Emily Sisson
Personal information | ||||||||||||
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Nationality | American | |||||||||||
Born | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. | October 12, 1991|||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) | |||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||
Sport | Track, long-distance running | |||||||||||
Event(s) | 10,000 meters, Half Marathon | |||||||||||
College team | Providence Friars | |||||||||||
Club | New Balance | |||||||||||
Turned pro | 2015 | |||||||||||
Coached by | Ray Treacy | |||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
World finals | 2017 10,000 m, 9th 2019 10,000 m, 10th | |||||||||||
Personal bests | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Emily Sisson (born October 12, 1991) is a professional runner for New Balance in Phoenix, Arizona. Emily Sisson was 9th at the 2017 London IAAF World Outdoor Track and Field Championships for 10,000 meters, won the USATF road 10k Championships in 2016 and 5k in 2018. In the 2019 London Marathon, her first try at the distance, she placed 6th in a time of 2:23:08.[2], with her training partner, Molly Huddle, also setting a PR with a 2:26:33 and finishing 12th.[3]
High school
Sisson is a four-time high school state champion in cross country while competing at the following Missouri State High School Activities Association and Nebraska School Activities Association schools: Parkway Central High School in Chesterfield, Missouri, Omaha (Nebraska) Marian High School and Millard (Nebraska) North High School. Sisson won a 2 mile in 9:53 before running in her first Diamond League. She also ran a personal best 4:44.02 in the 2010 adidas Jim Ryun Girls Dream Mile at the New York Diamond League in June. At 2009 Foot Locker Cross Country Championships, Sisson finished third in 17:19 behind Chelsey Sveinsson and winner Megan Goethals. [4] Sisson finished 29th at 2008 Foot Locker Cross Country Championships National Finals.[5]
College
Sisson redshirted her first fall at University of Wisconsin before transferring to Providence College to train under Ray Treacy.
At the 2013 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships, Sisson placed 7th for the Providence College in 20:17.5. Sisson set a NCAA Division 1 indoor track and field 5000 meters record,[6][7][8][9] won three NCAA titles, and earned All-American and All-Big East honors eleven times. While competing for the Wisconsin Badgers during her freshman year, Sisson also earned All-Big Ten honors in cross country, and Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors in both the cross country and outdoor track seasons.
NCAA championships
Outdoor track and field
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Wisconsin | |||||
2011 | NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships | Des Moines, Iowa | 10th | 5000 m | 15:53.90[10] |
Representing Providence College | |||||
2012 | NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships | Eugene, Oregon | 4th | 5000 m | 16:18.24 |
2013 | NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships | Eugene, Oregon | 6th | 5000 m | 15:58.40[11] |
2015 | NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships | Eugene, Oregon | 1st | 5000 m | 15:34.10[12] |
Indoor track and field
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Providence College | |||||
2012 | NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships | Nampa, Idaho | 12th | 3000 m | 9:25.13[13] |
2013 | NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships | Fayetteville, Arkansas | 9th | 5000 m | 15:54.73[14] |
2014 | NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships | Albuquerque, New Mexico | 8th | 5000 m | 16:34.18[15] |
2015 | NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships | Fayetteville, Arkansas | 1st | 5000 m | 15:32.15[16] |
3rd | 3000 m | 9:01.16[17] |
Cross country
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
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Representing Wisconsin | |||||
2010 | NCAA Cross Country Championships | Terre Haute, Indiana | 14th | 20:28.3[18] | |
Representing Providence College | |||||
2012 | NCAA Cross Country Championships | Louisville, Kentucky | 15th | 20:00.1[19] | |
2013 | NCAA Cross Country Championships | Terre Haute, Indiana | 7th | 20:17.5[20] |
Conference championships
Outdoor track and field
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Wisconsin | |||||
2011 | Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships | Iowa City, Iowa | 3rd | 10,000 m | 35:07.35 |
3rd | 5000 m | 16:16.06 | |||
