Emma Manchess

Position:
Cross Country
Class:
Senior
High School:
Pendleton Heights
Hometown:
Pendleton, Ind.

Cross Country Top Performances	Time (Date)
5K	19:36.83 (9/13/14)
6K	23:49 (11/1/14)

Indoor Top Performances	Time or Mark (Date)
Mile Run	5:34.40 (2/20/15)
3000m Run	10:59.61 (2/13/16)

Outdoor Top Performances	Time or Mark (Date)
1500m Run	5:18.91 (4/25/15)
3000m Run	11:25.71 (3/19/16)
3000m Steeplechase	12:07.57 (4/30/16)

2016 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD (Jr.): Competed in three meets … opened her outdoor season with a career-fast 3000m time of 11:25.71 to place 25th at the Stan Lyons Invitational (March 19) … placed seventh in the 3000m steeplechase at the RedHawk Invitational (April 30) with a career-best time of 12:07.57.

2016 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD (Jr.): Competed in four meets … turned in a career-fast 3000m time of 10:59.61 to place 39th at the Grand Valley State University Big Meet (Feb. 13) … placed fifth in the 3000m at the Ball State Tune-up by crossing the finish line in 11:05.50.

2015 CROSS COUNTRY (Jr.): Competed in five meets … logged a season-fast 6K time of 25:05.4 to place 84th at the Mid-American Conference Championship (Oct. 31) … recorded a season-fast 5K time of 19:59.55 to place 154th at the Greater Louisville Classic (Oct. 3).

2015 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD (So.): Competed in five meets … clocked a season-best 3000m steeplechase time of 12:36.46 to place sixth in the event at the Hillsdale Invitational (April 11) … placed fourth in the 3000m steeplechase at the Ball State Cardinal Invitational (April 17) with a time of 12:57.50 … earned a career-best 1500m time of 5:18.91 at the RedHawk Invitational (April 25).

2015 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD (So.): Competed in five meets … placed 24th in the 3000m run at the Fred Wilt Invitational (Feb. 13-14) with a season-fast time of 11:08.69 … placed seventh in the 3000m run at both the Indiana Wesleyan University Wildcat Invitational (Jan. 31) and the Ball State Open (Feb. 20) with times of 11:11.72 and 11:11.15, respectively … also turned in a career-fast mile run at the Ball State Open, placing fifth at 5:34.40.

2014 CROSS COUNTRY (So.): Competed in all seven meets … placed 40th at the Miami Invitational (Sept. 19) with a career-fast 5K time of 19:36.83 … was Ball State’s fifth scored runner at the Mid-American Conference Championships, placing 97th overall with a career-fast 6K effort of 23:49.

AT IPFW
2014 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD (Fr.): Competed in seven meets … placed 10th in the 3000m steeplechase at the Summit League Outdoor Championships (May 15-17) with a time of 12:11.88 … turned in a career-fast 3000m steeplechase time of 12:08.81 at the Dave Rankin Invite (May 2-3) … logged career-fast times in the 1500m run (5:09.82) and 800m run (2:34.86) at the Miami Invitational (April 4-5) … tallied a career-best 3000m run clocking of 11:15.56 at the Vanderbilt Black & Gold Invitational (March 28-29).

2014 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD (Fr.): Competed in seven meets … placed 12th in the 3000m at the Summit League Indoor Championships (Feb. 28 – March 1) with a time of 11:38.89 … earned a career-best time of 11:14.61 in the 3000m run at the 2014 Fred Wilt Boilermaker Invitational (Feb. 15) … clocked a career-best 5000m run effort of 19:56.92 at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 7) … ran a career-best 800m run at 2:37.08 at the IPFW Invitational (Feb. 1), while adding a career-best mile time of 5:42.41 at the Hillsdale Tune-up (Feb. 22).

2013 CROSS COUNTRY (Fr.): Competed in four meets … logged a season-best 5K time of 20:44.80 at the Indiana Intercollegiates (Sept. 20) … her season-best 6K time of 24:05.56 came at the IPFW Invitational (Sept. 7).

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters in cross country for coach Melissa Hagerman at Pendleton Heights High School … team captain as a junior and senior … named the team’s most valuable performer as a sophomore, junior and senior … three-time all-conference selection … helped guide the Arabians to three regional and sectional titles … placed second at regionals her senior year with a career-best time of 19:20 … also earned four letters in track & field for coach Melissa Hagerman at Pendleton Heights … named all-conference as a junior and senior … helped guide the Arabians to three second titles and a pair of conference championships … won the 3200m run at sectionals as a junior and senior with times of 11:48 and 11:40, respectively … helped guide her 4x800m relay to a third-place time of 9:48 at sectionals as a senior, with the relay earning a berth in the state championships … turned in career-best times of 11:40 in the 3200m run and 5:20 in the 1600m run her senior year.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Scott and Paula Manchess … full name is Emma Ruth Manchess … has three sisters; Erica, Erin and Ellie … her sister Erica is a junior on the Grace College soccer team … born May 31, 1995 in Noblesville, Ind. … maintains a 3.262 grade point average as an art major.