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2024-25 Women's Track & Field Roster

Dayton Simpson
Dayton Simpson
Carson Kleinhelter
Emily Papandria, USI Photography

Emma Thompson

  • Position Distance
  • Indoor Class Senior
  • Outdoor Class Sr.
  • Hometown Mt. Vernon, IN
  • Highschool Mt. Vernon
  • Major Pre-Early Childhood Education

Biography

2024-25
2024 CROSS COUNTRY

• Competed in five meets, posting USI top-seven finishes in three of those meets.
• Finished 35th at the OVC Championships.
• Clocked in with a season-best 25th-place finish at the UT Martin OVC Previews.
• Named to OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2024-25 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
• Appeared in one meet, posting a DNF in the mile at the Bellarmine Classic.
• Named to OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2025 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
• Made two appearances, posting a DNF in the 800 meters at the Freeman Woods Invitational and an 11th-place finish in the 4x400-meter relay at the OVC Championships.
• Named to OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2023-24
2023 CROSS COUNTRY

• Ran in four meets as a sophomore.
• Placed ninth at the Stegemoller Classic.
• Earned a personal record at the John McNichols Invitational with a 5k time of 19:05.90.
• Named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll. 
2023-24 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
• Competed in four different events for the Eagles.
• Earned the fourth-fastest 800-meter time on the team.
• Crushed her personal-record mile time at 5:19.43 with a 14th-place finish at the OVC Championships.
• Landed in seventh in the mile at the ISU Open.
• Named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll. 
2024 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD:
• Ran in the 1,500 and 5,000-meter events.
• Recorded a 10th-place finish at the Jim Vargo Invitational in the 1,500 meters.
• Placed seventh at the Gibson Invitational in the 5,000 meters.
• Named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll. 

2022-23
2022 CROSS COUNTRY

• Earned a top-five finish following a personal-best 5k performance of 19:52.90 at the UE Invitational.
• Named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2022-23 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
• Ran to an 18th-place finish in the mile after achieving a personal-best time of 5:34.40 at the OVC Championship.
• Earned a 10th-place finish in the mile at the ISU Open.
• Named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2023 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
• Earned a top-10 finish in the 800 meters while recording a personal-best time of 2:31.16 at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic.
• Named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2021-22
2021 CROSS COUNTRY:

• Competed in four meets, recording a season-best ninth-place finish in the Stegemoller Classic.
• Finished 126th in the GLVC Championships.
2021-22 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
• Ran the mile in three meets.       
2022 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
• Competed in the 1,500 meters in four meets.

HIGH SCHOOL
• Graduated from Mt. Vernon High School in Mt. Vernon, Indiana.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-2022Freshman

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  • 2022-2023Sophomore

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  • 2023-2024Junior

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  • 2024-2025Senior

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