2024 Cross Country Roster

Eric Anderson
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Folsom, CA
- High School:
- Folsom HS
- Major:
- Computer Science
Track and Field
2025 Season - Senior
UCSC Men’s Track and Field All American … Earned the 2024-2025 C2C Indoor Track and Field Men's Athlete of the Year honors … Earned the 2025 NCAA Indoor Track and Field All-Region student-athletes Honors … Earned a C2C Athlete of the Week honor … Earned Track Athletes of the Meet at the C2C Indoor Track and Field Championships … Competed in the 800 (1:49.42), 1500 (3.45.02), and Mile (4:05.57) … Ran a 1:54.50 in the 800, placing first and a 4:14.01 in the mile, placing first at the 2025 Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference Indoor Championships, recognized as Track Athletes of the Meet … Ran a 4:08.95 in the mile, placing first at the 2025 Wartburg Qualifier … Ran a 4:07.72 in the mile, placing fourth at the 2024 NCAA Division lll Indoor Track & Field Championships, earning First Team All-American honors … Ran a 3:45.02 in the 1500, placing second at the 2025 Mike Fanelli Track Classic … Ran a 1:53.56 in the 800, placing first and ran a 3:53.50 in the 1500, placing first at the 2025 Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships … Ran personal best of 1:49.21 in the 800 at the 2025 APU Franson Last Chance.
- 2024:
- Champion in the 800 (1:51.42) at the C2C Outdoor Conference ChampionshipsÂ
- 2nd place in the 4x400 (3:23.12) at the C2C Outdoor Conference Championships
- School Record, PR, and placed 5th in the 800m (1:50.64) at the Bryan Clay Invitational
- PR in the 1500 (3:45.77) and placed 2nd at the Payton Jordan Invitational
- PR and placed 2nd in the Mile (4:05.57) at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championship
- Placed 1st in the mile (4:11.13) at the Wartburg QualifierÂ
- Placed 1st in the mile (4:17.37) at the C2C Indoor Championship
- Placed 2nd in the 800m (1:57.63) at the C2C Indoor Championship
- PR in the 800 (1:50.14) at the Franson Last Chance
- 2023:Â
- School Record holder in the 800m with a time of 1:51.02, which made him the 33rd fastest 800 runner in DIII in 2023. C2C Conference Outdoor TF Champion in the 800m with a time of 1:52 (2023). Indoor Champion in the 800m (1:55, 2023), the mile (4:17, 2023), and the DMR (2022). 2022 Outdoor runner-up in the 800m with a time of 1:54.
- 2022:
- Named All West Region in 800m with school record 1:51.51 at Sac State Hornet Invite.
- 1st place finish in the DMR at the Coast-to-Coast Indoor Conference Championships. 2nd Place finish in the 800m at the Coast-to-Coast Outdoor Conference Championships to earn Indoor All West Region.
2024 Season - Senior
Earned the USTFCCCA 2024 NCAA Division III Men’s Cross Country All-Academic Athletes … Individually qualified for the NCAA Cross Country Championships … Competed in the 8k (24:37.5) … Ran a 25:25.4 in the 8k at the 2024 NCAA Division lll Cross Country Champions … Ran a 24:37.5 in the 8k at the 2024 NCAA Division lll West Region Cross Country Championships … Ran a 26:00.3 in the 8k, placing 3rd at the 2024 Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships … Ran a 25:27.1 in the 8k at the D3 Pre-Nationals.
2023 Season - Junior
- 2022:Â
- Finished 7th at the 2022 C2C XC Championships, helping the Banana Slug Men remain undefeated in the C2C Conference for Cross Country.
- Placed 27th at NCAA DIII West Regionals (25:14), earning All-Region Honors as a sophomore.
- Helped the Banana Slug men qualify for the 2022 NCAA DIII Nationals, where they placed 19th in the nation.
- 2021:Â
- Ran 8K in 26:45.9 in his first college race at the 2021 USF Invite
- PR of 25:45.2 at C2C Championship in Sunnyvale to place 10th. 27:08.4 time at the NCAA West Regional in Claremont to place 73rd.
High School/Club Success:
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Competed in Cross Country and Track & Field for the Folsom High School Bulldogs.
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2x Top 10 Finisher at the Sierra Foothill League Championships in Cross Country.
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Runner-Up in both the 1600m and 3200m at the Sierra Foothill League Track and Field Championships 2021.
Personal:
- John Lewis College
- Favorite thing about UCSC: The cool temperature year round.
- Graduation Goals: Become an Artificial Intelligence Engineer.
- Favorite Athlete: Eliud Kipchoge.
- Favorite Superhero: Thor
- Favorite Color: Blue
- Hobbies: Basketball and video games with friends.











