Emily Infeld

Emily Infeld
Personal information
Nationality American
Born (1990-03-21) March 21, 1990
Ohio, United States
Residence Portland, Oregon
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Weight 107 lb (49 kg)
Sport
Event(s) 5,000 meters, 10,000 meters
College team Georgetown
Club Bowerman Track Club
Nike Oregon Track Club
Turned pro 2012
Coached by Jerry Schumacher
Achievements and titles
World finals 2015 10,000 m, 3rd
Olympic finals 2016 10,000 m, 11th
Personal best(s) 800 meters: 2:06.05[1]
1500 meters: 4:07.77[1]
3000 meters: 8:41.43[1]
5000 meters: 15:00.91[1]
10,000 meters: 31:26.94[1]
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the United States
World Championships
2015 Beijing 10,000 m

Emily Infeld (born March 21, 1990) is an American middle- and long-distance runner. She regularly competes in distances from 1500 meters up to 10,000 meters.

During her collegiate career at Georgetown University, she was the 3000 m 2012 NCAA Indoor Championships winner. She also had runner-up placings in NCAA competition in cross country running and outdoor track (1500 m and 5000 m).

During her professional career, Infeld has represented her country at major international championships including the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships (21st overall aiding the US team to 4th), the 2015 World Championships in Athletics (3rd), and the 2016 Summer Olympics (11th).

Running career

Early career

Raised in University Heights, Ohio, Infeld attended Beaumont School. She was interested in track and field from an early age and initially took up racewalking after being turned down for the Cleveland AAU track team, which took on her older sister, Maggie.[2] While at high school she moved back into running and won four straight state titles in the 800 meters.[3]

College

She went on to attend Georgetown University and began to compete for their Georgetown Hoyas collegiate team, following in the footsteps of her older sister.[4] In her first major competition for the team, she was eighth in the 1500 meters at the 2009 NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships. She established herself among the country's top college distance runners with a runner-up finish at the NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship in 2010.[5]

She placed eighth in the 3000 meters at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships but had greater success the following year. She was fourth at the 2011 NCAA Cross Country, leading Georgetown to the team title. She placed second in the 5000 meters at the NCAA Outdoor Championships that year. Her best collegiate performances came in 2012 when she was a double indoor Big East Conference champion (3000 m and mile run) and was the 3000 m winner at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Turning to the outdoor season, she was runner-up in the 1500 m at the NCAA Outdoor Championships behind Katie Flood. Her personal bests in the 3000 m and 5000 m were school records.[5]

Year Big East xc NCAA xc Big East indoor NCAA indoor Big East Outdoor NCAA Outdoor
2008-09 Big East xc
20:59.7
15th 		NCAA 6000 xc
20:54.8
60th 		Mile 4:44.56 3rd - 800 m 2:07.98 3rd -
2009-10 Big East xc
20:03.8
3rd 		NCAA 6000 xc
20:07.9
8th 		4x800 m 8:47.69 4th
DMR 11:13.10 2nd
1000 m 2:48.00 3rd 		DMR 11:01.40 3rd
3000 9:13.22 8th 		- -
2010-11 Big East xc
20:42.7
3rd 		NCAA 6000 xc
20:09.2
2nd 		1500 4:25.00 2nd
5000 16:14.06 2nd 		- 1500 4:25.00 2nd
5000 16:14.06 2nd 		5000 15:38.23 2nd
2011-12 NCAA 6000 xc
19:44.3
4th 		DMR 11:08.19 1st
Mile 4:43.57 1st
3000 9:39.39 1st 		DMR 11:06.53 4th
3000 9:15.44 1st 		4x800 8:39.35 4th
1500 4:23.25 2nd 		1500 4:14.02 2nd

[6][7]

Olympic Trials During Collegiate Career

Emily finished 10th place in 4:19.05 in the 1500 m at 2010 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships,[8][9] 5th place in 4:08.96 in the 1500 m at 2011 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.,[10] and 8th place in 15:28.60 in the 5000 m at the 2012 United States Olympic Trials (track and field).[11]

Professional

Emily originally intended to pursue graduate school at Georgetown University for the 2012-2013 academic year; however, she was not feeling fully invested in her graduate program, and with her college coach Chris Miltenberg and many training partners moving elsewhere, she decided to turn pro joining Kimbia Athletics (officially announced October 2016)[12] and move to Portland, Oregon to work under coach Jerry Schumacher at the Bowerman Track Club.[13][14] She began training alongside American Olympians Shalane Flanagan and Kara Goucher[15] where she struggled to adapt to the strict training schedule at first and missed parts of the 2013 season.[2] However, she placed 4th at the 2013 USA Cross Country Championships[16] to qualify for the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and placed 21st – a key member of the United States fourth place team.[17] In November 2013, she was diagnosed with a stress fracture in her sacrum on the left side, and again had to take time off from running.[2] After taking months off, she was beginning to progress with her career again, but on December 2014, she suffered another stress fracture of the sacrum; this time on the right side. She was unable to run on foot again until about 6 weeks before her first race back from injury on May 3, 2015.[18][19]

