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2010-11 Track and Field

Erik Kraus

  • Class First-Year
  • Hometown Hillsborough, N.C.
  • Highschool Durham Academy Upper

Biography

2010-11
Contributed to a third place 10:27.59 finish in thedistance medley relay at the Gotham Cup Jan. 14.

Before Harvard
Member of the cross country and track and field teams at DurhamAcademy Upper … Captained the cross country team as a juniorand senior and track and field team as a senior … Holdspersonal-best times of 1:56.00 in the 800-meter run and 50.80 inthe 400-meter run … Four-time cross country all-conferenceand three-time all-state honoree … Helped team to twoconference and state championships and was named team MVP in 2007… Four-time track and field all-conference and all-statehonoree and team MVP as a senior … Helped track team toconference championships in 2009 and 2010 … Recipient ofDurham Sports Club Student-Athlete of the Year Scholarship …Part of school record-holding 4x800-meter (8:00.60) and distancemedley relay (10:30.20) teams … Three-time recipient of highhonors in scholarship and member of the Cum Laude Society …Interests include drums, piano, ultimate Frisbee and outdooractivities … Grandfather, William Gibans Kraus ’40,attended Harvard … Father, William Erle Kraus ’77, wasa four-year member of the Harvard cross country team and also rantrack for one season.