Arizona: Made another big step in her career during the 2001 track and field season and will add veteran experience and talent to this year’s roster... Advanced to the 1500m final at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, running 4:19.66 in her heat... Was in contention, but fell at the 420m point of the final and finished 12th... Ran a personal-best and the third-best time in school history, 4:19.42, at the Pac-10 Championships, where she finished fifth... Previously ran 4:25.94 at the ASU-NAU-UA dual meet in May... Was in top form during the 2000 cross country season... Was the team's No. 3 runner throughout the season... Finished seventh (22:55.3) at the Purdue Invitational and 21st (17:43) at the Notre Dame Invitational... Placed 34th (22:14.34) at the Pac-10 Championships and 35th (21:37) at the NCAA West Regional... Finished 179th (22:42.4) at the NCAA Championships... In her final race of the 2000 track and field season, ran a five-second then-personal best of 4:26.51 in the 1500m at the Pac-10 Championships, finishing fifth... Her previous best, 4:31.60, came at the Arizona Elite Classic... Ran the team's third-best 800m time of the season, 2:12.47... Was the team's No. 2 runner most of the 1999 cross country season... Finished 17th at the Pac-10 Championships (18:01.00) and 33rd at the NCAA West Regional (18:10)... Was the team's No. 2 finisher at the NCAA Championships in 145th (18:17.80)... Ran the team's No. 2 time in 1999 track and field in the 1500m at the ASU-NAU-UA double-dual meet (4:33.75)... Also ran 2:10.38 in the 800m, the team's No. 4 time, at the Wildcat Qualifier... Was eighth in the 1500m at the Pac-10 Championships (4:35.95)... Also ran the 800m at the Pac-10 meet, but did not advance to the finals... Ran the second leg of UA's 4x800m relay that set a new school record in 8:44.24 at the Drake Relays... Did not compete during the 1998 cross country season and earned a redshirt year... Ran the team's second-best time during the 1998 track and field season in the 1500m, 4:34.49, at the Cardinal Qualifier... Also had the team's top 800m time of 2:11.76... Solid competitor for Arizona as a freshman during the 1997 cross country season... Finished 40th at the NCAA West Regional (18:51) helping the Wildcats to a fourth-place finish... Was 44th at the Pac-10 Championships (19:08)... Placed 29th at the Murray Keatinge Invitational (18:36)...
High School: The Arizona class 4A cross country champion as a senior at Flowing Wells High School in Tucson, Ariz... During the track season, she also won the 1600m and 3200m state titles at the 4A meet... Four-time all-state in cross country... Won 12 letters in high school, four each in cross country, track and soccer... A member of the National Honor Society...
Personal: Erin Jessica Doherty... Born Jan. 31, 1979, in Phoenix, Ariz... Parents are John and Deborah Doherty... Mother went to the UA and her father attended Glendale Community College... Would like to become a doctor... Lists playing sports as a hobby... Has three brothers -- Lee, Glenn and Jonathan... Lee competed for the cross country team at Calvin College (Division III) in Grand Rapids, Mich.
