Emily Infeld
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
| Born |
March 21, 1990 Ohio, United States | ||||||||||||
| Residence | Portland, Oregon | ||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 107 lb (49 kg) | ||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 5,000 meters, 10,000 meters | ||||||||||||
| College team | Georgetown | ||||||||||||
| Club |
Bowerman Track Club Nike Oregon Track Club | ||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Coached by | Jerry Schumacher | ||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||
| World finals | 2015 10,000 m, 3rd | ||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) |
800 meters: 2:06.05[1] 1500 meters: 4:07.77[1] 3000 meters: 8:41.43[1] 5000 meters: 15:00.91[1] 10,000 meters: 31:38.71[1] | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Emily Infeld (born March 21, 1990) is an American middle- and long-distance runner. She regularly competes in distances from 1500 meters up to the 10,000 meters. Infeld represented her country at the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. She placed third in the 10,000 m at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 2015.
She competed for Georgetown University collegiately and was the 2012 NCAA Indoor Championships winner over 3000 meters. She also had runner-up placings in NCAA competition over 1500 m and 5000 meters in outdoor track and also in cross country running.
Career
Early life and college
Raised in University Heights, Ohio, Infeld attended Beaumont School. She was interested in track and field from an early age and initially took up racewalking after being turned down for the Cleveland AAU track team, which took on her sister, Maggie.[2] While at high school she moved back into running and won four straight state titles in the 800 meters.[3] She went on to attend Georgetown University and began to compete for their Georgetown Hoyas collegiate team, following in the footsteps of her older sister.[4] In her first major competition for the team, she was eighth in the 1500 meters at the 2009 NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships. She established herself among the country's top college distance runners with a runner-up finish at the NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship in 2010.[5]
| Year | Big East xc | NCAA xc | Big East indoor | NCAA indoor | Big East Outdoor | NCAA Outdoor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-09 | Big East xc 20:59.7 15th | NCAA 6000 xc 20:54.8 60th | Mile 4:44.56 3rd | - | 800 m 2:07.98 3rd | - |
| 2009-10 | Big East xc 20:03.8 3rd | NCAA 6000 xc 20:07.9 8th | 4x800 m 8:47.69 4th DMR 11:13.10 2nd 1000 m 2:48.00 3rd | DMR 11:01.40 3rd 3000 9:13.22 8th | - | - |
| 2010-11 | Big East xc 20:42.7 3rd | NCAA 6000 xc 20:09.2 2nd | 1500 4:25.00 2nd 5000 16:14.06 2nd | - | 1500 4:25.00 2nd 5000 16:14.06 2nd | 5000 15:38.23 2nd |
| 2011-12 | NCAA 6000 xc 19:44.3 4th | DMR 11:08.19 1st Mile 4:43.57 1st 3000 9:39.39 1st | DMR 11:06.53 4th 3000 9:15.44 1st | 4x800 8:39.35 4th 1500 4:23.25 2nd | 1500 4:14.02 2nd |
She managed only eighth in the 3000 meters at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships but had greater success the following year. She was fourth at the 2011 NCAA Cross Country, leading Georgetown to the team title. She placed second in the 5000 meters at the NCAA Outdoor Championships that year and was fifth in the 1500 m at the 2011 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Her best collegiate performances came in 2012 when she was a double indoor Big East Conference champion (3000 m and mile run) and was the 3000 m winner at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Turning to the outdoor season, she was runner-up in the 1500 m at the NCAA Outdoor Championships behind Katie Flood. She tried for the Olympic team in that event at the 2012 United States Olympic Trials and finished eighth. Her personal bests in the 3000 m and 5000 m during the period were school records.[5]
Professional
Emily finished 10th place in 4:19.05 in the 1500 m at 2010 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.[8][9] Emily finished 5th place in 4:08.96 in the 1500 m at 2011 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.[10] Emily finished 8th place in 15:28.60 in the 5000 m at 2012 United States Olympic Trials (track and field).[11]
