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2022 Women's Cross Country Roster

Emma Milburn

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Lake Forest, Ill.
  • High School Lake Forest HS
  • Instagram emmamilbilly
  • Twitter emmalmilburn

Biography

NIL Opportunities

Big Ten Logo white Second-Team All-Big Ten // 2022 - 6k

2022

  • Second-Team All-Big Ten
  • Placed 12th at the Big Ten Championships (20:30.5) to earn second-team All-Big Ten honors
  • Placed third in the 5k (17:30.5) at the John McNichols Invite
  • Ran a season-best 6k (20:20.0) and placed sixth at the Bradley Pink Classic

2021

  • Placed 19th at the Big Ten Championships in the 6k with a time of 21:13.5.
  • Ran a 20:37.7 in the 6k at the Redbird Invite, placing 2nd
  • First Illini to finish in the 5k at the Joe Piane Invitational, 49th overall with a time of 17:02.3
  • Placed 18th at the NCAA Pre-Nationals with a season-best time of 20:14.3, first Illini to finish
  • Ran a 21:28.73 at the NCAA Midwest Regionals, placed 37th overall and second Illini to finish

2020-21

  • Placed 175th overall at the NCAA Championships in 22:07.8, the fifth Illini to finish
  • Placed 19th at the Big Ten Championships, the fourth Illini to finish. Her time was 21:08.5

2019

  • Earned NCAA Midwest All-Region honors, placing 25th overall and crossing fourth for the Midwest Regional Champion Illini with a 6K finish time of 21:20.0
  • Clocked 6K PR at Pre-Nationals, recording a time of 21:02.6 to finish 62nd and fourth on the team
  • Crossed fourth for the Illini at NCAA Championships
  • Timed a personal-best 5K finish of 17:32.0 at the John McNichols Invite, placing 25th
  • Finished fifth overall at the Illini Open, recording a 5K time of 17:33.2
  • Placed 29th at Big Ten Championships, recording a 6K finish time of 21:09.8
  • Scored for the Illini in each of the seven meets she contested
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic
  • Academic All-Big Ten

2018

  • Crossed fifth for the Illini at both the NCAA Midwest Regional 6K (21:50.0) and the Big Ten Championships 6K (22:48.8)
  • Timed a season-best 6K at the Bradley Pink Classic, recording a finish time of 21:48.8 to place 49th
  • Set her season-best time in the 5K with a 17:54.20 finish at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational, placing 37th
  • Debuted at the EIU Walt Crawford Open, placing seventh with a finish time of 18:37.7
  • Competed at 6 meets for the Illini, placing in the Illinois top-five at each meet 

High School 

  • 2017 IHSA Class 3A 800m, 4x400m and 4x800m state qualifier
  • 2016 IHSA Class 3A 800m sixth place
  • 2015 USATF Junior Olympic Runner-Up in the 1500m
  • Three-time IHSA Cross Country State Qualifier
  • 2015 IHSA Cross Country Class 3A 11th Place
  • Coached by Steve Clegg

Personal

  • Born November 10, 1999
  • Daughter of Jeffery and Teri Milburn
  • Has an older sister, Thea
  • Member of the National Honor Society
  • Major is Undeclared
  • Chose Illinois because of its outstanding academics and opportunity to be part of Illini XC and track tradition 

TFRRS Profile

Historical Player Information

  • 2018Freshman

  • 2019Sophomore

  • 2020Junior

  • 2021Senior

  • 2022Graduate Student