … Indoor season-best triple jump of 45-05.25 (13.85m) at the conference meet … Indoor long jump best of 22-04.50 (6.82m) at the conference meet.
Outdoor (Freshman): Placed 7th in the triple jump, 8th in the long jump, and 11th in the high jump at the Summit League Outdoor Championships … Triple jump personal-best of 45-11.25 (14.00m) at the conference meet … Long jump best of 23-05.25 (7.14m) at the conference meet, plus a wind-aided leap of 23-09.00 (7.24m) … High jump season-best of 6-04.75 (1.95m) at the Cobber Twilight on Apr. 25.

High School: Placed 4th in the team standings at the Minnesota Class A state meet by himself his senior season ... Won the Class A state title in the triple jump, leaping 46-02.50 ... State runner-up in the high jump and long jump ... Finished 7th at state in the 110m hurdles ... High school personal-bests of 46-7 in the triple jump, 22-2 in the long jump, 6-5 in the high jump, and 15.53 in the 110m hurdles ... As a junior, he took state runner-up honors in the triple jump and finished 6th in the long jump ... Won conference titles in the triple, long and high jump as a sophomore, junior and senior ... Section champion in the triple and long jumps as a sophomore, junior and senior ... School record holder in all three jumps and the 4x400m relay ... Also played football and basketball and was a member of band and jazz band.

Personal: Son of Ted and Becky VanErp ... Has one sister, Sam, and one brother, Petric ... Mom, Becky, played volleyball for St. Cloud State ... Dad, Ted, played football for Minnesota Morris ... Majoring in sport management.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018Freshman

    Jumps
  • 2019Sophomore

    Jumps
  • 2020Junior

    Multi-Events
  • 2021Junior

    Multi-Events
  • 2022Junior

    Multi-Events