Emily Cole

Duke Women's Cross Country student athletes in studio. Durham, NC. - August 21, 2019

Height:
5-9
Year:
4
Hometown:
Houston, Texas
High School:
Klein

https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/7388970/Duke/Emily_Cole.html

Academic Accolades

USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (2022)
Outdoor All-ACC Academic Team (2022)

Career Accolades

2023 USTFCCCA All-America Honorable Mention – 3000m steeplechase (Outdoor)
2023 All-ACC Second Team – 3000m steeplechase (Outdoor)
2023 USTFCCCA All-America Second Team – DMR (Indoor)
2022 USTFCCCA All-America Second Team – 3000m steeplechase (Outdoor)
2022 ACC Silver Medalist – 3000m steeplechase (Outdoor)
2022 All-ACC First Team – 3000m steeplechase (Outdoor)

2022-23 (Senior)
Outdoor

Earned USTFCCCA All-America Honorable Mention status in the 3,000m steeplechase (10:25.42) at the NCAA Outdoor Championships
Ran 10:25.42 in the 3000m steeplechase at the NCAA East Regional
Tallied a pair of top-five placements in the 3000m steeplechase, finishing second at the Raleigh Relays (9:53.86) and fourth at the ACC Championships (9:55.48); Her time at the conference meet garnered her All-ACC Second Team honors
Placed ninth in the 1500m behind a time of 4:24.46

Indoor

Earned USTFCCCA All-America Second Team honors as a member of the DMR squad that finished 10th (11:21.20) at the NCAA Indoor Championships
Ran a personal-best time of 4:42.81 in the prelims of the Mile at the ACC Indoor Championships
Turned in a time of 9:37.26 at the Penn State National Open for a new personal best in the 3,000m

Cross Country

Turned in a time of 21:20.0 at the NCAA Southeast Regional
Finished in 21:39.6 at the ACC Championships
Produced a time of 22:26.4 at the Nuttycombe Invite
Ran a 6K personal best of 20:56.3 at the Paul Short Run
Clocked a PR in the 5K at the Virginia Invite, finishing in 17:40.4

2021-22 (Junior)
Outdoor

Earned USTFCCCA All-America Second Team honors after placing 15th in the 3000m steeplechase (9:57.09) at the NCAA Outdoor Championships
Clocked 10:01.37 in the 3000m steeplechase at the NCAA East Regional
Set school record in the 3000m steeplechase with a personal-best performance (9:48.20) at the ACC Championships; Finished runner-up in the event and earned All-ACC First Team honors
Ran 5000m personal best (16:28.62) at the conference meet
Established personal bests in the 800m (2:11.95) and 1500m (4:24.23) at the Duke Invite

Indoor

Competed in the mile run at the ACC Championships and finished in 4:52.81
Ran mile personal best (4:52.57) at the Virginia Tech Elite Meet

Cross Country

Finished in 23:08.9 at the NCAA Southeast Regional
Crossed the finish line in 22:51.4 at the ACC Championships
Recorded PR of 21:39.6 in the 6K at the FSU Invite/Pre-Nationals
Clocked 18:35.2 at the Battle of Beantown
Opened the season by setting a personal best in the 5K at the adidas XC Challenge (9/17), placing 18th at 17:48.1

2020-21 (Sophomore)
Outdoor

Clocked 10:25.20 in the 3000m steeplechase in her ACC Championships debut
Took second and ran 3000m steeplechase personal best (10:25.07)
Opened season with a third-place finish in the 3000m steeplechase (10:41.06) at the Tobacco Road Challenge

Indoor

Did not compete

2019-20 (Freshman)
Outdoor

Did not compete - season cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic

Indoor

Ran a mile personal best (5:00.19) at the ACC Championships
Competed in the mile and 800m at the Tiger Paw Invite
Clocked 5:04.81 in the mile at the Camel City Invite
Made 1000m debut at the Virginia Tech Invite
Took sixth place in the mile (5:11.23) in her Duke track and field debut at the Dick Taylor Carolina Challenge

Cross Country

Ran 6K personal best (21.57.3) at the NCAA Southeast Regional
Clocked 23:05.7 at the ACC Championships
Registered time of 22:27.7 at the Pre-National Invite
Made Duke debut in the 6K (22:49.7) at the Virginia Tech Alumni Invitational

Prior to Duke: Attended Klein High School … district champion and state qualifier in 2019 … regional medalist and named All-Region in 2019 … won the Heart of the Bearkat award in 2016 and 2018 … achieved USA milesplit elite standard in the 5k … in track and field, was a 2019 regional champion in the 3200m and runner-up in the 1600m … named First Team All-State in the 1600m and 3200m … Texas State record holder in the 2000m steeplechase … New Balance Nationals Qualifier in the 200m steeplechase and mile … holds Klein High School records in the 1600m, 3200m, 5k, steeplechase, SMR and 4x1600m relay … 2018 individual Region II finalist in the 800m, 1600m and 3200m and 2017 individual Region II finalist in the 800m … National Wendy’s High School Housman State Finalist for Klein High School … also participated in volleyball and basketball.

Personal: Born on December 14, 2000 … daughter of Stephen and DaNae Cole … has two sisters, Kristin and Julia … father Stephen played baseball for the University of Louisiana from 1983-87 … grandfather, Hugh, played basketball at McNeese and was a tennis conference champion … sister Kristin graduated from Duke in 2014.