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2006 Cross Country

Zach Emerson

  • Height 6-2
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Hillsboro, N.H.
  • Highschool Hillsboro-Deering
  • Position Distance

Biography

AS ASENIOR:  Finished eighthat the 2006 Northeast Confernece Cross Country Championships at VanCortlandt Park in the Bronx...Is the third-straight year that heearned All-NEC honors...Finished second in the 3000m run at the NECIndoor Championships with a time of 8:38.30...Earned Second TeamAll-Conference honors in the event...Posted personal-best time of14:54.19s in the 5000m run at the Penn StateInvitational...Outdoors, his season was cut short due to injury.

AS AJUNIOR:  Had solidjunior season for the Mount...Finished fourth at the NortheastConference Cross Country Championships to earn All-NEC honors forthe second-straight year...Outdoors, competed at the NCAA EastRegional in the 3000m steeplechase...His mark of 9:11.71 at theNCAA Regional was the second-fastest mark in school history...Wonthe NEC title and earn first-team All-Northeast Conference honorsin the steeplechase...Indoors, finished fifth in the NEC in the3000m run and third in the 5000m run (15:10.46).

AS ASOPHOMORE: Earned All-NEChonors in cross country after finishing 11th at the NortheastConference Championships...NEC athlete of the week...Was theMount's top finisher at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals...Was theMount's top runner in each meet he appeared in...Finished sixth inthe 5000m run at the NEC Indoor Championships...His time of15:20.35 at the NEC's is 9th all-time at the Mount...Member of4x800m relay team that participated in the IC4AChampionships...Also ran the 3000m run posting season-best time atthe Penn State Relays...Outdoors, was Second Team All-NEC afterfinishing second in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 9:17.88,second all-time at the Mount...Also ran in the 5000m at the NECOutdoor Championships.

AS AFRESHMAN: Was the Mount'stop runner on the cross country team...Named the NEC Rookie of theWeek on two occasions during the cross country season...Earnedfirst award when he was the Mount's top finisher at the Mount St.Mary's Invitational...His second award came after a 15th-placefinish at the George Mason Invitational...Named NEC Rookie of theWeek after winning the Princeton Relays in the 5000m run...Indoors,he ran the Mount's top time in the 3000m run at the Penn StateInvitational...Outdoors, had season-best time in the 3000msteeplechase with a time of 9:28.99 at the Lou Onesty Invitationalat the University of Virginia...Finished third in the 5000m run atthe Erik Kloiber Invitational...Placed fourth in the 3000msteeplechase at the NEC Championships.

PERSONAL:Majoring ininformation systems...Born Nov. 9, 1984...Parents are Wayneand Elaine Emerson...Has an older sister, Crystie, and an olderbrother, Chris.

 



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