2023 Cross Country Roster
Emily Brown
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Fredonia
- Hometown:
- Fredonia, NY
2022: Appeared in all six meets for the panthers… Completed the Panthers Opener (Sep. 2) taking home first place with a time of 17:54.80…Completed the Virginia Invitational in 25th place (18:47.50) …Took home 11th place (17:25.20) at the Joe Piane Invitational (Sep. 30) … Notched 70th at the Weis-Crockett Invitational with a time of 22:03.20…Finished in 69th place (21:20.60) at the ACC Championships…Earned 36th place at the NCAA Division I Mid-Atlantic Region Cross Championships (Nov.11) with a time of 21:26.50.
2021: Competed in all six meets and was Pitt’s top finisher in each of the first three… Started the year with a 3rd place finish and a time of 15:09.50 in the Yinzer Classic (Sept. 3)… Followed with another strong performance, finishing 4th at the RMU Colonial Invitational (Sept. 17) with a time of 23:59.90… Again led the Panthers with a 18:20.10 time and a 43rd place finish at the Joe Piane Invitational (Oct. 1)… Posted a time of 22:41.50 and a 65th place finish at the Penn State National Open (Oct. 15)… Earned a season-best 22:11.20 6K time at the ACC Cross Country Championships (Oct. 29), finishing 82nd… Ended the season with a time of 22:24.10 at the Mid-Atlantic Regional (Nov. 12).
2020: Competed in one meet during an abbreviated season due to the Covid-19 Pandemic… collected a 12th place finish at the Panther Open (10/16) against West Virginia as she finished in 19:42.30… earned ACC Honor Roll honors for the first time in her career.
High School: Five-year member of the cross country program and four-year member of the track and field program at Fredonia High School... was named CCAA Runner of the Year five times... posted Second-Team All-State honors as a senior and Third-Team All-State honors as a sophomore and junior... earned First-Team All-Western New York as a junior and senior... qualified for the State Cross Country and track and field championships four times during her impressive career... was the Sectional champion in cross country during her sophomore campaign while also finishing in 23rd place at the State Championships... posted her best finish at the New York State Championships as a senior as she finished in 12th place in 17:49... finished in second place at the cross country sectional championships during her senior season... holds nine school records at Fredonia High School including the indoor 600m, 1000m, 1500m, 1 mile, 3000m and 4x400m relay and the outdoor 1500m, 400m hurdles and 2000m steeplechase.
Personal: Born September 29, 2002... daughter of Michelle Kuns and William Brown... has one brother, Matthew... enjoys figure skating and playing the cello... lists her favorite athletes as Elle Purrier, Eluid Kipchoge and Allie Ostrander... her favorite TV show is The Blacklist... majoring in biology at Pitt.
