- "I made Virginia Wesleyan my No. 1 choice because it is close to home and a small school with good academics"
- Selected VWC over University of North Carolina at Wilmington and Campbell University
Career Highs
Outdoor
1500M: 5:09.08 – (ODAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships – April 18-19, 2015)
Indoor
3000M: 11:14.49 – (Captains Invitational & Combined – January 30-31, 2015)
Mile: 5:31.61 – (Kent Taylor Invite – February 21, 2015)
800M: 2:36.58 – (Liberty Open – January 16-17, 2015)
Cross Country
6K: 23:49.4 – (25th Annual Don Cathcart XC Invite – September 28, 2013)
5K: 21:28.7 – (Adidas XC Challenge – September 20, 2013)
Statistics
Track & Field | Cross Country
Sophomore (2014-15): Set three indoor bests in the 800M, mile and 3000M while expanding her number of events… Competed in the 1500M in the outdoor season.
First-Year (2013-14): Set several marks as a first-year on the cross country team, posting bests in the 5K and 6K… Ran indoor and outdoor track as well.
Academic Accomplishments: Presidential Scholarship recipient
Before VWC: 2012 Daily Advance All-Area Cross Country Runner of the Year… Four time All-Area honoree… Advanced to the state 3A meet for the second consecutive year… Finished sixth in the 3A East Regional in a time of 20:35… Helped guide Currituck to its fourth straight conference championship… Set the Currituck 5K record at 19:58.39 in a race at Norfolk Academy… Set the school record in the 800 at 2:24.14 and won the Northeastern Conference title twice in the event… Placed eighth in the 2013 North Carolina state indoor championship in the 1,600 meter run (5:41.82) and 14th in the state outdoor championship in the 3,200 (12:45.73)… Selected as Currituck's Most Valuable Runner in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track… Recipient of an achievement award in Health Science.
Personal: Daughter of Sheila and Jeff Latimer… Has three siblings: Jessica, Katie and Erin.
Get to Know Emily
- Enjoys alternative music and spending vacation time in Key West, Florida
- Favorites include the book "The Perks of Being A Wallflower," the movie "Anchorman," and the TV series "The Bachlorette"
- A fan of Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas, soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy, and celebrity Nina Dobrev
- My favorite aspect of being an athlete is: "team bonding"
- The part of my game I've improved the most is: "my endurance"
- My personal athletic goal at VWC is: "to lower the times in all of my races"
- If I could spend one day with a famous person from any time period it would be: "Florence Nightingale. She was the founder of modern nursing, so it would be interesting to get to know her"
- People might be surprised to know: "I'm really shy at first, but when you get to know me I'm not at all!"
- It's the year 2030 and: "I'm working in a hospital and treating patients"
- The most important advice I've received is: "worrying doesn't solve anything" -- my mom
