2019 Women's Cross Country Roster
Biography
UNA 2018: Had an outstanding junior season for the Lions in 2018, earning All-ASUN Conference and ASUN Conference All-Academic honors...Selected for an ASUN Winner for Life Award for the Fall of 2018...UNA’s top finisher in the team’s final four meets of the season... Finished 12th in the ASUN Championships with a time of 18:52 to earn second-team All-ASUN honors...Finished 8th at the UAH invitational, 15th at the Belmont Opener and 16th at the JSU Foothills Invitational...Has four of the Top 10 6k times in school history - 6th at 2018 UAB Blazer Classic (23:00), 7th at 2017 Watson Ford Invitational (23:07), 8th at the 2016 NCAA Division II South Regional (23:10) and 10th at the 2017 NCAA Division II South Regional (23:26)...Her time of 15:24 at the 2016 Jacksonville State Invitational is tied for best 4k time in school history...UNA 2017: Ran in six meets for the Lions in 2017...Top finishes were third at the Watson Ford Invitational, 12th at the Greater Louisville Classic, 14th at the Rhodes Invitational and 17th at the Stan Sims Invitational...Earned a spot on the Gulf South Conference Academic Honor Roll...UNA 2016: Ran in all six meets for UNA as a freshman...UNA’s top finisher at the UAH Invitational (6th) and NCAA Division II South Regional (16th)...Also sixth overall at the Watson Ford Invitational... Earned a spot on the Gulf South Conference Academic Honor Roll...HIGH SCHOOL: Ran for Corinth High School under head coach Rob Phillip…Helped lead the Warriors to the 2014 state championship and 2012, 2013 and 2015 state runner up finishes…Corinth won division championships in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015…Named all-state in cross country in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 and won division championship in 2013 and 2014…Selected all-state in track in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016…State champion in 2013 and took silver in 2012 and 2015 for the 1600m in track…North Half champion in 2013, 2014 and 2016 for the 1600m in track, took silver in 2013 and 2016 and was North Half champion for the 800m in track…New Albany Southern Tees 5K record holder (19:39)…Also lettered in soccer and track…Named 2016 US Presidential Scholar, 2015 Cambridge Scholar, 2015 ALCE Diploma, 2015 Allegiance Youth Leadership, 2015 Wendy’s High School Heisman State Finalist, 2015-2016 Hall of Fame and class Valedictorian…USATF Flash (qualified for cross country junior Olympics, flash award), State Games 5K Athlete of the Year…PERSONAL: Full name is Emma Kathryn Knight…Born on June 25, 1998…Daughter of Preston and Alesha Knight and has one sibling…Major is Chemistry... A member of the North Alabama chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society... Holds membership in the Order of Omega Honor Society and Gamma Sigma Alpha and was a 2017 USTFCCCA Scholar-Athlete selection...Some of her work on the UNA campus includes serving as a representative on UNA’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, while also volunteering with the Lions Leadership Academy and Kindred Hospice in the local area.
2016 Meets
Jacksonville State Invitational              29th   15:24
Rhodes College Invitational                  20th   19:32
UAH Invitational                              6th   19:21
Watson Ford Invitational                     6th   24:17
Gulf South Conference Championships 34th   19:47
NCAA Division II South Regional         16th   23:10
2017 Meets
Stan Sims Invitational                       17th   19:29
Rhodes Invitational                           14th   19:24
2017 Greater Louisville Classic          12th   18:45
MC Watson Ford Invitational              3rd   23:07
Gulf South Conference Championship 44th   19:43
NCAA Division II South Regional       29th   23:26
2018 Meets
Belmont Opener                                  15th   20:07
UAH Invitational                                 8th   20:03
Chile Pepper Festival                          75th   18:49
JSU Foothills Invitational                     16th   19:29
UAB Blazer Classic                              47th   23:00
ASUN Championships                          12th   18:52
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