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2014 Women's Track and Field Roster

Emily Cousens

  • Position Distance
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Major Anthropology (College of Arts and Science)
  • Hometown Contoocook, NH
  • High School Hopkinton

Biography

2012-13: Ran a career-best 5k 18:53.20 and finished third at the Monmouth Cross Country Invitational (9/15)…posted a career-best 21:36.20 in the 6k at the Oberlin Inter-Regional Rumble (10/13)…ran the 6k in 22:22.10 and finished fourth at the UAA Championship (10/27), earning First Team All-UAA honors…took sixth place (22:12.70) and received All-Region honors at the NCAA Atlantic Region Championship (11/10)…helped set the school record for the indoor 4x800 relay (9:49.08) during the  NYU Team Challenge (1/19)…set the team’s 3,000m indoor record (9:53.31) at the NYC Metro Championships (1/25)…won the 3,000m (10:08.39) and finished fourth in the mile (personal-best 5:01.17) at the ECAC Indoor Championships (3/1-2)…captured the mile (5:05.20) and placed third in the 3,000m (10:16.55) and distance medley relay (12:18.90) at the UAA Indoor Championships (2/23-24)…member of the Violets’ record-setting outdoor 4x1,500 relay team (19:17.83) at the Raleigh Relays (3/29-30)…broke team and conference records with a 5,000m time of 16:59.35 and also won the1,500m (personal-best 4:37.82) at the UAA Outdoor Championships (4/27-28)…Capital One First Team Academic All-District 3…NYU Female Junior Scholar Athlete of the Year…two-time UAA Athlete of the Week (1/28, 4/22)…UAA Fall, Winter and Spring Sport All-Academic…Intercollegiate Athletics Advisory Committee Fall Honor Roll. 2011-12: Ran a 5k cross country season-best 19:57 at the Fordham Fiasco (9/10)…posted an indoor season-best 10:37.93 in the 3,000m at the Boston University Valentine Invitational (2/11)…ran a season-best mile (5:14.01) at the ECAC Indoor Championships (3/2-3)…Intercollegiate Athletics Advisory Committee Fall and Spring Honor Rolls…UAA Winter and Spring Sport All-Academic. 2010-11: Won the Stevens Cross Country Invitational 4k with a time of 14:40.10 (9/24)…contributed to NYU’s 28th-place finish with a season-best 6k (23:19) at the NCAA Division III Championship (11/20)…helped the distance medley relay to victory (12:35.65) at the NYU Team Challenge (2/19)…finished sixth and ran a season-best mile (5:21.45) at the Haverford Keogh Invitational (2/5). High School: Competed in track & field and cross country all four years and served as team captain of both her junior and senior years…cross country All-State and All-Star all four years…Capital Area Invitational meet record-setter in the 3,200m…helped lead her teams to Class M State Championships in track all four years and in cross country her freshman, sophomore and junior campaigns…volunteered as an assistant coach for Hopkinton Youth Track & Field…Scholar-Athlete honoree…High Honor Roll student. Personal: Minoring in creative writing…enjoys hiking, swimming, reading, and writing…plans to attend graduate school for literature or creative writing.

Historical Player Information

  • 2011Freshman

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    5'6"
  • 2012Sophomore

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    5'6"
  • 2013Junior

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    5'6"
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    2014Senior

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    5'6"
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