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2019 Cross Country Roster

Emily Digman

  • Position DIS
  • Class Senior
  • High School Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake
  • Hometown Burnt Hills, N.Y.
  • School Columbia College
  • Major Political Science

Biography

- 2019 Ivy League Cross Country Heps Champion (Team)
- 2018 Ivy League Cross Country Heps Champion (Team)

2019-20 (Senior): (XC)
Ran the 6K (51st) in 22:43.2 at the Ivy League Cross Country Heps (Nov. 1) as a member of Columbia's championship winning team ... Clocked a personal record time of 22:24.5 (72nd) in the 6K at the Paul Short Run (Oct. 5) ... Set a PR in the 6.17K (56th) with a time of 22:43.9 at the Princeton Cross Country Invitational (Oct. 19). (Indoor) Posted best finish, third, of the season with a personal record time of 2:15.10 in the 800-Meter Dash at the Armory Last Chance (Feb. 21) ... Ran the second leg on the 4x800-Meter Relay squad that clocked a second place time of 9:17.71 at the Dartmouth-Columbia-Yale (Jan. 18) meet ... Finished fifth in the 1,000-Meter Run with a time of 2:58.36 at the UAlbany Winter Classic (Feb. 7). (Outdoor) Season canceled.

2018-19 (Junior): (XC) Smoked the Iona College Paddy Doyle Meet of Champions' (Sept. 14) 5K to finish 50th with a personal best time of 19:32.6 ... Ran a personal best 22:57.5 in the 6K at the Paul Short Gold (Sept. 29) ... Finished 85th in the 6K at the Ivy League Cross Country Championships (Oct. 27), running the race in 23:03.5. (Indoor) Racked up five top 10 finishes and four top five finishes ... Helped the 4x800m relay team finish second at the Dartmouth-Yale-Columbia (Jan. 18) meet, with the relay team running the race in 9:13.37 ... Came in eighth (5:06.53) in the One Mile Run at the Dartmouth-Yale-Columbia meet ... Ran a personal best mile (5:03.00) at the Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge (Jan. 24-26) ... Had a career day at the Mets Indoor Track & Field Championships (Jan. 31-Feb.1) finishing first in the 1,000m with a personal best time of 2:52.68 and was a member of the Distance Melody Relay team that finished second with a time of 12:12.19 ... A part of the 4x800m relay team that finished fifth at the Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Heps (Feb. 23-24) with the relay team finishing the race in 9:04.28. (Outdoor) Opened the outdoor season with a personal best time in the 2,000-Meter Steeplechase at the Penn Challenge (Mar. 23), finishing seventh with a time of 7:21.76 ... Had a pair of top 10 finishes at the 2019 Colonial Relays (Apr. 4-6), finishing fifth with the DMR team (12:08.91) and ninth in the 1,500m (4:39.71) ... Recorded a personal best, 4:36.76, in the 1,500m at the 2019 Larry Ellis Invitational (Apr. 20) ... Finished inside the top 10 in the 800m at the 2019 Yale Springtime Invitational (Apr. 28), coming in eighth with a time of 2:20.24 ... Hit a personal best 2:15.26 in the 800m at the Ivy League Outdoor Track & Field Heps (May 4-5).

2017-18 (Sophomore): (XC) Recorded best finish in the cross country season, finishing 33rd at the Iona College Meet of Champions (Sept. 15) in the 5K running the race in 21:14.4. (Indoor) Ran season bests of 2:18.39 in the 800m, 2:58.32 in the 1,000m, and 5:15.23 in the 1 Mile. (Outdoor) Ran season bests of 4:45.23 in the 1,500m, 10:37.60 in the 3,000m, and 11:35.18 in the 3,000m Steeplechase.

2016-17 (First Year): (XC) Went 20:50.7 over the 5K course at the Metropolitan Championships ... Posted a season best 6K of 23:01.5 at the Paul Short Run. (Indoor) Ran season bests of 5:04.60 in the 1,500m and 5:09.33 in the 1 Mile. (Outdoor) Finished seventh in the shot put at the Stony Brook Season Opener (Mar. 23) tossing a mark of 13-6/4.11m ... Was part of the 4x800m Relay that finished fourth in a time of 9:53.07 at the Stony Brook Season Opener.

Personal: Part of the New York State Class B team champions in 2014 at Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School … Posted career bests of 4:40.27 in the 1,500m, 10:14 in the 3,000m, and 6:59.47 in the 2,000m steeplechase … The daughter of Michele and Jeffrey Digman … Will attend Columbia College.

Career Bests

6.17K (XC) - 22:43.9
Princeton Cross Country Invitational - Oct. 19, 2019
6K (XC) - 22:24.5
Paul Short Gold - Oct. 5, 2019
5K (XC) - 19:32.6
Iona College Paddy Doyle Meet of Champions - Sept. 14, 2018
DMR (Outdoor) - 12:08.91
2019 Colonial Relays - Apr. 4-6, 2019
DMR (Indoor) - 12:12.19
Mets Indoor Track & Field Championships - Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 2019

3,000-Meter Steeplechase - 11:35.18
Ocean State invitational - Apr. 13-14, 2018
3,000m (Outdoor) - 10:37.60
Penn Challenge - Mar. 24, 2018
4x800 (Indoor) - 9:04.28
Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Heps - Feb. 23-24, 2019
4x800 (Outdoor) - 9:53.07
Stony Brook Season Opener - Mar. 23, 2017
2,000-Meter Steeplechase - 7:21.76
Penn Challenge - Mar. 23, 2019
One Mile Run (Indoor) - 5:03.00
Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge - Jan. 24-26, 2019
One Mile Run (Outdoor) - 5:13.16

2019 Larry Ellis Invitational - Apr. 12-13, 2019
1500m (Outdoor) - 4:36.76

2019 Larry Ellis Invitational - Apr. 20, 2019
1000m (Indoor) - 2:52.68
Mets Indoor Track & Field Championships - Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 2019
800m (Indoor) - 2:15.10
Armory Last Chance - Feb. 21, 2020
800m (Outdoor) - 2:15.26
Ivy League Outdoor Track & Field Heps - May 4-5, 2019
Shot Put (Outdoor) - 13-6/4.11m
Stony Brook Season Opener - Mar. 23, 2017

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Graduate Student

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  • 2017Sophomore

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  • 2018Junior

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  • 2019Senior

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