Emily originally intended to take a post-graduate degree at Georgetown University but, after her college coach Chris Miltenberg moved elsewhere, she eventually decided to start working with coach Jerry Schumacher at the Bowerman Track Club in November 2012. She began training alongside American Olympians Shalane Flanagan and Kara Goucher.[12] She struggled to adapt to the strict training schedule at first and missed parts of the 2013 season.[2] However, she placed 4th at the 2013 USA Cross Country Championships[13] to qualify for the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and placed 21st – a key member of the United States fourth place team.[14] She was later diagnosed with a stress fracture in her sacrum and again had to take time off from running.[2]
Infeld set personal records in the 2015 track season, running 31:38.71 minutes for the 10,000 meters in May and 15:07.19 minutes for the 5000 m in June achieving Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification.[15] She had her highest ever national finish at the 2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, taking third in the 10,000 m and gaining selection for the national team alongside Molly Huddle and fellow Bowerman club athlete Shalane Flanagan.[16] At the 2015 Beijing World Championships, Emily kicked hard for the bronze medal in the 10,000 m, catching a slowing Huddle at the line.[17] [18]
On February 20, 2016 Infeld finished third in the Millrose Games women's indoor 5000 meters in 15:00.91, behind Betsy Saina and Molly Huddle.[19]
Personal records
| Track | Event | Time (min) | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indoor | 1000 m | 2:44.56 | State College, PA | 31 JAN 2009 |
| 1500 m | 4:12.79 | New York (Armory), NY | 16 FEB 2013 | |
| Mile run | 4:31.50 | New York (Armory), NY | 16 FEB 2013 | |
| 3000 m | 9:00.13 | Boston (BU), MA | 10 FEB 2012 | |
| 5000 m | 15:00.91 | New York, NY | 20 FEB 2016 | |
| Outdoor | 800 m | 2:06.05 | Princeton, NJ | 16 MAY 2009 |
| 1500 m | 4:07.77 | Lignano Sabbiadoro | 17 JUL 2012 | |
| Mile run | 4:38.01 | Philadelphia, PA | 24 APR 2010 | |
| 3000 m | 8:41.43 | Rieti (Guidobaldi) | 08 SEP 2013 | |
| 5000 m | 15:07.18 | Eugene (Hayward Field), OR | 28 JUN 2015 | |
| 10000 m | 31:38.71 | Palo Alto, CA | 02 MAY 2015 | |
| Road | 10K run | 31:47 | 2013 |
National titles
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | World Cross Country Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 21st | Senior race | 25:27 |
| 4th | Senior team | 90 points | |||
| 2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 3rd | 10000 m | 31:43.49 |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 All-Athletics. "Profile of Emily INFELD".
- 1 2 3 Miller, Jen A. (2014-03-05). Emily Infield's Roller Coaster to a Pro Career. Runners World. Retrieved on 2015-06-28.
- ↑ Emily Infeld. Bowerman Track Club. Retrieved on 2015-06-28.
- ↑ Maggie Infeld. GU Hoyas. Retrieved on 2015-06-28.
- 1 2 Emily Infeld. GU Hoyas. Retrieved on 2015-06-28.
- ↑ https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/2243644/Georgetown_DC/Emily_Infeld.html
- ↑ http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Athlete.aspx?AID=675796
- ↑ http://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/MeetResults.aspx?Meet=86137#20898
- ↑ http://www.usatf.org/events/2010/USAOutdoorTFChampionships/results/F10.asp
- ↑ http://www.flashresults.com/2011_Meets/outdoor/06-23-USAChamps/Results10-2.htm
- ↑ http://www.usatf.org/events/2012/OlympicTrials-TF/results/Results14-2.htm
- ↑ Price, Pat (2013-10-22). 5 Questions with Emily Infeld. Daily Relay. Retrieved on 2015-06-28.
- ↑ http://www.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2013/USA-Cross-Country-Championships/Results/OpenW/Overall.aspx
- ↑ 40th IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Bydgoszcz (POL) - 24 March 2013 - Team Standings - Senior Race Women. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-06-28.
- ↑ Portland Track Festival Day 1: Emily Infeld Runs 21 Second PR (15:07) to Beat Shalane Flanagan, Desi Linden and Sara Hall Get 10k Qualifiers. Lets Run (2015-06-13). Retrieved on 2015-06-28.
- ↑ Georgetown Track & Field Alum Emily Infeld Makes Team USA. GU Hoyas (2015-06-26). Retrieved on 2015-06-28.
- ↑ Emily Infeld shocks Molly Huddle, wins bronze medal at IAAF Track World Championships 2015, Cleveland.com, August 24, 2015
- ↑ American runner loses bronze medal after celebrating too early, USA Today, August 24, 2015.
- ↑ http://results.nyrrmillrosegames.org]
External links
- Emily Infeld profile at IAAF