Ericka Bigham

Hometown:
Standish, Mich.
High School:
Standish-Sterling
Previous School:
Alma (MI)

PERSONAL BESTS

Cross Country

5k: 21:01.7

6k: 24:29.5

Indoor

60m: 8.19

200m: 26.46

400m: 58.09

Outdoor

200m: 25.83

400m: 56.83 (Alma College Record Holder)

2023 (Outdoor) (at Alma): Competed at eight meets in the 200m, 400m, 4x100 and 4x400 events …won all three events competed (200m, 400m and 4x400) at the Bill Bippes Cougar Classic (Mar. 31) … won the 4x400 and 400m events at the Albion, Alma, Olivet Triangular … ran a personal-record time of 56.83 to win the 400m event at the MIAA Field Day (May 4-5) and set the Alma College record … one-time honoree of 2023 MIAA Women’s Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week.

2022-23 (Indoor) (at Alma): Competed at six meets in the 60m, 200m, 400m, 4x400 and distance medley relay events … won the 400m event at four meets … won the 400m event at the MIAA (DIII) Indoor Track and Field Championships (Feb. 25) with a time of 58.58, also setting the meet record … took 2^nd in the 4x400 … one-time honoree of 2023 MIAA Women’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week … named to Great Lakes Region All-Region 400m Indoor team.

2022 (Cross Country) (at Alma): Ran 5k and 6k at four meets … ran in the Jeff Drenth Memorial (Sept. 2) (5k) for a 48^th place finish (21:01.7) … ran a personal-best 24:39.5 in the 6k at the 2022 NCAA Division III Great Lakes Region Cross Country Championships (Nov. 12).

2022 (Outdoor) (at Alma): Competed at seven meets in the 200m, 400m, 4x100, and 4x400 events … won the 400m at six meets, including the MIAA Championships … set a personal record in the 200m of 25.83 seconds at the 2022 MIAA Field Day (May 5-6) for a second-place finish … named to 2022 Great Lakes Region All-Region 400m Outdoor team.

2021-22 (Indoor) (at Alma): Competed at six meets in the 60m, 200m, 400m, 4x400 and distance medley relay … earned her first collegiate podium finish by taking second in the 4x400 event at the SVSU- Doug Hansen Open (Jan. 21) … won the 200m event with a time of 26.82 at the Jack Skoog Open (Jan. 29) … won the 400m at the WHAC vs. MIAA Challenge and at the MIAA (DIII) Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb. 26) … honored to 2022 Great Lakes Region All-Region team (400m).

Personal: Daughter of Amy and Rick Bigham … has an older brother, Darren, and a younger sister, Norrah … also played soccer for two years at Alma College prior to joining the track team … also enjoys hiking … Fun fact: “I have completed what is considered to be one of the most dangerous hikes in the United States, Angel’s Landing at Zion National Park in Utah.”

Why CMU?: “CMU is right down the road from where I completed my undergraduate, so it already felt like home.”