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Emily Downey - Track & Field - Kansas Jayhawks

Emily Downey

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Class Sophomore
Hometown Overland Park, Kan.
High School St. Thomas Aquinas HS
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Career Results

2017 OUTDOOR (So.)
Placed fourth at the Kansas Relays (4/19-22) in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 17:41.35 … Had a time of 4:49.90 in the 1,500-meter run at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/28) for a 10th-place finish … Competed in the Big 12 Outdoor Championship (5/12-14) where she claimed 13th place in the 10,000-meter run with a career-best time of 36:05.38 and finished in 29th place in the 5,000-meter run clocking in at 17:58.82.

2017 INDOOR (So.)
Contributed to a first-place victory at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2) for the distance medley relay team with a time of 12:36.89 … Also recorded a second-place finish in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 10:22.78 at the Bob Timmons Challenge … Member of the distance medley relay team that posted a third-place finish at the Bill Easton Classic (1/6) with a time of 12:26.34 … Recorded a first-place finish in the 3,000-meters at the Bill Easton Classic, timing in at 10:21.58 … Finished in sixth at the Husker Invitational (2/3-4) clocking in with a career-best time of 9:59.55 … Had a 19th-place finish at the Iowa State Classic (2/10-11) in the 5,000-meter run finishing at 17:41.45.

2016 CROSS COUNTRY (Fr.)
Utilized redshirt season.

2016 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Placed 11th in the 5,000 meters at her first-ever conference meet, posting a personal-best time of 17:16.97 at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship (5/15) … Finished 12th in the 10,000 meters with a personal-best time of 37:00.02 at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship … Won the 5,000 meters at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/30) with a time of 17:19.94 … Took third at the ESU Relays (4/2) with a 5,000-meter time of 14:44.21 … Claimed fourth in the 5,000 meters after clocking a time of 17:46.14 at the Kansas Relays (4/23).

2016 INDOOR (Fr.)
Took third in the 3,000 meters in her first collegiate meet at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/4) with a time of 10:23.10 … Helped the distance medley relay team to a victory at the Bob Timmons Challenge with a time of 12:33.30 … Recorded a personal-best 3,000-meter time of 10:22.77 at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29), good enough for a sixth-place finish … Claimed third in the 3,000 meters at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) after clocking a time of 10:29.87.

HIGH SCHOOL
Ran to the Kansas 5A State Cross Country Championship as a senior in 2014, completing the 4K in a time of 15:06.20 … Also helped her Aquinas team to three-straight 4A state cross country titles from 2012-14 … Kansas 5A state runner-up as a junior in 2013 … East Kansas League (EKL) cross country champion in 2014 … Held two school records in track, two mile (10:57) and mile (5:030 … Ran to two state titles in track as a senior in 2015, in the mile and the two-mile runs … Graduated Summa Cum Laude.

PERSONAL
Daughter of John and Cathy Downey … Has five siblings: Kelli, Anne, Joe, Will and Tom … Undecided on major.

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