Martin on Track for Wake Forest

Palisades High senior Erika Martin has accepted a track and field scholarship from Wake Forest University, signing the national letter of intent last Wednesday. Top track schools took notice of Martin last summer when she won the Bronze Medal in the heptathlon at the 2009 AAU Junior Olympics in Des Moines, Iowa. Last spring, Martin qualified for four events at the City Section finals and she placed 18th in the 100-meter hurdles with a personal-best time of 14:88 seconds at the state track and field meet in Sacramento. Wake Forest is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, which includes some of the top NCAA Division I track programs in the country–Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Miami, North Carolina, NC State, Virginia and Virginia Tech. Martin also considered offers from Duke, Vanderbilt, Syracuse and Penn.