Emma James - TFRRS Profile
School Records: *As of 5/10/2024
6th - Indoor One Mile - 5:05.44 - 2024 USC Invitational (2/3)
4th - Indoor DMR Relay - 12:20.22 - 2024 Big South (2/23)
6th - Indoor DMR - 12:20.90 - 2023 Big South (2/24-25)
7th - Indoor DMR - 12:27.74 - 2023 South Carolina Invite (2/3-4)
8th - Outdoor 1500m - 4:39.73 - 2024 CSU Buccaneer Invitational (3/15) Presented by East Bay Deli
8th - Outdoor 5K - 17:38.55 - 2024 Duke Invitational (4/12)
2024 Outdoor at Charleston Southern: Competed at five meets during the outdoor season ... Opened the spring by running a career-best 1500m time of 4:39.73 for third at the Charleston Southern Invitational (3/15) with that mark ranking as the 8th-fastest in school history ... At the Duke Invitational (4/11-13), she recorded a time of 17:38.55 for 12th at the meet and placed herself at 8th all-time in the school record books for the event.
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024 Indoor at Charleston Southern: Had her best indoor season since joining the Buccaneers recording personal bests in each of her winter events across her four meets competed at ... Scored in both events competed in at the Big South Championships (2/23-24) ... Took third in the DMR with a time of 12:20.22 at the meet which ranks as the fourth fastest in program history ... Also ran in the mile at the meet taking 8th overall with a time of 5:06.90 ...
The points scored from those events helped the Buccaneers take second place in the meet for the highest finish in program history and a program record of 157 points scored ... Ran personal bests in the 800m and the mile at the South Carolina Invitational (2/3) with times of 2:24.06 and 5:05.44 ... The mile time bumped her into 6th all-time in CSU history and 5th overall at the meet.
2023 XC at Charleston Southern: Raced in three of the meets during the regular season and ended her year by competing in each fo the team's postseason races ... Opened the year by finishing 29th in the Buccaneer Invitational (9/1) with a time of 17:46.0 in the 4K ... Ended the year with back-to-back career best times in the 5K ... Had a 19:46.1 in the distance at the Upstate invite (10/14) for 133th in a field of nearly 300 ... Followed that performance with an 18:59.7 at the Big South Championships (10/29) with a PR by over 45 seconds to be 26th overall ... Finished the year by running the NCAA Southeast Regionals (11/10) and had a time of 24:10.5 in the 6K for a new personal best.
2023 Outdoor at Charleston Southern: Competed in the 1500 at the Tennessee Invite (4/6-8) and had a career best time at the meet as she finished with a 5:13.73.
2023 Indoor at Charleston Southern: Competed in four meets during the winter season ... Was part of the DMR team at the Big South Championships (2/24-25) and recorded a time of 12:20.90 to help to team finish fourth and be the 4th fastest time by a CSU squad in school history ... Also on the DMR relay at the South Carolina Invite (2/3-4) and finished with a time of 12:27.74 to be the 5th fastest by a CSU team in program history ... At that meet she recorded a career best in the mile with a time of 5:16.92 ... Set a pesraonl best in the 800 at the Clemson Invite (1/13-14) with a 2:26.32.
2022 XC at Charleston Southern: Ran her season best 5K time of 20:07.0 at the Big South Cross Country Championships … Ran her season best 6K time of 24:32.1 at the Vertcross Invitational.
2022 Outdoor at Charleston Southern: Did not compete.
2022 Indoor at Charleston Southern: Did not compete.
2021 XC at Charleston Southern: Did not compete.
2021 Outdoor at Charleston Southern: Did not compete.
2021 Indoor at Charleston Southern: Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Spring 2021 XC at Charleston Southern: Did not compete.
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Prior to CSU: A 4-time All-State athlete at West Lauderdale HS in Collinsville, Mississippi … 4-time district champion with a personal best time of 19:16 at Pine Belt MS Championships … Turned in a mark of 5:22 in the 1600m event at MHSAA State Championships … Two-time state champion in the 1600m and finished second once during her HS career.
