2012 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Erica Bougard
- Position:
- Combined Events
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School/Previous School:
- Byhalia HS
- Hometown:
- Byhalia, Miss.
MSU:
2015 Outdoor
- At the SEC Championships, Bougard set the meet and MSU school record for points scored in the heptathlon. She scored 6,250 points to bring home the crown. Her point total is the fifth best total in NCAA history.
- Broke the MSU school-record in the high jump clearing 6-00.75 during the SEC Heptathlon Championships. Personal-best in the 200m run is 23.48, in the 800m run is 2:11.00, and in the shot put is 38-04.00, all which came at the SEC Championships.
- Bougard competed in the heptathlon, high jump and 100m hurdles at the NCAA Championships.
- In the NCAA Championships heptathlon, Bougard finished fourth with 6,050 points. She placed 15th in the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.19 and 17th in the high jump clearing 5-09.75.
- Was the first female MSU athlete named to the Bowerman Trophy Watch List during the 2015 outdoor season.
- Recieved First-Team All-American honors for the heptathlon, Second-Team All-American honors for the 100m hurldes and honorable mention All-Amercian honors for the long jump.
2015 Indoor
- Finished second in the pentathlon at the 2015 NCAA Indoor Championships after scoring 4,566 points.
- Placed second in the pentathlon at the 2015 SEC Indoor Championships, with 4,376 points.
- Named the 2015 SEC Co-Women’s MVP at the 2015 SEC Indoor Championships.
- Broke the school record in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.03, which came at the SEC Indoor Championships, where she finished third overall.
- Bougard broke the school record in the high jump, 6-00, at the 2015 NCAA Indoor Championships.
- Part of the 4x400m relay team that broke the indoor school record at the 2015 Armory Track Invitational, with a time of 3:38.04.
- Placed fourth in the distance medley relay at the SEC Indoor Championships (11:26.86), the third fastest time in MSU school history.
2014 Indoor
- Was the 2014 SEC Pentathlon Champion scoring 4,458 points in the event.
- Finished second in the pentathlon at the NCAA Championships with 4,586 points.
- Also at the NCAA Championships, Bougard placed sixth in the long with a leap of 20-05.25
- Placed first in the pentathlon at Samford Multi Competition with 4,207 points.
2013 Outdoor
- Placed third in the heptathlon at the 2013 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
- Finished second in the heptathlon at the 2013 SEC Championships, winning the 100-meter hurdles, 200-meter dash and the long jump
2013 Indoor
- 2013 NCAA Indoor National Pentathlon Champion with a school-record 4,399 points
- Entered the 2013 NCAA Indoor Championships ranked fourth nationally in the pentathlon and second in the SEC
2012 Outdoor
- Placed fourth in the heptathlon at the 2012 Outdoor SEC Championships
2012 Indoor
- Named the 2012 SEC Freshman Field Athlete of the Year
- 2012 All-American
- Finished second in the pentathlon at the 2012 SEC Indoors
OTHER COMPETITION:
- Finished third in the heptahtlon at the 2015 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships to earn a spot on Team USA. She scored a school record 6,288 points. Bougard also recorded a school recrod in the high jump after clearing 6-02 in the event. She ran a personal-best 2:08.39 in the 800m run to claim her overall thrid-place finish.
- Placed 24th in the heptathlon at the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia, representing Team USA (5,829 points).
HIGH SCHOOL:
- At Byhalia High, put up a personal best in the long jump (20'2)
- Member of Basketball Team
PERSONAL:
- Born Erica Marsha Bougard on July 26 in Memphis, Tenn.
- Daughter of Toya Norman and Eric Bougard
- Erica's aunt Karen Bougard ran cross country at Jackson State University
