Tag: Erin Jackson

UF alumna Erin Jackson reflects on balancing Olympic competition with engineering studies, carrying the U.S. flag in Milan and returning to the classroom to pursue a future in biomechanics.

When gold medalist Erin Jackson laces up her skates and puts on her game face for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games, her stateside cheering squad will include many rowdy reptiles.

Erin Jackson has a new material in her life: ice. The 2015 University of Florida Materials Science and Engineering alumna traded her inline skates for ice skates and, even to her surprise, made the United States Olympic speed skating team in January 2018. Jackson is a Cinderella story. An inline skater for 15 years and […]

Erin Jackson has a new material in her life: ice. The 2015 University of Florida Materials Science & Engineering alumna traded her inline skates for ice skates just four months ago. Now, she is competing in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Sunday as a member of Team U.S.A. in Olympic long-track speedskating. She finished third in […]