2a Track Star Erica Birk Runs in Mom's Footsteps

Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › May 16, 2010

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PROVO -- She's diminutive, young and at 5-foot-4 and about 100 pounds, folks might not take North Summit's 15-year-old Erica Birk as a threat to do a lot of damage as a track athlete.

But that would be a mistake -- underestimating Erica and her engine.

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2a Track Star Erica Birk Runs in Mom's Footsteps

This was very clear this weekend when she dominated her division at the state high school championships at BYU until Tressa Lyman of Enterprise, in as gutty a performance as any witnessed Saturday, robbed Birk of first place in the 800 m...

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