2010-11 Cross Country
Roster
Emily Tangwar
- Height:
- 5-2
- Weight:
- 0
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Eldoret, Kenya
2010 Indoor: Competed in the 800m, 3000m and5000m for the Spartans … Registered a 11:56.03 3000m on 2/6and a 19:55.56 5000m on 1/23 … Finished in 2:32.39 on 2/27 inthe 800m.
2010 Outdoor: Posted a 2:32.86 on 5/15 for aseason best in the 800m.
2009XC: Posted best time of season, 19:22, at the EyeOpener (9/5), as she finished 17th ... Finished 46th at the A-SunChampionships (10/31) with a time of 19:46 ... Finished 25th at theUSC Upstate Invitational (10/17).
2009 Outdoor: Won the 1,500-meter run atthe Furman Invitational (4:45.46) and took third in the 800 meters(4/11) ... Finished second in the 1,500 meters and fifth in the 800meters at the 49er Classic, posting season-best finishes in bothevents and setting a school record in the 800 with a time of2:17.75 (3/21) ... Competed in the 5,000-meter run at the RaleighRelays, winning her section of 38 girls with a time of 17:24.30(3/27) ... Competed in the prestigious Penn Relays for thesecond-straight year, posting a 24th-place finish in the5,000-meters with a career-best and school-record time of 17:23.33(4/23) ... Helped the women post a school record in the 1,600-meterrelay at the Wofford Dual Meet, finishing in 4:14.37 (4/17).
2008-09 Indoor: Named team MVP ... Tookfirst-place in the 5,000-meter run at the A-Sun Championships witha school-record time of 17:32.95 (2/20) ... Also finished second inthe 3,000 meters and fourth in the mile run at the conferencechampionships with respective season-best times of 10:11.49 and5:10.13 ... Finished fourth in the mile and sixth in the 800-meterrun at the Carolina Invitational, where she set the school recordin the mile in 5:09.15 (2/13) ... Finished fourth in the 800-meterrun, fourth in the 3,000-meters and seventh in the mile run at theETSU Niswonger Invitational (1/31) ... Notched a third-place finishin the 3,000-meter run with a time of 10:13.97 and a fifth-placefinish in the mile run at the UNC Classic (1/24) ... Won the800-meter run at the Appalachian Limited, setting a school recordwith a time of 2:20.76 (1/17).
2008 XC: Finished 34th at the A-SunChampionships ... Finished first among 311 runners at the EyeOpener Invitational (9/6), helping lead the team to a sixth-placefinish, and was the first women in the history of Upstate to winthe race ... Finished second at the Blue Ridge Open (10/17) with aseason-best time of 18:20, leading the women to a 12th-place finishof 26 teams ... Finished third at the Mercer Invitational (9/27),leading the Spartans to a season-best fourth-place finish of 24teams ... Took fourth-place at the Furman Invitational (10/11) andseventh at the Winthrop Invitational (9/20) ... Notched fivetop-ten finishes and four top-five finishes ... Earned two A-SunRunner of the Week awards, after her performances at the Eye Openerand Furman Invitationals.
2008 Outdoor: Earned Upstate''s Spartan ofthe Week and Most Outstanding Freshman Award ... Named team''s MostValuable Athlete ... Competed in the 800, 1,500-, 3,000-, 5,000-,and 10,000-meter runs and the steeplechase during the season ...Had school''s best time of the season in all six events ... Won the3,000 meters at the 49er Classic with a time of 10:34.87 (3/22) ...Finished 10th in the 5,000 meters at the Duke Invitational with atime of 17:42.91 (4/4) ... Won the 800 and 1,600 meters at theWofford dual meet (4/7) ... Won the 1,500 meters with a time of4:53.16 and finished third in the 800 meters with a time of 2:20.92at the Furman Invitational (4/12) ... Finished 13th in the 10,000meters with a time of 36:24.96 at the prestigous Penn Relays (4/25)... Closed season by finishing second in the stepplechase at theOrange & Purple Classic with a time of 11:40.74 (5/10).
2007-08 Indoor: Earned A-Sun ConferenceMost Outstanding Runner and Most Outstanding Freshman awards at theA-Sun Championships (3/1-2) ... Claimed medallist honors in themile run, the 3,000-meters and the 5,000-meters ... Posted a10:10.31 time in the 3,000 meters for her first title of the meet(3/1) ... Added a 17:43.38 in the 5,000 meters for her second titleand wrapped up with a 5:16.60 mile run for her third win (3/2) ...Passed three runners in final lap to take mile title ... Set schoolrecords in the 800 meters, 3,000 meters, 5,000 meters and the milerun ... Finished fifth in the 3,000 meters at the TigerInvitational with a time of 10:03.78, setting a school record(2/15) ... Finished in seventh at the Clemson Invitational in boththe mile run and the 3,000-meters (1/18-19).
2007 XC: Earned A-Sun Freshman of the Yearhonors along with spots on the All-A-Sun and A-Sun All-Freshmanteams ... Named team''s Most Outstanding Runner ... Finished secondat the A-Sun Championships with a then-school-record 5K time of18:08, just 17 seconds behind the medalist (10/28) ... WasSpartans'' top runner all season long, finishing in the top 10 inall six races ... First Spartan to ever dip below the 19-minutemark, doing so in all six races ... Won her first career race witha time of 18:14 at The Citadel Invitational (9/29) ... Finishedseventh at the Gamecock Invitational, the Spartans'' first crosscountry race in three years (8/31) ... Finished eighth at the EyeOpener and fourth at Charlotte Invitational (9/22) ... Took fourthat the Furman Invitational to earn her first A-Sun Runner of theWeek honors (10/13).
Before USC Upstate: Played soccer, fieldhockey and participated in track and field at Loreto ... Ran the1,500 meters in 4:55 and 5K in 18:32 ... Was named the track andfield team''s MVP in 1997 ... Redshirted in one season at AlaskaFairbanks.
Personal: Daughter of the late Joseph andMagdalyne Tangwar ... Has three brothers, Richard, Dan and Geoffry,and five sisters, Eunice, Ruth, Loia, Joan and Milka ... Nursingmajor ... Favorite food is chapati and ugali (corn meal) ...Favorite book is "Gifted Hands"...Enjoys cooking, singing andtravelling ... Admires her mother ... Favorite athlete is Kenyanmarathon runner Catherine Ndereba ... Hero growing up was Kenyanmarathon runner and peace advocate Tegla Lorupe ... Involved inHabitat for Humanity ... Sister, Joan, is a sophomore on Upstate''scross country and track and field team.
CROSS COUNTRY PERSONAL BESTS
| 5K | 18:20 -- Blue Ridge Open (2008) |
INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD PERSONALBESTS
| 800m | 2:20.76 -- Appalachian Limited (1/17/09) |
| Mile Run | 5:09.15 -- Carolina Invitational (2/12/09) |
| 3000m | 10:03.78 -- Tiger Invitational (2/15/08) |
| 5000m | 17:32.95 -- Atlantic Sun Championships (2/20/09) |
OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD PERSONALBESTS
| 800m | 2:17.75 -- 49er Classic (3/21/09) |
| 1500m | 4:40.06 -- 49er Classic (3/21/09) |
| 5000m | 17:23.33 -- Penn Relays (4/23/09) |
| 10000m | 36:24.96 -- Penn Relays (4/24/08) |
