Emily Giannotti Season 2012

2014 Ernest B. McCoy Memorial Award ... Penn State[apos]s 2013-14 Big Ten Medal of Honor recipient

On the National Scene ... || 2014 Outdoor || Qualified for the NCAA East Prelims in the 10,000-meter run ... Posted a final time of 36:30.37 in the 10,000-meter run to finish 39th || 2013 Outdoor || Qualified for the NCAA Eastern Preliminary Round in the 10,000 meters. || 2012 Cross Country || Competed in her third-straight NCAA Cross Country Meet, finishing 188^th overall and 150^th in team scoring ... Earned All-Region status via a 21^st place finish at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships ... Ran 21:17 for 6,000-meters on the Blue-White Course at the Regional. || 2012 Outdoor || Qualified for the NCAA First Round in the steeplechase. || 2011 Cross Country || Was the Lions[apos] fifth runner at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, finishing 177^th overall and 141^st in team scoring ... Clocked 21:38 over the 6,000-meter course ... Placed 32^nd overall at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional, just shy of all-region status. || 2011 Outdoor || Placed third in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the USATF Junior Outdoor Championships. || 2010 Cross Country || Was the seventh finisher on the Lions[apos] NCAA-qualifying squad ... Placed 48th at the Mid-Atlantic Regional.

At the Big Ten Championships ... || 2014 Outdoor || Placed 12th in the 10,000-meter run with her time of 35:01.27 || 2014 Indoor || Ran a season-best time of 16:40.48 in the 5,000-meter run to place 16th || 2013 Outdoor || Turned in a fifth-place finish in the 10,000-meters, thanks to an impressive home-stretch kick ... Finished in 34:58.91 ... Also competed in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. || 2013 Indoor || Scored an eighth-place finish in the 5K via a PR 16:36.18. || 2012 Cross Country || Finished as the Nittany Lions[apos] number six, in 32^nd overall - helping the Nittany Lions to a third-place finish ... Ran a season-best 21:05 for 6K at the conference meet. || 2012 Outdoor || Competed in both the steeplechase and 5000 ... Top finish was 19^th in the 5K. || 2012 Indoor || Clocked a PR of 9:50.11 in the 3000. || 2011 Cross Country || Earned All-Big Ten Second Team honors following a 14^th-place finish ... Was the Lions[apos] third runner on the day, helping the team to a third-place finish ... Finished the 6,000-meter course in 20:44. || 2011 Outdoor || Finished just shy of scoring at the conference meet, placing 10th in the steeplechase in a near-PR 10:41.32. On the Course ... || 2010 Cross Country || Ran in the Nittany Lion top seven throughout the season ... Highest finish was fourth at the Lock Haven Dolan Duals.

On the Course ... || 2012 Cross Country || Highest individual finish was 13^th at the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational ... Also finished in the Nittany Lion top seven at the Greater Louisville Classic and Adidas Wisconsin Invitational. || 2011 Cross Country || Took second place at the Lock Haven Dolan Duals ... Finished 22^nd at the Penn State National ... Also competed at the Roy Griak and Notre Dame Invitationals.

Around the Track ... || 2014 Outdoor || Tallied a lifetime-best time of 34:46.89 in the 10,000-meter run to finish eighth at the Penn Relays || 2014 Indoor || Opened the 2014 indoor season with an 11th-place finish in the mile run (5:00.79) at the Nittany Lion Challenge ... Posted a season-best time of 5:00.18 in the mile run at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup || 2013 Outdoor || Clocked a PR 34:54.26 for 10,000 meters at the Stanford Invitational ... Now ranks 10^th in Penn State history in the event ... Finished fifth in the steeple at the Bison Outdoor Classic ... Finished with a lifetime-best 9:38.36 in the 3K at Penn Relays. || 2013 Indoor || Won the 5K at the Penn State National (16:44.65) ... Placed third in Penn State first-ever 2K steeplechase at the Sykes and Sabock Challenge Cup ... Placed sixth in the mile at the Nittany Lion Challenge, running 4:57.53. || 2012 Outdoor || Turned in a PR 10:28.82 in the steeplechase at Penn Relays ... Finished second in the steeple at the Jim Click Shootout, and third at the Bison Outdoor Classic. || 2012 Indoor || Ran a PR 17:16.80 in the 5K at the Flotrack Husky Classic at Washington ... Won the unseeded 3K at the Penn State National, finishing in 9:52.99 ... Placed 11^th in the mile at the Nittany Lion Challenge. || 2011 Outdoor || Turned in a personal-best 10:40.77 to finish 13th in the steeplechase at Penn Relays ... Placed second in the steeple at both the George Mason Spring Classic and Jesse Owens Track Classic. || 2011 Indoor || Top indoor finish was fourth in the 5,000-meters at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup, where she ran a PR 17:41.87 ... Finished ninth in the mile at the Akron Invitational was a collegiate personal-best 5:12.33 .

Before Penn State ... || High School || A four-time PIAA qualifier in outdoor track, and two-time entrant at the state cross country meet ... Four-time District 9 Champion in the 3200-meters ... Ran a personal-best 10:43.87 to win the AA 3200-meters at the PIAA Outdoor Championships as a senior ... Placed fourth in the 3,000-meters at the indoor state meet, running 10:11.71 ... Also won the 3K at the Kevin Dare High School Invitational at Penn State as a senior ... Placed sixth at the PIAA AA Cross Country Championships as a senior. || Personal || Daughter of Brad and Patty Giannotti ... Birthday is July 12, 1992 ... Studying Rehabilitation and Human Services.

Collegiate Personal Bests || Track and Field