Emily Dinning at DirectAthletics
Career Highlights:
Qualified for the 2012 USATF Junior Nationals in the 3K, 1,500 and 5K - First VMI woman with multiple qualifying times to that event
School record holder in the 1,500 and 3K (outdoor)
2012 All-Big South in the outdoor 5K (third) and 1,500 (third)
2011 Big South Women's XC Freshman of the Year
2011-12: Notched three USATF Junior National qualifying times (outdoor), making her the first Keydet woman to ever notch multiple qualifying efforts to that event...qualified in the 3K at the Fred Hardy Invitational, where she set a new VMI school record with her 10:09.17 effort...finished seventh in that race...qualified in both the 5K and the 1,500 at the Big South meet...placed third in the 5K with a 17:35.70 time...also third in the 1,500 at 4:34.55...indoors, was 11th in the mile at the conference championship...had her seasonal best mile time of 5:09.75 at the YSU Invite, where she finished fifth...served as VMI's #1 runner towards the end of the XC season...finished 15th at the Big South Championships, earning VMI's third straight Freshman of the Year honor...posted a PR of 18:35 at that event...ran an 18:42 to finish 30th at the Queens Invite...was 4th at the 6K W&L Invite in September...just missed a top-10 finish at Furman, placing 11th...academically, was named to Phi Eta Sigma freshman honor society.
High School/Personal: All-State Cross Country, indoor and outdoor track...runner-up at VISAA XC State Championships...Personal Bests: 1600m: 5:22, 1000m: 3:09.
Personal Bests:
Mile: 5:09 (2012 YSU Invitational)
3K: 10:09.17 - VMI School Record (2012 Fred Hardy Invitational)
5K: 17:35.70 (2012 Big South Championships)
5K XC: 18:35 (2011 Big South Championships)
6K XC: 23:04 (2011 NCAA SE Regionals)
