Furman University

Emma Grace Hurley's Personal Bests

Honors & Awards
2020 Southern Conference Champion (Distance Medley Relay)
2020 All-Southern Conference Indoor Track (5,000m)
2019 All-Southeast Region Cross Country
2019 All-Southern Conference Cross Country (First Team)
2019 All-Southern Conference Outdoor Track (5,000m, 10,000m)
2019 All-Southern Conference Indoor Track (3,000m, 5,000m)
2018 All-Southeast Region Cross Country
2018 All-Southern Conference Cross Country (First Team)
2018 NCAA East Preliminary Round Qualifier (3,000m Steeplechase)
2018 All-Southern Conference Outdoor Track (3,000m Steeplechase, 5,000m)
2018 Southern Conference Champion Indoor Track (3,000m)
2018 All-Southern Conference Indoor Track (5,000m)
2017 All-Southeast Region Cross Country
2017 All-Southern Conference Cross Country (Second Team)
2017 All-Southern Conference Outdoor Track (5,000m)
2017 All-Southern Conference Indoor Track (3,000m)
2016 All-Southeast Region Cross Country
2016 All-Southern Conference Cross Country (First Team)
School Record Holder (Distance Medley Relay, 4x800m Relay, 3,000m Outdoors)

Senior Year (2019-2020):  Earned fourth-consecutive All-Southeast Region honors with a 16th place finish (20:37.5) at the NCAA Southeast Cross Country Championships...finished 89th at the NCAA Championships to help the Paladins to a ninth-place team finish...posted a fifth place finish (18:01.8) at the SoCon Cross Country Championships, earning All-SoCon first team honors...placed 33rd at the Bill Dellinger Invitational (20:40.0) and 54th at the Nuttycombe Invitational (20:48.5)...a member of the distance medley relay team that set a program record at Vanderbilt Invitational...also finishing as runner-up in the mile (4:51.70) at the event...competed on the winning distance medley relay team at SoCon indoor meet...also finished as runner-up in the 5,000m (16:57.09) and fourth in the mile (4:58.63) at the league meet...earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors for cross country. 

Junior Year (2018-19):  Named to the all-region team after placing eleventh with a 6K personal best of 20:17.8 at the NCAA Southeast Region Championships…claimed a spot on the All-SoCon first team with a third-place finish at the SoCon Cross Country Championships…also earned All-SoCon accolades in the 3,000m and 5,000m during indoor season and in the 5,000m and 10,000m outdoors…competed on the Furman 4x800m relay team that set a program record with a time of 8:50.80 at the Tennessee Relays…finished third at the Eye Opener cross country meet…turned in a 16^th place finish with a time of 17:14.1 at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Cross Country Invitational…placed 51^st at the NCAA Cross Country Championships…finished third in the 5,000m at the JDL Early Bird Indoor Duals…recorded a personal-best time of 15:57.23 in the 5,000m at the Iowa State Indoor Classic, good for eighth place…placed third in the 3,000m (9:29.40) and second in the 5,000m (16:36.44) at the SoCon Indoor Championships…won the 1,500m (4:28.77) at the USC Outdoor Open…notched a personal-best time of 36:48.09 to take second place in the 10,000m at the SoCon Outdoor Championships…also finished third in the 5,000m at the league outdoor meet…named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll and the SoCon Academic All-Conference Team…a member of the USTFCCA All-Academic Team for cross country and track and field.

Sophomore Year (2017-18):  Won the 3,000m Steeplechase with a time of 10:06.35, a Furman record at the time, at the Raleigh Relays to qualify for the NCAA East Preliminaries, where she placed 23^rd with a time of 10:18.97…named to the All-Southeast Region team for cross country after turning in a 19^th-place finish at 20:58.9…competed at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, where she placed 126^th with a time of 20:56.44…earned a spot on the All-SoCon second team after finishing eighth with a time of 17:18.3 at the league cross country championships…won the league title in the 3,000m (9:54.74) and finished second in the 5,000m (16:30.43) at the SoCon Indoor Championships…won the 3,000m Steeplechase title with a time of 10:25.23 and finished third in the 5,000m (17:33.26) at the league outdoor meet…placed eighth with a personal-best time of 4:24.27 in the 1,500m at the Oregon Twilight outdoor meet…finished second in the mile with a personal-best time of 4:47.52 at the Vanderbilt Indoor Invitational…named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll and to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team for cross country and track and field.

Freshman Year (2016-17):  Set a new Paladin outdoor record with a time of 9:44.41 in the 3,000m at the Tiger Outdoor Track Classic…named to the SoCon All-Freshman team for cross country, indoor track (mile and 3,000m) and outdoor track (3,000m Steeplechase and 5,000m)…finished third with a time of 16:55.4 at the SoCon Cross Country Championships, claiming a spot on the All-SoCon first team…also placed third with a time of 17:57.5 at the Eye Opener Cross Country Invitational…named to the All-Southeast Region team after finishing 20^th with a time of 21:03.4 at the region cross country meet…placed tenth in the mile (4:57.58) at the Vanderbilt Indoor Invitational… finished third in the 3,000m (9:38.86) and fifth in the mile (4:57.62) at the SoCon Indoor Championships…advanced through to the finals in the mile with the second-fastest qualifying time at 5:04.78…finished second in the 3,000m Steeplechase with a time of 9:44.41 at the Tiger Outdoor Track Classic…placed second in the 5,000m (17:02.92) and fourth in the 3,000m Steeplechase (10:47.28) at the SoCon Outdoor Championships…named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

High School:

1,600 meters – 4:46.00

3,200 meters – 10:22.21

5,000 meters (XC) – 17:15.00

Three-time GHSA Georgia State Champion

Two-time Footlocker National Qualifier 

Brooks PR Qualifier – 2 mile

One of four Georgia prospects who highlight the 2016 Lady Paladin recruiting class...appeared at the Footlocker National Cross Country Championships, placing 15th nationally...a three-time Georgia state champion in cross country and the 3,200m...won the state cross country championship as a junior, finished third as a senior, and placed fifth as a sophomore...honored as a Foot Locker national finalist her junior season...won the state championship in the 3,200m and finished second in the 1,600m as a junior...placed eighth in the two-mile at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals...helped her Fellowship Christian team to the Foot Locker South National Championship.