Erin Reidy

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Class:
Graduate Student
Position:
Mid-Distance
High School:
Downers Grove South HS
Hometown:
Downers Grove, Ill.

Erin Reidy's TFRRS Bio
Erin Reidy's IAAF Bio

2025 Outdoor Track & Field • Graduate Season: Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten team... Named an Academic All-District honoree by the College Sports Communicators (CSC)... Participated at six different meets in final outdoor season in DInkytown... Qualified for the NCAA West Regional in the 1500m and finished 18th overall in a time of 4:16.24 in the NCAA quarterfinal round... Earned a spot in the NCAA 1500m quarterfinals at Texas A&M with a first round time of 4:15.99... Was 14th overall at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships at Hayward Field in a time of 4:22.30... Posted the fastest 1500m time at Minnesota in 15 years at the Drake Relays at 4:14.31 and leaves Minnesota with the No. 2 all-time time in the event only behind Gabriele Anderson's 4:13.45 (2010)... Put down the No. 5 time all-time at Minnesota in the outdoor 800m at the Bryan Clay Invitational with a 2:06.24 to finish 18th overall... Opened the outdoor campaign at the Raleigh Relays in the 800m (2:09.43) and the 1500m (4:19.83).

2025 Indoor Track & Field • Graduate Season: Competed in three indoor meets, all away from the Twin Cities... Won the Windy City Invite Mile in a time of 4:36.99, the second-fastest time in school history... Opened the season at the Meyo Invite in the 800m with a time of 2:10.38... Scored at the Big Ten Indoor Championships in the Mile with a time of 4:44.12 after qualifying for the final with a preliminary time of 4:43.13... Earned a bronze medal at the Big Ten Indoor Championships as a part of the Distance Medley Relay, finishing third in a time of 11:02.42... Helped Isabelle Schmitz, Dyandra Gray and Zoie Dundon post a new DMR school record (11:02.42) at the Big Ten Indoor Championships..

2024 Cross Country • Graduate Season: Named to the Academic All-Big Ten team... Participated in seven cross country meets in her final season at Minnesota... Finished inside Minnesota's top five in six different meets during the season... Clocked a 6K lifetime best 20:08.5 at the Big Ten Championships which slots her at No. 13 all-time at Minnesota at the XC 6K distance and leaves Minnesota with the fourth-fastest Big Ten Championships 6K time in school history... Helped Minnesota win the 2024 Roy Griak Invitational team title for the seventh time in history with a 6K time of 22:04.4 to finish 14th overall... Was 26th overall at the Loyola Lakefront Invite in a time of 20:21.9... Helped Minnesota qualify for the NCAA Cross Country Championships by finishing 32nd overall at the NCAA Midwest Regional in a time of 20:37.2... Finished 125th overall at the NCAA Championships in a time of 20:42.0 to help the team finish 18th, the third time since 2020 that Minnesota finished inside the top 18 at the national meet... Also ran at the Oz Memorial and the NCAA-Pre Nationals meets.

2024 Outdoor Track & Field • Senior Season: Claimed the Big Ten silver medal in the 1500m... Clocked a lifetime best 4:15.42 in the Big Ten final to win her silver medal in Ann Arbor, Mich.... Advanced in the 1500m at the NCAA West Regional for the first time... Was named to the Academic All-Big Ten team... Won the 114th Drake Relays 1500m in a time of 4:16.53... Won the Gary Wilson Invitational 1500m in a time of 4:16.51... Ran to an 800m time of 2:06.26 at the Bryan Clay Invitational... Opened the outdoor season in Miami where she was second in the 800m (2:06.86) and was fourth in the 1500m (4:23.46).

2024 Indoor Track & Field • Senior Season: Competed in four indoor meets during the indoor season... Scored at the Big Ten Indoor Championships in the 800m, finishing fifth overall in a time of 2:06.82... Ran a Big Ten preliminary time of 2:06.00 to qualify for the conference final in the 800m... Opened the indoor season in Ann Arbor, running to a 5:02.34 mile... Ran a personal best 600m time at the 2024 Meyo Invitational, clocking a 1:31.24 to finish third... Ran a 4:43.27 mile time at the Badger's Windy City Invite, which was good enough for fifth.

2023 Cross Country • Redshirt Junior Season: Was a mainstay in Minnesota's top five during her redshirt junior campaign, competing in six races, including the NCAA Midwest Regional... Posted a lifetime best 5K time at the Joe Piane Invite in South Bend, Ind., with a time of 17:30.9 to finish 47th overall and fourth in the lineup... Put forth a time of 21:25.3 at the NCAA Midwest Regional in Stillwater, Okla., placing 29th overall and first among the Gophers... Finished 107th at the Big Ten Championships and seventh among the Gophers... Ran to a 36th-place finish at the Griak in a time of 22:03.4.

2023 Outdoor Track & Field • Junior Season: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors as well as the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar distinction... Was named an USTFCCCA Division I Track and Field All-Academic Athlete... Redshirtted during the outdoor season.

2023 Indoor Track & Field • Junior Season: Returned to the Big Ten Indoor Championships 800m final where she matched her career-best fourth-place finish in a lifetime best time of 2:04.91... Ran at a total of five different meets during the indoor season... Also competed in the 3000m at the Big Ten Indoor Championships, finishing in 27th overall... Qualified for the 800m Big Ten final with a time of 2:05.25 in the preliminary round... Won the Windy City Invite mile with a lifetime best time of 4:42.31... Competed on a 4x400m relay team at three different meets throughout the indoor season... Posted a 600m lifetime best time at the Meyo Invite (1:31.56) and a 1000m lifetime best at the Cyclone Open (2:52.49).

