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2023 Women's Track and Field Roster

Emily Burns

  • Position Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Lake Zurich
  • Hometown Lake Zurich, Ill.

Biography

Collegiate Honors
• 2021 Horizon League All-Academic Team (Cross Country)
• 2021 Second-Team All-Horizon League (Cross Country)

• 2020 Horizon League All-Academic Team (Cross Country)

• 2019 Second-Team All-Horizon League (Cross Country)
• Horizon League Runner of the Week (9/24/19) 


2021-22 Season
2022 Outdoor: Ran the 5000m at the Horizon League Championships, placing 18th with a time of 18:33.05 ... posted a season-best time in the 5000m at the WashU Distance Carnival on April 1 at 17:52.33 ... placed runner-up in the 1500m April 14 at the Warrior Invite ... finished 11th in the 5000m April 23 at the Illini Invitational.

2022 Indoor: Placed ninth at the Horizon League Championships in the 3000m with a season-best time of 10:18.79 ... finished third in the mile at the Tierney Classic on January 29 at 5:25.98 ... tallied an 11th-place time of 10:22.69 February 18 at the St. Valentine's Invite.


2020-21 Season
2021 Outdoor: Placed 12th at the Horizon League Championships, finishing the 5,000-meter race in 18:08.08... Opened the year with a personal-best time of 18:07.06 in the 5,000-meter race at the Illinois State Redbird Invitational... Also competed in the 5k at the Clark Wood Invitational on April 24 and finished 15th... Set a career-record in the 1,500-meter race at the Valpo Invitational on May 1, breaking the tape in 4:58.08. 

2021 Indoor: Competed in the 3,000-meter race at the Horizon League Championships and placed fourth with a time of 10:15.86... Opened the season at the Panther Invite on January 9, finishing seventh in the mile after crossing in 5:22.86... Placed second in the mile (10:13.97) at the John Tierney Classic... Set a new PR in the mile at the Panther Tune-Up, crossing in 5:13.09 to finish third.

Cross Country: Named to the Horizon League All-Academic Team... Helped the Panthers claim the Horizon League Championship on March 4... Finished 11th of 67 runners, crossing in 23:01.6.

2019-20 Season
2020 Outdoor: Season cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Indoor: Closed the season out with a podium finish in the 3000m at the Horizon League Championships after placing sixth with a time of 10:07.20 ... also helped the Panthers to a third-place finish in the DMR (12:18.50) at the League meet ... opened the year with a second-place finish in the 3000m at the Tierney Invite, Jan. 18 (10:24.65) ... a few weeks later, competed in the mile at the ONU Invite,  Feb. 1, for second place with a time of 5:19.18 ... picked up a PR time of 10:06.19 in the 3000m at the GVSU Big Meet, Feb. 14, which ranks 10th in program history 

2019 Cross Country: Had an impressive start to her Panther career, being named Second-Team All-League at her first Horizon League Championships meet (Nov. 2) after placing 11th in 21:06.6 … was honored as the league runner of the week after leading the Panthers to a top-10 finish at the Bradley Intercollegiate (Sep. 20) in 18:00.0 …made her collegiate debut as the third Panther to cross the line at the Queen City Invite (Aug. 31) in 29th in 18:53.3 … followed that up as the second Panther at the NIU Huskie Challenge (Sep. 6) in 23:01.9 for 13th-place … was also the second Panther at the Loyola Lakefront Invite (Sep. 28), racing to 31st in 18:35.5 … again was the second Panther at Pre-Nationals (Oct. 19), taking 76th in 22:49.1 … closed out the year at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional on Nov. 15, taking 111th in personal record time of 22:25.7


High School
Ran varsity cross country and track all four years of high school ... earned MVP in cross country for three years and one year in track ...  2018 IHSA 3A state cross country qualifier finishing 45th and a 2019 IHSA state track qualifier in the 3200m placing 15th ... also played softball for three years ... awarded North Suburban Conference All-Academic and a high honor roll student

Personal
Daughter of Timothy and Amy Burns ... lists most memorable sports experience as going to state with her 4x800m and running the 4x800m, 3200m, and 1600m at sectionals ... chose Milwaukee because "I loved the team on my visit and the Early Childhood program is amazing" ... enjoys playing the guitar, crafts, and board games ... career goal is to "become a preschool teacher or potentially open a daycare" ... mother ran at Marquette ... brother currently runs at Marquette ... born May 7, 2001

Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

  • 2021Sophomore

  • 2022Junior

  • 2023Senior

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