Eric was born just outside of Seattle, WA but spent most of his life between Texas and Minnesota. He began running at a young age after growing up seeing his father train for marathons and triathlons. He started running competitively through cross-country and track in high school and then competing at Gustavus Adolphus College in the 400m hurdles. Upon graduating Gustavus with a degree in Accounting, he decided to continue his education earning a Masters in Accounting at the University of Texas at Austin.

While in Austin he needed something to get away from the stress of class and channel his competitive nature towards, here is where triathlon came into his life. Eric completed his first sprint triathlon the summer of 2007 just after starting graduate school but then took the following year off because of class demands and travel. In 2009 he completed what would be considered his first full season of multi sport events competing in 8 races. After a season of trying this on his own he is truly looking forward to the upcoming year with the Loncar team. His schedule for 2010 will include his first half iron distance race as well as hoping to qualify and perform well at Age Group nationals in Alabama.