HADDONFIELD, NJ – Haddonfield Memorial High School is proud to announce the hiring of Erin Donohue LiVecchi as our new Head Girls Track and Field Coach.

Erin is one of the most-decorated all-around athletes in HMHS history, excelling in cross country, track and field, winter track, and basketball.  During her time in high school, Erin helped the girls’ basketball team win a Group 2 State Championship and scored over 1,000 points as a point guard – despite running winter track and not playing basketball her senior year! But it was in cross country and track that she established herself as one of the greatest female athletes in New Jersey high school history.  

Erin was a 33-time NJ State Champion, earning 9 Meet of Champions titles – 6 in outdoor track, 1 in indoor track, and 2 in cross country.  She won championships in the 800, 1600m and 3200m, and a State Championship title in the javelin.  Erin won the National Scholastic High School Championship in the mile twice, setting the meet record her senior year.  At the same time she finished third in the nation in the javelin.  Not surprisingly, Erin was named New Jersey Female Athlete of the Year in 2001. 

 At the University of North Carolina, Erin was a seven-time NCAA All-American. Her highest finishes include a pair of fourth-place finishes in the NCAA Indoor mile and NCAA Outdoor 1500m in her final year. She was a member of several Penn Relays Championship teams and one of her fondest memories was at the 2003 Penn Relays where her relay teams won three races. 

After graduating in 2005, Erin accepted an internship with Nike’s In-Store Communications department and continued training across the Nike campus in Beaverton, Oregon.  By the beginning of 2006, she was training full-time and competing as a professional, and continued to run personal bests, winning many international events in 2007.  She qualified for the 2008 Olympics and competed in the women's 1500 meters in Beijing, but surgery prevented her from competing in 2012. She resolved to rehab her injury and return to competition stronger than before.  She struggled through numerous setbacks, but finally returned to competition in 2014 and qualified for the 2016 US Olympic Trials in the 800m and 1500m.  

Erin was inducted into the HMHS Athletics Hall of Fame in 2016.

For media inquiries, please contact:

Lefteris Banos
Haddonfield Memorial High School
Athletic Director

lbanos@haddonfield.k12.nj.us