Eric Westog

Height:
5-10
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Wilmington, Del.
High School:
Mill Creek (Hoschton, Ga.

2016: Cross Country - Scored with a fifth-place finish at the UGA Cross Country Invitational thanks to his 8K time of 25:43.12...Was in the Bulldogs’ top five for the second straight meet with a 30th-place finish (25:33.1) at the 8K Commodore Classic...Scored with a 95th-place finish (24:48) during the 8K Paul Short Run...Was 66th with a 26:12.7 at the 8K SEC Championships...Was the final scorer for the Bulldogs at the 10K NCAA South Regional with a 31:40.6 for 35th place.
Indoor & Outdoor - Did not compete for the Bulldogs.

2015: Outdoor - Redshirted for the Bulldogs.
Indoor - Finished third in the 5000 (15:22.36) at the VT Elite Meet.

2014 - Cross Country: Opened his Bulldog career by finishing 20th (27:20.86) at the 8K Georgia Cross Country Invitational...Earned a career best time of 26:53.36 and finished 49th at the 8K Furman Invitational... Finished seventh for the Bulldogs (126th overall) and posted the fastest finish of his career thanks to a time of 25:48.46 in the 8K Greater Louisville Classic...Was the first Bulldog finisher (seventh overall) at the 8K Berry Invite after running a time of 26:24.70... Clocked a 26:25.41 and finished 80th overall (sixth Bulldog finisher) at the 8K SEC Championships... Placed 86th overall in his first collegiate 10K with a time of 32:22.50 at the 10K NCAA South Regionals.

High School: Helped lead Mill Creek to the GHSA 6-A state cross country title as a junior after the team took second his sophomore season...Individually was fourth at the state cross meet as a senior and eighth at the state meet as a sophomore and sixth at the state track meet in the 3200 as a sophomore...Three-year cross country team captain...Three-time team MVP...All-Gwinnett County and All-Metro his last three years...Top runner for Mill Creek last three years on region championship cross country teams...Personal-best times of 15:45.80 (cross country 5000), 9:25.43 (3200) and 4:25.01 (1600)...Won Dooley Award for student-athlete leadership in the state of Georgia...Coached by Andy Christie...Honor Graduate and Scholar Athlete (above a 90 average) and graduated with a 3.65 GPA.

Personal: Born April 12, 1995...Son of Stephen Westog and Lynda Westog...Majoring in Religion and Communication Studies.