Events: 800m (2:08.41), 1,500m (4:28.84), Mile (4:56.84), 5,000m (17:38.35)
2018 SEC Academic Honor Roll
Top 10 LSU Marks
No. 3 – Distance Medley Relay (Third Leg) – 11:06.83
2018 OUTDOOR (JUNIOR)
Lead leg of the distance medley relay that finished sixth at the Texas Relays with a time of 11:46.89 … placed 27th in the 1,500 meter run at the Pac-12/Big Ten Invitational with a readout of 4:38.45.
2018 INDOOR (JUNIOR)
Lead leg of the distance medley relay that earned a sixth-place finish at the SEC Championships with a time of 11:31.42 … placed 15th in the mile run with a personal best time of 4:56.84 at the SEC Championships.
2017
An NCAA Championships qualifier for the first time in her career as a member of LSU’s distance medley relay team during the indoor season … Ran the 800-meter leg on LSU’s DMR that finished in 10th place at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships with the third-fastest time in school history at 11 minutes, 6.83 seconds … Won three event titles during the indoor season between the indoor and outdoor seasons … Won the 800 meters at the Bayou Bengal Invitational with a banked-track-converted time of 2 minutes, 12.80 seconds … Added a win in the 800 meters at the LSU Twilight meet with a time of 2:10.94 … Added a win in the mile at the Bayou Bengal Invitational with a personal-best time of 4:54.43 … Lined up in the 800 meters at the SEC Indoor Championships, finishing 13th overall in qualifying with an indoor PR of 2:10.41 … Also ran the 800 meters at the Commodore Invitational (2:13.83), Auburn Invitational (2:11.03), Razorback Invitational (2:11.30) and Iowa State Classic (2:10.86) during the indoor season … Finished runner-up in the mile in her season opener at the Purple Tiger Invitational with a time of 5:03.33 … Ran three events at the SEC Outdoor Championships … Clocked a lifetime personal best of 2:08.41 in the qualifying round of the 800 meters at the SEC Outdoor meet to finish in 12th place overall … Finished 16th in the 1,500 meters at the conference meet with a time of 4:32.20 in her preliminary heat … Also crossed the finish line in 33rd place in the 5,000 meters with a run of 17:38.35 at the SEC Outdoor Championships … Won the 800 meters in her outdoor season opener at the Louisiana Classics in Lafayette with a run of 2:10.18 … Followed with a 2:08.43 clocking for fifth place at the Battle on the Bayou … Also ran the 800 meters outdoors at the LSU Alumni Gold (2:09.11), Beach Invitational (2:09.13) and Mt. SAC Relays (2:11.01) … Slashed her personal-best time in the 1,500 meters at the LSU Alumni Gold with a run of 4:28.84 to win the B section … Placed fourth in the 1,500 meters at the inaugural SEC Relays with a time of 4:29.37 … Led off LSU’s winning 4×800-meter relay team at the Texas Relays where the Lady Tigers ran 8:39.57 … Recognized by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association for her academic performance with a USTFCCCA All-Academic selection following the season … Also named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll for the first time in her collegiate career.
2016
An 800-meter specialist in her debut season with the Lady Tigers in 2016 … Opened her outdoor season by running a lifetime personal best of 2:10.67 in a runner-up finish at Miami’s Hurricane Twilight … Followed by running 2:10.93 for 12th place overall at the Battle on the Bayou … Finished 13th at the Texas Invitational (2:13.51) and 15th at the LSU Alumni Gold (2:15.26) … Also clocked a personal-best time of 4:37.66 while running the 1,500 meters at the Texas Invitational, finishing in eighth place … Also lettered indoors while running the 800 meters at the SEC Indoor Championships … Raced to an indoor PR of 2:12.52 for 17th place in 800-meter qualifying at the SEC Indoor Championships … Finished runner-up in the event at the LSU Twilight with a time of 2:13.22 … Took fifth place in her collegiate debut at the Bayou Bengal Invitational with a time of 2:17.03 … Also ran the 800 meters indoors at the Power Five Conference Clash (2:15.45), Razorback Invitational (2:13.50) and Iowa State Classic (2:13.34) … Honored for her academic performance with a selection to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll following the season.
PRIOR TO LSU
One of the leading middle distance runners in the Midwest during her time at Waukee High School … A two-time medalist at the Iowa Class 4A State Championships during her senior season in 2015 … Iowa’s Class 4A silver medalist in the 400-meter hurdles for 2015 while running a personal-best time of 1:01.76 in the state final … Also Iowa’s Class 4A bronze medalist in the 800 meters with a time of 2:15.48 at the state meet … Finished in 11th place overall in the 1,500 meters at the state meet during her senior season with a time of 4:49.18 … Won two District 6-4A titles in the 400 hurdles (1:03.52) and 800 meters (2:18.95) ahead of her appearance at the state meet in 2015 … Placed fourth in the 1,500 meters at the district meet in 2015 with a time of 4:56.83 … Silver medalist in the 400-meter dash with a time of 59.59.53 at the 2015 Central Iowa Conference Championships hosted by Waukee High School … Also placed third as the bronze medalist in the 800 meters at the CIC Championships in 2015 … Twice a Drake Relays bronze medalist in her senior season in 2015, taking third in the 400 hurdles with a time of 1:03.23 and 800 meters with a personal-best time of 2:12.38 … Swept District 3-4A titles in both the 400 hurdles (1:07.26) and 800 meters (2:19.40) as a junior in 2014 en route to a berth in the state championships … Was the Iowa Class 4A bronze medalist in the 400 hurdles with a time of 1:04.42 at the 2014 Iowa Class 4A Outdoor State Championships to highlight her junior season … Went on to finish eighth in the 800 meters with a time of 2:16.11 at the 2014 state meet … Also crowned the CIC Champion in the 400 hurdles as a junior in 2014 with a time of 1:06.13 at the conference meet … Appeared in both the 400 hurdles and 800 meters at the Drake Relays in 2014, finishing fourth in the 400 hurdles with a time of 1:05.40 and eighth in the 800 meters with a time of 2:15.26 … A three-time district silver medalist during her sophomore season in 2013 as the second-place finisher in the 400 hurdles(1:06.97), 800 meters(2:22.29) and 1,500 meters (4:58.62) … Followed with the 10th-place finish in the 800 meters (2:16.52) and 17th-place finish in the 1,500 meters (4:55.00) at the state championships for the 2013 season … Medaled at the district meet as a freshman as the third-place finisher in the 800 meters.
PERSONAL
Full name is Erika Michelle Lewis … Born on Aug. 26, 1997 … Parents are Keri and Dan Lewis … Has a younger brother named Jackson … Graduated from Waukee High School as the valedictorian of her senior class … Maintained a weighted 4.315 grade-point average for her high school career … Recipient of the Governor’s Scholar Award while at Waukee High School … Was also a National AP Scholar and Des Moines Register All-Academic selection during her prep career … An accomplished musician who played piano in her school’s jazz band, helping lead her school to a state championship in 2012 and state runner-up finish in 2013 … Played clarinet in a concert band and was a four-year all-state performer … Majoring in biology.