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2013 Track and Field Media Guide
Southern Illinois Track and Field
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Distance Bios
Erica Ernst
Indoor: Sophomore
Outdoor: Sophomore
XC: Freshman
Carmel, Ind.
Cross Country:
2012:
Competed in four meets for the Salukis...Two top-25 fin-
ishes...Best finish of fifth place came at the SIU Early Bird.
High School:
Ran cross country and track in high school...Part
of the national champion Junior Olympic team in 2011.
Personal:
Born Oct. 12, 1993, to Liz and Pat Ernst in Indianapo-
lis...Father is an engineer and her mother is a chemistry teacher...
Has one sibling, Megan.
Ellen Esling
Indoor: Sophomore
Outdoor: Sophomore
XC: Sophomore
Carbondale, Ill.
Track:
2011-12:
Did not participate in the indoor season...Ran the
1500m in two meets during the outdoor season, the Illinois State
Dual and the Indiana State Pacesetter.
Cross Country:
2012:
Finished 42nd in her only meet of the year, the Saluki
Invitational on Sep. 22.
2011:
Competed in three meets, two with the Salukis and one
unattached...Best finish of the season came at the SIU Early Bird
on Sep. 2 where she came in at 27th place.
High School:
Three year all-south selection... All-conference
sophomore and senior year.
Personal:
Born on November 11, 1991...Daughter of Steve and
Nancy Esling...Has one sister...Majoring in geography and envi-
ronmental resources and radio-television.
Kelley Gallagher
Indoor: Sophomore
Outdoor: Sophomore
XC: Freshman
Mundelein, Ill.
Track:
2011-12:
Ran in four events (Mile, 800m, 1500m, 3000s) in 11
total meets in the indoor and outdoor seasons...Tallied three total
top-five finishes.
Cross Country:
2012:
Ran in six meets for Southern in 2012...Finished in the
top-20 four times, and two of those in the top-ten...Best finish
of sixth place came at the Saluki Invitational...Ran at the NCAA
Midwest Regionals.
2011:
Notched three top-ten finishes (two of those in the top-
five) in three meets for the Salukis...Her best finish came at the
Saluki Invitational, where her 19:10.6 mark earned her fourth
place...She completed the season with an average finish of 5.6.
High School:
All-conference and all-sectional junior and senior
year...State qualifier senior year...Varsity letter winner in outdoor
track, swimming, and cross country...First Vernon Hills High
School athlete to qualify to the IHSA state meet in three sports.
Personal:
Born October 4, 1992 in Highland Park, Ill. ...Daugh-
ter of Mark and Lisa Gallagher...Has one sister, Erin...Majoring
in elementary education.
Kelley Gallagher
Personal Bests
Indoor
Outdoor
Mile - 6:16.07
1500m - 5:55.88
Personal Bests
Indoor
Outdoor
800m - 2:22.88
1500m - 4:48.31
Mile - 5:10.11
3000s - 11:07.86