Upcoming Event: Women's Cross Country at Griak Invitational on September 19, 2025 at 10:45 a.m.
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10:45 a.m.
Women's Cross Country
at Griak Invitational
South Dakota State University Athletics
2019 Women's Cross Country Roster
Nelson, Emma
Emma Nelson
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- South Range, Wis.
- High School:
- Northwestern H.S.
Bio
CAREER RESULTS
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PERSONAL-BEST MARKS: (updated after 2018 TF)
1,500M OUT: 4:55.38 (2018 - SO, Howard Wood - 5/4-5)
MILE IN: 5:20.74 (2018 - SO, SDSU Classic - 2/9-10)
3,000M IN: 10:30.24 (2018 - SO, SDSU Classic - 2/9-10)
3,000M OUT: 11:01.66 (2018 - SO, Tulsa Duals - 3/16-17)
5,000M OUT: 18:29.07 (2018 - SO, Howard Wood - 5/4-5)
CROSS COUNTRY
4K XC: 15:47.3 (2016 - FR, Bison Open - 9/2)
5K XC: 18:55.8 (2017 - SO, Ron Pynn - 10/14)
6K XC: 23:34.6 (2016 - FR, Summit League - 10/29)
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HONORS & AWARDS:
Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence ('17XC, ' '18TF)
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (‘16F, ‘17S, '17F, '18S)
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2017-18:
OUTDOOR: Competed in five events ... ran PR’s in both the 1,500m (21st, 4:55.38) and 5,000m (sixth, 18:29.07) at the Howard Wood (5/4-5), trimming her 1,500m mark by 26.52 seconds and the 5,000m by 20.48 seconds (reset her PR three times during 2018 - every attempt) ... in the first meet of the season, at the Tulsa Duals (3/16-17), placed fifth in the 3,000m with a personal-best mark (11:01.66) by 0.36 seconds ... had the team’s ninth-best 1,500m (ranked 39th in the league), best 3,000m, and fifth-best 5,000m (27th) on the season performance list.
INDOOR: Competed in six events ... added two PR’s at the SDSU Classic (2/9-10), finishing 41st in the mile (5:20.74) and 22nd in the 3,000m (10:30.24) ... it was her third PR reset in the 3,000m and second reset in the mile ... finished with the team’s 10th-best mark in the mile (ranked 26th in the league), and fifth-best in 3,000m (25th) on the season performance list.
CROSS COUNTRY:Â Competed in six events including three 5k-races, two 6k-races and one 4k-race ... ran her best 5k at the Ron Pynn Open (10/14), finishing fifth on the team and 21st overall (18:55.8) ... improved her 6k-performances at the Roy Griak (9/23) and Oz Memorial (9/8) ... finished ninth on the team and 161st overall (25:29.2) in the Griak, her event best ... placed 12th among Jackrabbits, 55th overall (25:22.7) in her event-best at the Oz Memorial ... in the lone 4k of the season, she posted 13th on the team, 31st overall (16:39.5) at the NDSU Open (9/1).
2016-17:
OUTDOOR: Competed in five events ... set a career-best 5:21.90 in the 1,500m at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays (5/5-6), finishing 27th … placed 26th with a season-best 11:18.45 in the 3,000m at the Arkansas Spring Invite (3/24-25) … recorded a career-best 19:24.69 in the 5,000m at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays, finishing eighth.
INDOOR: Competed in six events … set a career-best 5:26.83 in the mile at the SDSU Indoor Classic (2/10-11), finishing 49th … posted a career-best 11:02.02 in the 3,000m at the SDSU Indoor Classic, finishing 29th.
CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in seven events … posted a career-best 23:34.6 in the 6k at The Summit League Championships (10/29) … placed 223rd (24:07.8) in the 6k at the NCAA Midwest Championships (11/11).
BEFORE SDSU: Posted a personal-best 20:03 in the 5k enroute to all-state honors as a senior … won the 2015 conference cross country meet and was runner-up in 2013 and 2014 … qualified for the Wisconsin Class D2 state cross country meet four times and the team won the conference championship all four years … finished second at the 2016 sectional track and field meet in the 1,600m, with a personal-best 5:17.71 … member of the 4x800m relay team that set a school record 9:51.26 at the 2013 state track and field meet … earned cross country academic all-state 2012-15 … lettered in cross country four times and track and field three times … National Honor Society from 2014-16 … made high honor roll all four years, and graduated in the top 10 percent of the class.
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