2011 Cross Country - W Roster

Emily Finnegan

  • Height
    5-6
  • Class
    Junior
  • Highschool
    Colonie Central
  • Hometown
    Niskayuna, N.Y.

Biography

2011: Earned America East Conference All-Academic honors ... Season-best 5k time was 17:50.46 to place 14th overall at the America East Championship ... Top-finish was at the Monmouth XC Kick-Off 4k with a 14:39.90 time for third overall ... Clocked a 22:12.00 6k time at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship ...Top-two UAlbany finisher in all races for the season. 

2010: Earned America East Conference All-Academic honors ... UAlbany's top finisher is six meets including fifth place (18:26.1) to help lead the Great Danes to their first-ever ECAC University Division championship ... Top-place finish came at Monmouth XC Tip-Off in third (14:40.8) ... Paced the squad for 12th (18:20.60) at the Boston College Invitational ... Twenty-first place finish among 164 competitors at the John "Paddy" Doyle Meet of Champions in 22:46.42 ... Had a 5,000-meter time of 18:16.00 good for a 69th place finish among 302 competitors at the Greater Louisville Classic, leading UAlbany to a top-15 finish (of 35 schools) ... Led UAlbany to a school record by a top-five average time in the 5,000 meter course at the Annual UAlbany Invitational with her eighth place finish in 18:04.3 ... Finished 14th in 18:02.82 at the America East Championship.

2009:
One of the squad's top seven runners as a freshman ... Made the America East Conference Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll ... Placed 14th overall and seventh on the team (16:03) in collegiate debut at Monmouth XC Kick-Off, helping the Great Danes win the team title ... Finished 75th in 22:13 at the America East championship.

High School:
Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track and field at Colonie Central ... Team captain as a senior ... Ran at the New York Federation cross country meet as a sophomore ... Attended Nike Indoor Nationals as a member of the 4x800-meter relay squad in 2009 ... Member of the fifth-place 4x400 relay at states as a senior ... Also attended the 2008 state meet in the 4x400 ... Outdoor team MVP as a senior ... Holds three school records ... Personal-best marks were 1:00.1 in the 400-meter dash, 1:08.1 in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles, 2:20.3 in the 800 and 34-feet, 0-inches in the triple jump ... Member of the National Honor Society and Key Club.

Personal:
Majoring in Spanish, political science and globalization studies ... Born May 15, 1991 ... Daughter of Thomas and Cynthia Finnegan ... Has two brothers, Jason and Matthew, and one sister, Shannon.

 

 

Historical Player Information

  • 2009Freshman

    5'6"

  • 2010Sophomore

    5'6"

  • 2011Junior

    5'6"