Tara Welling

{{short description|American long-distance runner}}

Tara Welling (née Erdmann) is an American long-distance runner.

In college, she competed for Loyola Marymount University.{{cite web|last=Gugala |first=Jon |url=http://www.runnersworld.com/rt-web-exclusive/rising-college-star-lmus-tara-erdmann |title=Rising College Star: LMU's Tara Erdmann | Runner's World |publisher=Runnersworld.com |date=2011-05-03 |accessdate=2016-09-16}}

She finished 3rd at the 2013 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, but did not earn the "A" standard and therefore did not qualify for the World Championships.{{cite web|last=From |first=Ryan |url=http://www.flotrack.org/article/21618-tara-erdmann-comes-up-short-in-the-10k-amy-hastings-will-go-to-moscow |title=Tara Erdmann comes up short in the 10k, Amy Hastings will go to Moscow |publisher=FloTrack |date= |accessdate=2016-09-16}}{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/trackandfield/index.ssf/2013/06/oregon_track_field_rundown_the_76.html |title=Oregon track & field rundown: The Nike Oregon Project's Tara Erdmann makes her mark at the elite level |publisher=OregonLive.com |date=2013-06-21 |accessdate=2016-09-16}}

In 2016, Welling won the US half marathon championship.{{cite web|author=Adam Jardy |url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2016/04/30/0430-track-and-field-half-marathon.html |title=USA Track & Field Half-Marathon | Landry breaks away from pack for win | The Columbus Dispatch |publisher=Dispatch.com |date=2016-05-01 |accessdate=2016-09-16}} That same year, she won the national 15 km championship.{{cite web|author=Sam Kouvaris, Chris Parenteau, Brian Jackson, Steve Patrick |url=http://www.news4jax.com/sports/river-run/its-gate-river-run-week |title=Woman crosses 1st in Gate River Run |publisher=News4jax.com |date=2016-03-13 |accessdate=2016-09-16}}{{cite web|author=TEGNA |url=http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/exciting-end-at-gate-river-run-as-pair-of-newcomers-races-to-the-finish/79505562 |title=Exciting end at Gate River Run as pair of newcomers races to the finish |publisher=Firstcoastnews.com |date=2016-03-12 |accessdate=2016-09-16}}

In cross country, she helped her team to a second-place finish at the USATF National Club Cross Country Championships.{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/trackandfield/index.ssf/2016/02/friday_morning_news_notes_link_30.html |title=Distance runner Tara (Erdmann) Welling is having fun again: Oregon track & field rundown |publisher=OregonLive.com |date=2016-02-26 |accessdate=2016-09-16}}