Erin Locke Class: Senior Hometown: Wakeeney, KS High School: Trego Community Height: 5-9 Event: Distance

AS A SOPHOMORE: Ran the middle distances for the Irish track and field squad ...top marks of the indoor season both came at the Meyo Invitational, where she ran the 800 meters in 2:24.41 while also competing in the 1,000 meters (3:05.49) ... ran the 800 and 1,500 meters during the outdoor season ... best 800-meter performance was a 2:24.12 effort at the Central Collegiate Championship ... at the Hillsdale Gina Relays, established her season-best 1,500-meter effort with a time of 4:52.15.

AS A FRESHMAN: Ran in one of Notre Dame's cross country meets during the fall season, placing eighth in the JV race at the National Catholic Championship ... only ran two races during the indoor track season ... posted a career-best 2:24.29 mark in the 800 meters at the Notre Dame Invitational ... sat out the rest of the 2005 track campaign.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Four-year letterwinner in cross country, track, and basketball at Trego Community High School ... won the state championship twice in the 800 meters and was runner-up three times in the 1,600 ... went undefeated in the 800 her junior year ... state champion in cross country her senior season ... regional champion and team captain all four years of cross country ... four-time conference track champion in the 1,600 ... owns school records in cross country and the 1,600 meter run in track ... all-conference selection three times in basketball and garnered all-state honors her senior season ... Wendy's High School Heisman state finalist ... class president, treasurer of the National Honor Society and student council secretary ... born June 17, 1985 in Wichita, Kan. ... daughter of Deb and Marlin Locke ... has three siblings ... father, Marlin, and two of her uncles played basketball at Fort Hays State University ... enrolled in College of Science while pursuing a double major in Science Pre-Professional Studies and Spanish (3.739 cumulative grade-point average through spring 2006) ... earned Dean's List honors in both semesters during the 2005-06 academic year, logging a 3.762 GPA in the fall and a 3.834 GPA in the spring.