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Erin Nehus has already demonstrated herself to be one of the top distance runners the Lady Jackets have ever had.....team's #1 runner in every event during her first two years in the program.....repeated as NAIA and NCCAA All-American.....placed 16th out of 248 runners at the NAIA Nationals helping the team to an 8th-place showing.....finished 3rd in the NCCAA with a season-low time of 18:38 for the 5K.....placed 4th in the American Mideast Conference guiding CU to the AMC championship.....won invitational titles at Rio Grande and Greensboro.....NCCAA national champion on the track in the 3,000 and 5,000 meters.....repeated as AMC 1,500 meter champion. 1999 - Nehus made an immediate impact as a freshman finishing as the team's #1 runner in all nine outings.....became only the fourth women's cross country runner in school history to earn NAIA All-America honors.....placed 29th out of 234 runners at the NAIA Nationals with a career-best 18:36.....NCCAA All-American upon finishing 12th in 18:42.....placed 5th in the American Mideast Conference in 18:56.....won her collegiate debut at the Rio Grande Invitational and later won at Wilmington.....AMC 1,500 meter champion on the track. High School -- Assembled a record-setting career at Gallia Academy.....All-Ohio performer in cross country and on the track in the 1,600 and 3,200 meter runs.....four-time team MVP in both cross country and track & field.....graduated with the school record in the 800 meters at 2:25.....earned All-Southeast Ohio Athletic League honors during each of her four years.....garnered All-Ohio Academic recognition and was Valedictorian of her graduating class. Personal -- Dean's List student as an Exercise Science major at Cedarville University.....born 3/16/81 in Northridge, CA.....daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Harry Nehus.....older brother, Eddie, graduated from CU in 2001 and was a three-time NAIA All-American in the 800 meters.
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