Colgate University Athletics

Senior Year (2011-12): Served as team captain…Named to the First team All-Patriot League for the fourth consecutive year for winning the 400 IM at the Patriot League Championships…Recognized for accumulating the most championship points of any member of the class of 2012 on the women's side…Recorded two other top-3 finishes at the PL Championships in the 500 and 1650 Free…Swam a team-best in the 1650 Free in 16:48.06 at the PL Championships…Finished first in five different events throughout the season, 500, 1000 and 1650 Free, the 200 Fly and the 400 IM…Swam team-bests in the 500, 1000 and 1650 Free and the 400 IM.

Junior Year (2010-11): Named first team All-Patriot League for the third-straight year after winning three individual events and earned 60 points towards the final total for the Raiders ... won her second career Patriot League Championship ... set a new Patriot League, Patriot League Championship and Colgate record in the 1650 free with a time of 16:24.83 ... she also took home the title in the 500 free with a time of 4:49.46, beating out two other teammates as Colgate finished three swimmers in the top three ... won the 400 IM title on the second day of the championships with a time of 4:17.61, winning the event by 10 seconds ... she shaved four seconds off her prelim time in the finals ... overall she set seven new career bests this season ... won the 1000 free against Cornell with a personal best of 10:13.9 ... took second in the 200 breaststroke with a best of 2:26.52 in wins over Lafayette and Army.

Sophomore Year (2009-10): Received first team all-Patriot League accolades ... swam the fourth fastest time in Colgate history in the 400 IM (4:18.11) en route to winning the individual league crown by .04 seconds ... swam the third fastest time in Raider history in the 1650 free (16:51.08) in a second place effort at the PL Championships ... swam a season best 10:20.24 in the 1,000 free.

Freshman Year (2008-09):  Garnered first team all-Patriot League honors … Picked up a pair of seconds and an eighth at the league championships … Placed second with a new Colgate freshman record in the 400 IM and an eighth at the Patriot League Championships with a personal-best time of 4:15.79 (second all-time at Colgate) after posting a 4:20.21 (fourth best at Colgate) in the preliminary swim … Shaved 11 seconds off her own freshman and school record in the 1650 free with a second place effort (a season-best 16:39.72) … Placed eighth in the 200 Back with a 2:05.61 … Swam the fifth fastest time and tied a school freshman record in the preliminary round with a personal-best time of 2:01.24 … Set the University of Massachusetts pool record in the 1650 with a 17:12.32 (10^th fastest time at Colgate) … Was named the Patriot League Female Swimmer of the Week, December 9 after her performances at the Conoco Phillipa National Short Course Championships in Atlanta … Placed 24^th in the 1650 and established then school and freshman records with a 16:50.92…Set then league, school and freshman records in the 400 IM with a 25^th-place effort (4:20.27) … Swam a 500 split of the 1650 free in 4:57.90, which ranks sixth all-time at Colgate…Has the top two times at Colgate in the 1000 free – a 10:01.64 split at the Patriot League Championships, and a 10:10.42 split in the first 1000 of the 1650 at the Conoco Phillips Short Course Nationals as well as three others among the top 10 … Swam the eighth quickest time in the 200 IM (2:05.32) in a tri-meet versus Lafayette and Army.

In High School: A four-year letterwinner in swimming at Garden City High School ... Team captain as a senior ... Won the state championship and received All-America recognition in the 200 IM as a senior with a Nassau County-record time of 2:05.13 ... Broke school's varsity record in the 200 IM three times during the 2007 season ... Won the 2007 public high school state championship in the 500 free with a personal-best time of 4:52.75 ... A two-time NYSPHSAA champion and All-American in the 500 free ... Part of the 400 free relay that finished fourth at the state meet with a county- and varsity-record and All-America consideration time ... Finished third at the 2006 state championship in the 200 IM with an All-America time that also set a varsity record ... Broke the school record in the 200 IM for the first time in 2005 ... Won the 2007 Nassau County championship in the 200 IM and 100 fly ... Won the 2006 Nassau County championship in the 100 back and 100 fly ... Won the 2005 county championship in the 100 breast ... Named the Most Outstanding Swimmer at the 2006 and 2007 county meets ... Team went undefeated in dual competition during her career, and has been unbeaten for six straight years ... Team has won nine straight Nassau County championships ... Named team MVP in 2005, 2006 and 2008 ... A four-year member of the Long Island Aquatic Club ... Qualified and participated in the 2007 senior nationals in the 1500-meter free, 800-meter free, and 400 IM ... Participated in three consecutive NCSA Junior Nationals, and four straight Speedo Junior National Long Course meets ... Part of the 800-meter free relay that finished third at the 2005 Junior National meet in Irvine, Calif. ... Was the third-highest point scorer at the 2006 and 2007 Star Invitational meets in Buffalo, N.Y. ... Placed in the top 16 in the nation in the 1650 free (short-course yards) during the 2006-07 season ... Part of the 800 free relay that placed third at the 2008 NCSA Junior National meet ... Qualified for the short course national championship in the 200 back with a time of 2:19.97 at the Charlotte UltraSwim ... A Scholastic All-American in 2005 and 2006.

Personal: Erica Ashley Derlath was born in Syosset, New York ... Daughter of Herbert and Linda Derlath ... Has one brother ... Major is educational studies.