Emily Weinzetl

Bio

Emily is in her fourth season on the Golden Eagle track squad and her first year in cross country...a promising athlete who is strong on the track, and a dedicated student in the classroom...named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll at Tech to recognize her efforts in the classroom...also played basketball in high school.

AT TECH (In 2011-12): Emily ran in one cross country meet, recording a 27:07 6K time at Sewanee.

(In 2010-11): Emily competed in four cross country meets and posted consistently lower times throughout the season...ran a season-best 21:52 at Furman...competed in the 400 meter and 800 meter in track season...was part of the 4x400 relay team that ran the fourth-best time in Tech history of 4:01.51 at Tennessee State...also on the relay squad were Krysten Joshen, Brittany Cotto and Katherine Lynn...was also part of the distance medley relay that earned points at the OVC Indoor Championships with a time of 13:08.80...also in the relay were Traci Jones, Leah Bradley and Rebecca Cline...posted a season-best 1:02.11 in the 400 at Sewanee and posted a season-best 2:23 in the 800 at Austin Peay.

(In 2009-10): Emily competed in the TTU Invitational in the cross country season, clocking in at 25:47.49...recorded a career best and posted a school record in the 400m dash at the OVC Championships, as she placed with a time of 59.85...participated on a 4X400 relay team which finished in 3:59.67, the second fastest time in the event in school history...was a participant on a relay team which set an indoor season relay record in the 4X400m with an impressive time of 4:02.89.

(In 2008-09): Emily competed in the 400m dash during the indoor season and achieved a best time of 1:02.14 at the OVC Indoor meet...that is the best time for a Golden Eagle in the season...a participant on the 4x400 relay team at the OVC Indoor meet that reached a time of 4:14.92...also a participant on the distance medley team that set the new school record time of 12:21.09 at the OVC meet with teammates Tiffany Palmer, Keri Light and Stephanie Place...also competed in the 200m and 400m dashes during the outdoor season...clocked in a best time in the 200m dash of 26.64 at the OVC meet, which is a close second for a Tech season-best time...best time in the 400m was 1:00.91, reached at the Winthrop meet for another close Tech seasonal-best time...helped the 4x100 relay team to a school record-setting time of 48.90 at the Murray State meet along with teammates Meagan Lyons, Allison Price and Ifey Eguzo...was a participant on the 4x400 relay team at the OVC Championships that set the fourth-best mark in school history for that event with a time of 4:03.59...other participants on that relay were Jenna Philpott, Danielle Catlett and Leayn Carter.

HIGH SCHOOL: Emily was a two-sport athlete at Ronald Reagan High School in San Antonio...competed as a sprinter in track four years for coach Nancy Aimarat...helped the team to second place in the district for three consecutive years between 2006 and 2008...best time in the 100m was 11.5...reached 25.6 as a best time in 200m...also competed in the 400m with a career-best time of 59.3...also played basketball as a small forward in her 10th and 11th grade seasons under coach Terry Barton...she helped the basketball team went on to be bi-district champions during her 11th grade year...for her outstanding work in the classroom, she was honored with the cum laude award from the National Honors Society.

PERSONAL: The daughter of Scott and Kristi Weinzetl...full name is Emily Jean Weinzetl...born on September 5, 1989 in Robbinsdale, Minn....majoring in journalism and doing some volunteer work with the TTU Sports Information Office.