Emily Manfra
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- Height:
- 5-3
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- Hometown:
- Stoneham, Mass.
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- Year:
- Jr.
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- High School:
- Stoneham
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- Major:
- Biology
Bio
• Also a member of Suffolk’s indoor and outdoor track & field teams.
• First-ever Suffolk cross country runner to compete at NCAA DIII Nationals.
JUNIOR • 2018
NCAA DIII All-Region ... All-GNAC First-Team ... GNAC All-Sportsmanship ... Captain ... Cruised through the Robert Dowd 5k Course at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational with a time of 18:28.75 to finish in seventh in the field of 318 runners (Sept. 15) ... Named GNAC Runner of the Week (Sept. 17) ... Ran against some of the nation's best at the Purple Valley Classic, finishing 40th overall in the field of 129 with a 6K time of 21:12.4 (Sept. 22) ... Finished third out of 148 runners at the Suffolk Invite with a 5k time of 19:48 at Franklin Park (Oct. 12) ... Contributed to Suffolk's second-place team finish at the GNAC Championships with an individual 5k time of 19:40 to finish as the runner-up in the 89-runner field (Oct. 28) ... Put together the best time of her GNAC counterparts at the NCAA DIII Regionals at Bowdoin with a 17th-place showing behind a 6k time of 22:26.54 (Nov. 10) ... Earned a spot at the NCAA DIII National Championships ... Placed 83rd on the 6-meter course at the NCAA DIII National Championships in Winneconne, Wisconsin (Nov. 17).
SOPHOMORE • 2017
Took the individual winner honor on the Roger Williams Invitational two-mile course, coming through the finisher’s shoot in 12:38 (Sept. 2) … Named GNAC Corvias Runner of the Week (Sept. 5) … Finished just outside the top 20 at the GNAC Championships after coming through the finisher’s chute in 21:15 (Oct. 28) … Placed 195th in the field of 393 at the NCAA Division III Regionals with a time of 24:35.9 (Nov. 11).
FRESHMAN • 2016
GNAC Rookie of the Year … All-GNAC First-Team … Made her collegiate debut at the UNE Invitational where she was the first through the finisher’s chute with a time of 20:47.0 to take eighth overall (Sept. 10) … Named GNAC Corvias Rookie of the Week (Sept. 12) … Buoyed a Suffolk squad to the Raiders Invitational title with a meet top time of 20:13.8 (Sept. 16) … Put in her best collegiate time to date with a sub-20:00.0 mark of 19:57 to claim 14th at the Codfish Bowl (Sept. 24) … Swept GNAC Weekly awards, garnering both GNAC Corvias Runner and Rookie of the Week (Sept. 26) … Finished take second overall in the field of 167 runners at the Saints Invitational thanks to her time of 19:55 (Oct. 14) … Placed second at the GNAC Championships with a time of 20:02 (Oct. 29) … One of the first members of Suffolk cross country to compete at NCAA DIII Regionals in recent history and turned in a 136th-place performance with a time of 23:50.89 (Nov. 12).
ACDAEMIC ACCOLADES
Google Cloud Academic All-American (2018-19) ... Google Cloud Academic All-District (2018-19) ... Two-time USTFCCCA All-Academic selection (Fall 2018, Spring 2019) ... Two-time GNAC All-Academic Team honoree (2017-18, 2018-19) … Four-time member of Suffolk’s 4.0 Club (Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019) … Six-time AD Honor Roll selection (Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019).
BEFORE SUFFOLK • STONEHAM
Three-sport letterwinner at Stoneham; lacrosse, soccer and track & field.
News mentions
Junior Emily Manfra of the Suffolk women’s cross country and track & field team has garnered 2018-19 Google Cloud Academic All-America Division III second-team status, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), the organization announced Tuesday afternoon.
Suffolk women’s cross country and junior co-captains Emily Manfra and Emma Weisse received acknowledgement for their athletic and academic efforts as they earned the 2018 All-Academic Award, given out by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
Over the weekend, Emily Manfra made history as the first-ever Suffolk cross country runner to compete at the NCAA Division III National Championship hosted by Wisconsin Oshkosh at the Lake Breeze Golf Club.
