Junior Year (2010-11): Turned in her top crosscountry performance of the year at the Southern ConferenceChampionships, where she placed 32nd with a time of19:13.31…finished sixth at the Citadel Cross CountryInvitational with a time of 19:34.57…placed 19thwith a time of 19:36 at the Gene Mullin Furman XCInvitational…posted a 6K career-best time of 23:00.9 for144th place at the NCAA Southeast Regional XCMeet…competed in indoor and outdoor track for the first timefor the Paladins…placed seventh in the mile at the SoConIndoor Championships, notching a time of 5:09.82…a member ofthe Furman DMR that placed fifth at the SoCon indoor meet with atime of 12:06.35…placed sixth in the 1500m with a time of4:38.76 at the SoCon Outdoor Championships…also finishedeighth in the 800m at the meet, posting a time of 2:14.77 in thequalifying heats and a time of 2:17.90 in the finals…won the800m at the Furman Outdoor Invitational with a time of2:18.83…a member of the 4x800m relay team that set a newPaladin record with a time of 9:16.83 at the Terrier OutdoorRelays…named to the Southern Conference Academic HonorRoll.
Sophomore Year (2009-10): Did notcompete for the Paladins due to medical leave of absence.
Freshman Year (2008-09): Placedseventh with a time of 15:31 at the Winthrop Invitational4K...finished 26th with a 5K personal-best time of 18:55.18 at theSouthern Conference Cross Country Championship...finished sixth atthe Citadel Cross Country Invitational with a time of19:34.57...named to the SoCon All-Freshman team for crosscountry.
High School: Finished third in thestate in cross country as a sophomore, fourth as a junior and sixthas a senior...earned all-state honors in cross country for threestraight years...region champion in cross country in 2005, 2006 and2007...winner of the seeded race at the Great American CrossCountry Festival in 2007...region champion in the 1600m in 2006,2007 and 2008...region champion in 3200m in 2006 and 2008...regionchampion in 800m in 2007...named all-state for track in 2007 and2008, following third place and second place finishes in the 1600mevent...finished fourth in the state in the 3200m run as asenior...earned Easley High’s Most Valuable Cross CountryRunner for four straight years...earned Most Valuable Track Runneras a freshman, sophomore and junior...recipient of the High SchoolHeisman state award in 2008.
Personal: Erin Barker was born onOctober 18, 1989 in Easley, S.C....daughter of Phil and SueBarker...sister of former Paladin runner Lindsey Barker...fatherPhil ran cross country and track at Furman and still holds themen’s 800m Furman and Southern Conferencerecord…uncles Chris and David Barker also ran atFurman…mother Sue (Houck) Barker was a member of the Furmanwomen’s tennis team from 1975-1979...majoring in health andexercise science.
