Eryn Blakely

Height:
5-3
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Monrovia, Calif.
High School:
Alverno

PERSONAL BESTS
INDOOR
800-meters: 2:18.64 (2015)
Mile: 4:57.62 (2015)
3,000-meters: 9:37.24 (2015)
5,000-meters: 17:01.15 (2016)
OUTDOOR
800-meters: 2:17.14 (2015)
1,500-meters: 4:37.21 (2015)
3,000-meter steeplechase: 10:42.98 (2015)

ACADEMIC HONORS
Academic All-MPSF (2016)
Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention (2015, 16)

2017: Indoor: Blakely participated in the 3,000-meter race. Her fastest race came at the Pott’s Invitational (1/14) where she placed third with a time of 10:12.00.

2016: Indoor: Blakely ran three times for the Buffs, competing in the mile, 3,000 and 5,000-meter runs. Her best finish of the season was second in the mile at the Potts Invite (5:08.00). Blake also placed fifth in the 3k at the Air Force Invite (1/22), running 10:36.19. At the Husky Classic (2/13), she ran the 5k in 17:01.15
Outdoor: Blakely ran a personal best of 10:33.14 in the steeplechase at the Bryan Clay Invite, while running to a second place finish. She also ran the steeplechase (10:50.30) at the Pac-12 Championships, placing 14^th overall.

2015: Indoor: Blakely focused mainly on the middle distance events. She ran the 800 once, recording a time of 2:18.64 at the Air Force Invite (1/24) for sixth place. Her fastest mile time of the season, 4:57.62, was run at the MPSF Championships. Blakely also ran the 3k at the Husky Classic (2/14), finishing in 9:37.24.
Outdoor: Blakely mainly raced the steeplechase outdoors. At the Bryan Clay Invite she came away with a seventh place finish in 10:47.14. She clocked a 10:42.98 season best at the Pac-12 Championships to place 12^th overall.

2014: Indoor: Redshirt. Did not compete.
Outdoor: Redshirt. Did not compete.

CROSS COUNTRY: (2016) Blakely raced three times as a junior, starting at the Colorado State Invitational where she recorded a 12th place finish. She went on to place fourth overall at the Metro State Invitational and was seventh at the Bradley Classic.
(2015) Blakely ran in four races for the Buffs. She started off at the Colorado State Invitational, finishing 13^th overall, and improved to 11^th at the Rocky Mountain Shootout. Blakely rank in the open race at NCAA Pre-Nationals, and placed 10^th, her best placing of the season. She ended the year with a 61^st place finish at Pac-12s.
(2014) Blakely ran in three races for the Buffs. She started off with a 26^th place finish at the Rocky Mountain Shootout and was 17^th in the open race at NCAA Pre-Nationals. Her final race was Pac-12s where she was 87^th overall.

HIGH SCHOOL: Blakely was named the AHS cross country and track and field MVP as a senior. She competed at the 2012 USATF Junior National Track & Field Championships in the 2,000-meter steeplechase. It was just her third time running the event and she placed second in 7:35.45. Blakely was also a member of the Principal’s Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL BESTS: 800-meters: 2:18.45; 1,600-meters: 5:09.17; 2,000-meter steeplechase: 7:35.45.

IN THE CLASSROOM: Blakely is majoring in integrative physiology.

PERSONAL: Eryn Larisa Blakely was born on November 11, 1995 in Monrovia, Calif. She is the daughter of Michael Blakely and Lara Larramendi and has one older brother, Eric Blakely. Blakely has volunteered at the Los Angeles Zoo and enjoys singing, playing guitar and horseback riding. She was a member of the AHS equestrian team and started riding when she was seven in 2003.