2022 Cross Country • Redshirt Sophomore Season: Was a top seven finisher on the team in all seven of the meets she ran in during the cross country season... Made her NCAA Cross Country debut at the NCAA Division I Midwest Region Cross Country Championships and finished 28th overall in a lifetime-best 6K time of 20:48.40... Registered a 44th-place finish at the Big Ten Cross Country Championships in a time of 21:14.60 in her Big Ten Champioships debut on the cross country course... Posted a 5K lifetime best at the Oz Memorial to finish fifth overall in a time of 19:46.10... Ran to a 35th-place finish at the Gans Creek Classic in a time of 21:22.10... Was 78th at the Griak Invitational... Also competed at the Nuttycombe Invite and Michigan Big 10 Preview.

2022 Outdoor Track & Field • Sophomore Season: Competed in six meets during the outdoor season... Ran at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships in the 1500m where she finished 21st overall... Posted a lifetime best 1500m time at the Tennessee Relays in a time of 4:26.36 to finish fourth overall... Posted a time of 2:09.15 at the Drake Relays in the 800m to finish third overall... Ran on the 4x400m relay team at the St. Thomas Tommie Twilight and at the Black and Gold Invite... Also competed at the Raleigh Relays.

2022 Indoor Track & Field • Sophomore Season: Was a competitor for the Maroon and Gold in seven different indoor meets... Narrowly missed the Big Ten 800m final by finishing ninth in the preliminary round with a season-best time of 2:08.05... Was able to contribute to the team score at the Big Ten Indoor Championships as a member of the eighth-place Distance Medley Relay team that finished in a time of 11:23.88... Opened the season at the SDSU Holiday Open in the 800m in a time of 2:11.87 to finish second overall... Ran well in both the 600m and the 800m at the Meyo Invite, finishing seventh in the 600m and 10th in the 800m... Won the 800m at the Cyclone Open in a time of 2:09.76... Ran the mile at the B1G Ten Midwest Invite where she finished eighth overall in a time of 4:54.53... Also ran at the Iowa State Classic and the Snowshoe Open.

2021 Cross Country • Redshirt Freshman Season: Named an Academic All-Big Ten honoree • finished second in Jack’s Twilight Run 6k with a time of 23:02 in her only competition of the season.

2020 Cross Country • Freshman Season: Did not compete.

2021 Indoor Track & Field • Freshman Season: Competed at four meets with appearances in the 800m, mile, and 4x400m relay • made B1G debut, placing fourth in the 800m in a career-best 2:08.21 to rank ninth among all-time Gophers at the Big Ten Indoor Championships • won the mile in a career-best 4:59.05 at the Hawkeye Border Battle • won the 800m at the Hawkeye B1G Invitational • ended the season ranked ninth in the 800m (2:08.21) in Minnesota history.

2021 Outdoor Track & Field • Freshman Season: Competed at six meets • placed 43rd in the 800m (2:11.34) at the NCAA West Prelim • finished 11th in the 800m (2:08.66) at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships • ran career bests in the 800m (2:06.77, eighth in Minnesota history) and 1,500m (4:32.70) at the M City Classic • ran the 4x400m relay at three meets • ran on the runner-up 4x800m relay at the Illini B1G Relays, clocking a time of 8:41.19 to rank eighth on Minnesota’s all-time list • ended the season ranked eighth in the 800m (2:06.77) and eighth in the 4x800m relay (8:41.19) in Minnesota history.

High School: A 2020 graduate of Downers Grove South High School where she competed for coaches Doug Plunkett, Mike Farthing, Mike Arenberg, and Tess Johnson • varsity letterwinner in both track & field and cross country • four-time all-conference, three-time all-section, and 2019 all-state honoree in cross country • four-time Illinois Class 3A Cross Country State Championships qualifier, placing 73rd as a freshman, 62nd as a sophomore, 39th as a junior, and sixth as a senior • led Downers Grove South to four top-five team finishes at the cross country state championships • holds Downers Grove South school record for the highest individual finish at the cross country state meet for placing sixth as a senior in 2019 • two-time all-state honoree in outdoor track & field (2018, 2019) • three-time all-section honoree in outdoor track & field (2017, 2018, 2019) • three-time all-conference honoree in indoor and outdoor track & field (2017, 2018, 2019) • four-time Illinois Class 3A Track & Field State Championships qualifier, placing 24th in the 1600m as a freshman, placing third in the 4x800m relay as a sophomore, and placing third in the 800m and sixth in the 4x800m relay as a junior • nine-time conference champion, winning titles in the indoor 800m (2017, 2018), indoor 1600m (2019), indoor 400m (2018), outdoor 800m (2018, 2019), outdoor 400m (2019), and outdoor 4x400m relay (2017, 2018) • holds Downers Grove South school records on the track for indoor 800m (2:11.47), indoor 1600m (4:58.42), indoor 4x800m relay (9:20.49), outdoor 1600m (4:56.87), and outdoor 4x800m relay (9:12.83) • three-time team MVP award winner • holds high school personal bests of 1:00.92 for 400m, 2:10.53 for 800m, 4:39.92 for 1500m, 4:59.08 for mile, 4:56.87 for 1600m, and 18:10.7 for cross country 5K.

Personal: Daughter of Jack and Cindy Reidy • has one sibling, Kiley • high school teammates of Gopher alum Abby Kargol • enjoys horseback riding and has her own horse named Onyx • enjoys hiking, hammocking, and painting.