After significant struggles in her early professional career, Infeld made an astonishing comeback in 2015. She set personal records in 2015, running her first race of the year in 31:38.71 for the 10,000 meters in May and 15:07.19 for the 5000 m in June exceeding both the qualifying standards outlined in Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification.[20] Further progressing in 2015, she placed third in the 10,000 m at the 2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, her highest ever national finish up to that date, gaining selection for the national team alongside Molly Huddle and fellow Bowerman Track Club athlete Shalane Flanagan.[21] At the 2015 Beijing World Championships, Emily kicked hard for the bronze medal in the 10,000 m, catching a slowing Huddle at the line.[18][22][23]

On February 20, 2016 Infeld finished third in the Millrose Games women's indoor 5000 meters in 15:00.91, behind Betsy Saina and Molly Huddle.[24] Emily Infeld placed second in the 10,000 m behind Molly Huddle at the 2016 United States Olympic Trials (track and field) to qualify for Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics with Marielle Hall. She placed 11th in 31:26.94 in Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 10,000 metres.

Personal records

Track Event Time (min) Venue Date
Indoor 1000 m 2:44.56 State College, PA 31 JAN 2009
1500 m 4:12.79 New York (Armory), NY 16 FEB 2013
Mile run 4:31.50 New York (Armory), NY 16 FEB 2013
3000 m 9:00.13Boston (BU), MA 10 FEB 2012
5000 m 15:00.91 New York, NY20 FEB 2016
Outdoor 800 m 2:06.05 Princeton, NJ 16 MAY 2009
1500 m 4:07.77 Lignano Sabbiadoro 17 JUL 2012
Mile run 4:38.01 Philadelphia, PA 24 APR 2010
3000 m 8:41.43 Rieti (Guidobaldi) 08 SEP 2013
5000 m 15:07.18 Eugene (Hayward Field), OR 28 JUN 2015
10000 m 31:26.94 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 12 AUG 2016
Road 10K run 31:47 2013

National titles

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2013 World Cross Country Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 21st Senior race 25:27
4th Senior team 90 points
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 3rd 10000 m 31:43.49
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 11th 10000 m 31:26.94

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 All-Athletics. "Profile of Emily INFELD".
  2. 1 2 3 Miller, Jen A. (2014-03-05). Emily Infield's Roller Coaster to a Pro Career. Runners World. Retrieved on 2015-06-28.
  3. ↑ Emily Infeld. Bowerman Track Club. Retrieved on 2015-06-28.
  4. ↑ Maggie Infeld. GU Hoyas. Retrieved on 2015-06-28.
  5. 1 2 Emily Infeld. GU Hoyas. Retrieved on 2015-06-28.
  6. ↑ https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/2243644/Georgetown_DC/Emily_Infeld.html
  7. ↑ http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Athlete.aspx?AID=675796
  8. ↑ http://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/MeetResults.aspx?Meet=86137#20898
  9. ↑ http://www.usatf.org/events/2010/USAOutdoorTFChampionships/results/F10.asp
  10. ↑ http://www.flashresults.com/2011_Meets/outdoor/06-23-USAChamps/Results10-2.htm
  11. ↑ http://www.usatf.org/events/2012/OlympicTrials-TF/results/Results14-2.htm
  12. ↑ 11 Time All American Emily Infeld Joins Kimbia. Kimbia Athletics (2016-10-01). Retrieved on 2016-11-29.
  13. ↑ 5 Questions with Emily Infeld. Daily Relay (2013-10-22). Retrieved on 2016-11-29.
  14. ↑ New Pro Emily Infeld Adjusts to Training with Shalane Flanagan. Runner's World (2013-02-11). Retrieved on 2016-11-29.
  15. ↑ Price, Pat (2013-10-22). 5 Questions with Emily Infeld. Daily Relay. Retrieved on 2015-06-28.
  16. ↑ http://www.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2013/USA-Cross-Country-Championships/Results/OpenW/Overall.aspx
  17. ↑ 40th IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Bydgoszcz (POL) - 24 March 2013 - Team Standings - Senior Race Women. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-06-28.
  18. 1 2 Emily Infeld: From Broken to Bronze. Runner's World (2015-12-18). Retrieved on 2016-11-29.
  19. ↑ Emily Infeld World Medalist. DON'T EVER GIVE UP. Spikes by IAAF (2015-09-10). Retrieved on 2016-11-29.
  20. ↑ Portland Track Festival Day 1: Emily Infeld Runs 21 Second PR (15:07) to Beat Shalane Flanagan, Desi Linden and Sara Hall Get 10k Qualifiers. Lets Run (2015-06-13). Retrieved on 2015-06-28.
  21. ↑ Georgetown Track & Field Alum Emily Infeld Makes Team USA. GU Hoyas (2015-06-26). Retrieved on 2015-06-28.
  22. ↑ Emily Infeld shocks Molly Huddle, wins bronze medal at IAAF Track World Championships 2015, Cleveland.com, August 24, 2015
  23. ↑ American runner loses bronze medal after celebrating too early, USA Today, August 24, 2015.
  24. ↑
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