Hall of Fame
Eric Klinker still holds three Macalester school records in the hurdle events over 24 years after he broke them. Over his first three years, he earned All-MIAC honors in both the 110-meter high hurdles and the 400-meter hurdles each year. As a junior in 2000, Eric won both events at the MIAC Outdoor Championships and qualified for the NCAA Championships in both events. His seventh-place finish in the 400 hurdles at nationals garnered him All-American status that year, and he posted a school-record time of 52.25 earlier that spring. As a senior, Eric set the school record in the 55-meter hurdles indoors. Outdoors, he smashed the school standard in the 110 hurdles with an automatic NCAA-qualifying time of 14.36, which also was the MIAC Outdoor Championships record at the time. Eric also placed second in the long jump outdoors, giving him seven All-MIAC performances in his outstanding career. Currently, he is an avid cyclist and a volunteer coach and board member for the Eden Prairie Track and Field Association. A chemistry major, Eric is a Technical Service and Development Scientist with Dow Chemical.
