Emma Weisse
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- Height:
- 5-4
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- Hometown:
- Hampden, Mass.
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- High School:
- Minnechaug
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- Major:
- Marketing
Bio
• Also a member of Suffolk’s indoor and outdoor track & field teams.
SENIOR • 2019
Captain ... did not compete due to injury.
JUNIOR • 2018
GNAC Runner of the Year ... All-GNAC First-Team ... Captain ... Topped the field of 17 runners at the Suffolk Duals, which featured Lasell and Newbury, at Great Barrington Fair Grounds with a 3k time of 11:07.2, 1:45.3 ahead of second-place finisher (Aug. 31) ... Named GNAC Runner of the Week (Sept. 4) ... Cruised through the Robert Dowd 5k Course at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational with a time of 18:29.78 to finish in eighth in the field of 318 runners (Sept. 15) ... Ran against some of the nation's best at the Purple Valley Classic, finishing 40th overall int eh field of 129 with a 6K time of 23:35.4 (Sept. 22) ... Named GNAC Runner of the Week (Sept. 24) ... Won the Suffolk Invite, which featured a field of 148, with a 5k time of 19:14 at Franklin Park (Oct. 12) ... Tabbed GNAC Runner of the Week (Oct. 15) ... Won the individual title at the GNAC Championships by setting a SJC Course record with a 5k time of 19:30 (Oct. 27) ... Participated at NCAA DIII Regionals at Bowdoin, finished 57th with a 6k time of 23:13.58 (Nov. 10).
SOPHOMORE • 2017
All-GNAC First-Team … Runner-up at the Roger Williams Invitational two-mile course, coming through the finisher’s shoot in 12:40 (Sept. 2) … Had a career day at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational, shedding 30 seconds off her personal best record 5K time to finish 32nd in a field of 299 runners (Sept. 16) … Turned in an eighth-place showing at the Keene State Invitational with a time of 19:20 thanks to a 6:14 minute mile (Sept. 30) … Named GNAC Corvias Runner of the Week (Oct. 2) … Led the way at the GNAC Championships with a runner-up finish after running the championship 5k in 19:20 (Oct. 28) … Sealed her sophomore season with a regional personal-best in both time, crossing the tape in 23:22.8, and place 101st (Nov. 11).
FRESHMAN • 2016
All-GNAC First-Team … Made her collegiate debut with a 10th-place showing at the UNE Invitational, finishing 11 seconds behind classmate Emily Manfra, 20:58.0 (Sept. 10) … Helped Suffolk capture the Raiders Invitational title as the individual runner-up with a time of 20:14.1 (Sept. 16) … Put in her best collegiate time to date with a sub-20:00.0 mark of 19:59 to claim 16th at the Codfish Bowl (Sept. 24) … Was three seconds over a 20-minute 5k mark to take fifth in a field of 167 runners at the Saints Invitational (Oct. 14) … Placed third overall with a time of 20:03 at the GNAC Championships (Oct. 29) … One of the first members of Suffolk cross country to compete at NCAA DIII Regionals in recent history and turned in a 139th-place performance with a time of 23:56.95 (Nov. 12).
ACDAEMIC ACCOLADES
Two-time USTFCCCA All-Academic selection (Fall 2018, Spring 2019) ... Three-time GNAC All-Academic Team honoree (2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20) … Eight-time AD Honor Roll selection (Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020).
BEFORE SUFFOLK • MINNECHAUG
Letterwinner in soccer and outdoor track & field.
News mentions
For the second straight season the Great Northeast Athletic Conference’s best runner and coach hailed from Suffolk University as Emily Manfra took home GNAC Runner of the Year and Will Feldman repeated as GNAC Coach of the Year to anchor the Rams’ five league honorees.
In the first-ever 6K GNAC Championship, Suffolk women’s cross country shined with a second-place overall showing highlighted by Emily Manfra’s individual crown Saturday afternoon at the Saint Joseph’s (Maine) course.
Suffolk’s cross country teams and their conference foes trek up to Standish, Maine Saturday, Nov. 2 as conference crowns are up for grabs at the 2019 GNAC Championships at the SJC Course. The women’s 5k heat is set for an 1 p.m. start with the men’s 8K set to take off at 2 p.m.
Emily Manfra of the Suffolk women’s cross country picked up her third GNAC Runner of the Week nod after winning the Suffolk Invitational Saturday, the league office announced Monday afternoon.
The Suffolk men’s and women’s cross country teams lift the lid on their 2019 campaign on Saturday, Aug. 31, as the Rams head to Keene, New Hampshire for the Early Bird Invitational The women will race the 5k at the Owl Athletic Complex at 10:00 a.m. with the men’s 8k gun being fired at 10:30 a.m.
For the second straight season, Will Feldman has given leadership roles to Emily Manfra and Emma Weisse as the third-year head coach named the senior pair co-captains for the 2019 Suffolk women’s cross country campaign.
The Suffolk women’s cross country team has announced five additions to the roster for the 2019 season, according to head coach Will Feldman.
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