Emily Manfra of the Suffolk women’s cross country team is Winneconne, Wisconsin bound as the junior will represent the Rams at the NCAA Division III National Championships Saturday, Nov. 17 at Lake Breeze Golf Club.
Emily Manfra’s historic cross country season will continue as the junior became the first-ever Suffolk cross country runner to clinch a spot in the NCAA National Championships.
Matyas Csiki-Fejer and Emily Manfra of the Suffolk men’s and women’s cross country teams, respectively, made program history Saturday afternoon as the duo ran two all-region accolades at the NCAA Division III New England Regionals hosted by Bowdoin.
The Suffolk cross country teams will vie for regional recognition this weekend as the Rams take their talents to Brunswick, Maine for the NCAA Division III New England Cross Country Championship Saturday, Nov. 10.
On a dreary Sunday in Maine the Suffolk cross country teams rewrote history at the GNAC Championships with the best team performances in program history and the first-ever individual champion in Emma Weisse.
With just a few final days left to prep for the 2018 GNAC Championships, the conference released the GNAC Championship poll Thursday afternoon. The Rams men’s squad has been predicted second, while the women’s team has been chosen to finish third.
Emma Weisse of the Suffolk women’s cross country team took home her third conference accolade of the season as the junior was named GNAC Runner of the Week thanks to her performance at the Suffolk Invite, the league office announced Monday afternoon.
Emma Weisse paced Suffolk women’s cross country to a fourth-place showing at the Suffolk Invite Friday afternoon at Franklin Park.
Emma Weisse paced Suffolk women’s cross country to a fourth-place showing at the Suffolk Invite Friday afternoon at Franklin Park.
For the second time this season Suffolk women’s cross country’s Emma Weisse was named GNAC Runner of the Week after putting together a 20th-place performance among the nation’s best at the Purple Valley Classic Saturday, the conference office released Monday afternoon.
The Suffolk cross country teams are set to take on some of the national best teams over the weekend as the Rams head to Williamstown, Massachusetts, for Williams’ Purple Valley Classic.
On a cool, cloudy day, the Suffolk cross country teams faced off against some of the nation’s top competition in the annual Purple Valley Classic hosted by Williams. The Rams raced through mud and over hills on the Mt. Greylock Regional High School course.
In each week the Suffolk women’s cross country team has been active, the GNAC Runner of the Week has donned the Rams’ blue-and-gold with Emily Manfra earning the honor Monday afternoon thanks to her record-breaking performance at the 46th Annual UMass Dartmouth Invitational over the weekend.
Juniors Emily Manfra and Emma Weisse put together top-10 performances to lead thea Suffolk women's cross country team at the 46th annual UMass Dartmouth Invitational on the Robert Dowd Course Saturday afternoon.
For the first time in over a decade, the Suffolk cross country team will serve as host to an invitational and this time the Rams will do it as they pull the curtain back on their season opener. Earlier this week the blue-and-gold ventured out to The Berkshires for its own meet, the Suffolk Duels, Friday, August 31, which features Lasell at the Suffolk Duels Friday, Aug. 31. The women’s 5k begins at 11 a.m., with the men following in an 8k at 11:45 a.m.
For the first time in over a decade, the Suffolk cross country team will serve as host to an invitational and this time the Rams will do it as they pull the curtain back on their season opener. Earlier this week the blue-and-gold ventured out to The Berkshires for its own meet, the Suffolk Duels, Friday, August 31, which features Lasell at the Suffolk Duels Friday, Aug. 31. The women’s 5k begins at 11 a.m., with the men following in an 8k at 11:45 a.m.
For the first time in over a decade, the Suffolk cross country team will serve as host to an invitational and this time the Rams will do it as they pull the curtain back on their season opener. Earlier this week the blue-and-gold ventured out to The Berkshires for its own meet, the Suffolk Duels, Friday, August 31, which features Lasell at the Suffolk Duels Friday, Aug. 31. The women’s 5k begins at 11 a.m., with the men following in an 8k at 11:45 a.m.
Will Feldman, the head coach of cross country/track & field, has announced that Suffolk women’s cross country juniors Emily Manfra and Emma Weisse will lead the Rams in 2018 as co-captains.
With a core group of leadership back, the Suffolk women’s cross country team has been selected to finish sixth in the GNAC Preseason Poll, the league office announced Tuesday afternoon.
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