Emily Willson

Denison University

2021 Women's Cross Country Roster

Brett Dunbar

Awards:

2021 USTFCCCA All-Region
2021 First-Team All-NCAC
2018 Honorable Mention All-NCAC
Named NCAC Athlete of the Week twice (9/4/18 & 9/27/21)
2019-20, 2020-21 & 2021-22 NCAC Academic Honor Roll for both cross country and track & field
2021 USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete
2019-20, 2020-21 & 2021-22 Denison Top-50 Scholar-Athlete
Member of Denison's Chi Alpha Sigma chapter

2021 (Senior):

Ran in six races, including the NCAC Championships and the Great Lakes Region Championships, as a senior
Was the fastest Denison runner in all six of her races
Finished eighth (24:09.0) in her first race of the season at the NCAC Preview (Sept. 11)
Won her first career collegiate cross country race with a personal best 5k time of 19:59.8 in the Wooster Dual Meet (Sept. 21)
Named NCAC Athlete of the Week for her performance against Wooster
Finished 40th (23:25.1) at the Louisville Classic (Oct. 2)
Finished 18th (23:05.1) in the Oberlin College Inter-Regional Rumble Varsity Race (Oct. 16)
Finished fourth with a time of 23:34.4 at the North Coast Athletic Conference Championships (Oct. 30)
Named First-Team All-NCAC (second-career all-conference recognition)
Finished 18th while running a new personal best 6k time of 22:38.6 in the final race of her career at the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Region Cross Country Championships (Nov. 13)
Named to the All-Great Lakes Region team

2020 (Junior):

2019 (Sophomore):

2018 (Freshman):

Personal:

Biology major with a minor in psychology
Daughter of Leslie and Tony Willson
Named all-league and all-district in cross country at Groton-Dunstable Regional High School
Member of Denison's Big Brothers, Big Sisters program
Also a member of the Big Red women's track & field team