Emelia Burris

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Shoots/Catches:
Sprints/Jumps
Hometown:
Wood Dale, Ill.

Indoor Career Bests:
60m dash: 7.69
200m dash: 25.32
Long jump: 5.68m (18' 7.75")

Outdoor Career Bests:
100m dash: 12.03
200m dash: 24.59
Long jump: 5.78m (18' 11.75")

NSIC Indoor Track and Field Championships Qualifier
2020 - 60m dash (10th), 200m dash (17th), Long jump (3rd)
2019 - 60m dash (5th), 200m dash (10th), Long jump (5th)
2018 - 60m dash (12th), 200m dash (7th), Long jump (13th)

NSIC Outdoor Track and Field Championships Qualifier
2019 - 100m dash (5th), 200m dash (6th), 4x100 (7th), Long jump (3rd)
2018 - 100m dash (5th), 200m dash (4th), 4x100 (5th), Long jump (19th)

Honors:
2020 All-NSIC: Long Jump (indoor)
2019 All-NSIC: Long Jump (outdoor)

Awards:
2020 - Academic All-Conference (Winter)

Before SCSU: A 2016 graduate of Fenton High School and coached by Frank Kekstadt and Michael Berago … part of the track program for four years…an All-Conference and All-Academic on the track in each of her final three seasons…was All-State as a junior when she placed fourth long jump (2015)…earned seventh place in the 100m dash at the state meet…earned team MVP Awards as both a junior and senior…also a letterwinner in volleyball and was All-Conference and All-Academic from her sophomore through her senior seasons…named team MVP as both a junior and a senior…named to school’s Athlete Hall of Fame…aided Fenton H.S. to indoor track conference title in her final season…was team’s highest point scorer for the team as both as junior and senior…holds schools junior varsity records in the long jump and triple jump…school’s record holder in 55m dash, jv 100m & 200m dash…earned the Larry Venere Female Top Athlete Award, was on the Honor Roll all four years and earned Fenton’s Finest Award

Personal: The daughter of Jeff and Lilly Burris...enjoys crafting and to be adventurous…a hiker and skating during the summers while also spending time with her friends and family…list her father as having had the greatest influence on her life…majoring in psychology