Representing Providence College | |||||
2012 | Big East Outdoor Track and Field Championships | Tampa, Florida | 1st | 5000 m | 15:45.83 |
2013 | Big East Outdoor Track and Field Championships | New Brunswick, New Jersey | 1st | 10,000 m | 33:02.88 |
2015 | Big East Outdoor Track and Field Championships | Tampa, Florida | 1st | 5000 m | 15:40.64 |
Indoor track and field
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Providence College | |||||
2012 | Big East Indoor Track and Field Championships | New York, New York | 5th | Mile | 4:49.52 |
2013 | Big East Indoor Track and Field Championships | Geneva, Ohio | 1st | 3000 m | 9:20.68 |
6th | DMR | 11:21.02 | |||
2014 | Big East Indoor Track and Field Championships | New York, New York | 2nd | 3000 m | 9:09.35 |
Big East Indoor Track and Field Championships | New York, New York | 1st | 5000 m | 16:08.01 | |
2015 | Big East Indoor Track and Field Championships | New York, New York | 1st | 5000 m | 15:12.22 |
Cross country
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
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Representing Wisconsin | |||||
2010 | Big Ten Cross Country Championship | Madison, Wisconsin | 3rd | 20:02.8; All-Big Ten[21] | |
Representing Providence College | |||||
2011 | Big East Cross Country Championship | Louisville, Kentucky | 4th | 19:57.4; All-Big East[22] | |
2013 | Big East Cross Country Championship | Somers, Wisconsin | 1st | 19:49; All-Big East, meet & course record[23] |
Professional Career
On March 29, 2019, running the 10,000 meters in the Stanford Invitational, Sisson beat her training partner and U.S. record-holder Molly Huddle, by 8.9 seconds and lapped the rest of the field.[2]
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes | |
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Representing the United States | ||||||
2007 | Pan American Junior Athletics Championships | São Paulo, Brazil | 3rd | 5000 m | 17.47.81[24] | |
2009 | Pan American Junior Athletics Championships | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 4th | 3000 m | 10:17.15[25] | |
2010 | World Junior Championships | Moncton, Canada | 10th | 3000 m | 9:16.80 | |
6th | 5000 m | 15:48.91 | ||||
World Cross Country Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 18th | Junior race | 20:08 | ||
2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 9th | 10,000 m | 31:26.36 |
USA National Championships
Road
Sisson won the 2016 Manchester Road Race in 24:06, and finished second to Molly Huddle at 2017 New York Road Runners New York Half Marathon in 1:08:21.[26] Her half marathon time is US All-time top 10.[27] After setting an American debut record at the 2017 United Airlines New York Road Runners New York Half Marathon, Sisson finished second behind Buze Diriba of Ethiopia with a time of 1:12:24 in the 2018 race.[28][29]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2014 | USA 5 km Championships | Providence, Rhode Island | 4th | 5 km | 15:44[30] |
USA 12 km Championships | Alexandria, Virginia | 2nd | 12 km | 38:12[31] | |
2015 | USA 5 km Championships | Providence, Rhode Island | 3rd | 5 km | 15:48[32] |
USATF 10 km Championships hosted by Tufts Health Plan 10K for Women |
Boston, Massachusetts | 2nd | 10 km | 32:28[33] | |
2016 | USATF 20 km Championships hosted by Faxon Law New Haven Road Race |
New Haven, Connecticut | 2nd | 20 km | 1:06:03[34] |
USA 5 km Championships | Providence, Rhode Island | 2nd | 5 km | 15:42[35] | |
USATF 10 km Championships hosted by Tufts Health Plan 10K for Women |
Boston, MA | 1st | 10 km | 31:47[36] | |
2018 | USA 5 km Championships | New York City | 1st | 5 km | 15:38[37] |
Outdoor track and field
References
- ^ "IAAF: Emily SISSON - Profile". iaaf.org.
- ^ a b Quite A Marathon Debut For Emily Sisson, Track and Field News, Sean Hartnett, May 3, 2019. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
- ^ [https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a27244458/molly-huddle-emily-sisson-2019-london-marathon/ April 28, 2019. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
- ^ "2009 Girls Foot Locker Cross Country Championships National Finals" (PDF). Foot Locker Cross Country Championships. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
- ^ "2008 Girls Foot Locker Cross Country Championships National Finals". Foot Locker Cross Country Championships. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
- ^ "ArmoryTrack.com - Videos - Emily Sisson broke the collegiate record in the 5,000 with 15:12.22 at the 2015 Big East Championships". www.armorytrack.com.
- ^ Staff, Sports. "PC's Emily Sisson sets NCAA 5K record".
- ^ "Providence's Sisson Breaks 5000m NCAA Record". FloTrack. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
- ^ "Sisson breaks 5k collegiate indoor record". 9 March 2015.
- ^ "TFRRS - NCAA Division I Championships". www.tfrrs.org.
- ^ "TFRRS - NCAA Division I National Championships". www.tfrrs.org.
- ^ "TFRRS - NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships". www.tfrrs.org.
- ^ "TFRRS - NCAA Division I Indoor Championships". www.tfrrs.org.
- ^ "TFRRS - NCAA Division I Indoor Championships". www.tfrrs.org.
- ^ "TFRRS - NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships". www.tfrrs.org.
- ^ "TFRRS - NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships". www.tfrrs.org.
- ^ "TFRRS - NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships". www.tfrrs.org.
- ^ 2010 NCAA Cross Country Championships results. Track and Field News. March 2, 2016
- ^ 2012 NCAA Cross Country Championships results. Track and Field News. March 2, 2016
- ^ 2013 NCAA Cross Country Championships results. Track and Field News. March 2, 2016
- ^ Sisson, Comfort score All-Big Ten finishes for Badgers. UWBadgers.com. October 31, 2010
- ^ #7 Women's Cross Country Places Second at BIG EAST Championships. Friars.com. October 29, 2011
- ^ Emily Sisson Claims BIG EAST Title To Lead Women's Cross Country To Its Sixth Conference Crown. Friars.com. November 2, 2013
- ^ 2007 Pan American Junior Championships results Archived 2018-09-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on March 2, 2016
- ^ 2009 Pan American Junior Championships results. Retrieved on March 2, 2016
- ^ Training Partners Molly Huddle And Emily Sisson Go 1-2 At NYC Half flotrack.org. March 19, 2017.
- ^ ALL-TIME TOP LISTS all-athletics.com/ March 19, 2017.
- ^ "Two First-Time Winners and Two Repeat Winners Lead United Airlines NYC Half".
- ^ "New York Road Runners Official Race Results". results.nyrr.org.
- ^ 2014 USA 5k Championship Runnerspace
- ^ "2014 .US National 12K - info/results - 11/16/14". RunnerSpace.com.
- ^ "2015 USATF 5 km Championships - Official Website - info/results - 09/20/15". RunnerSpace.com.
- ^ "2015 USATF Women's 10 km Championship - Official Website - info/results - 10/12/15". RunnerSpace.com.
- ^ "Olympian Korir, Tuliamuk Victorious at USATF 20 km Championships". USATF. September 5, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
- ^ "Emily Sisson 2nd Place - USATF 5 km Championships 2016". USATF. September 18, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
- ^ "Sisson Dominates in USATF Women's 10 km Championship Victory". USATF. October 10, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
- ^ "ROAD ROUND-UP - CHELIMO TAKES US 5KM TITLE IN NEW YORK". IAAF.
- ^ "2007 USA Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USATF. June 22, 2007. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
- ^ "2008 USA Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USATF. June 22, 2008. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
- ^ "2009 USA Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USATF. June 22, 2009. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
- ^ "2010 USA Junior Cross Country Championships". USATF. March 22, 2008. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
- ^ "2010 USA Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USATF. June 22, 2010. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
- ^ "2013 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USATF. June 21, 2013. Archived from the original on October 13, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
- ^ "2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USATF. June 28, 2015. Archived from the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
- ^ "2016 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)". USATF. July 10, 2016. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
- ^ "USATF Championships - 6/22/2017 to 6/25/2017 Hornets Stadium, Sacramento Results". USATF. June 23, 2017. Archived from the original on October 12, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
- ^ Emily Sisson, Track and Field Results Reporting System. April 29, 2019. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
- ^ With Second 10,000-meter National Title, Lopez Lomong Qualifies For First World Team Since 2013, United States Olympic Committee, Peggy Shinn, July 25, 2019. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
External links
- Emily Sisson on Twitter
- Emily Sisson at World Athletics
- Emily Sisson at Diamond League
- Emily Sisson at All-Athletics
- Emily Sisson at Providence Friars
- Emily Sisson Providence results at Track & Field Results Reporting System (TFRRS)
- Interview post NCAA 5000 meters indoor record at Vimeo