Emily Short
Emily Short
Height: 5-6
Year: SO
Hometown: Tawas, Mich.
High School: Tawas Area HS
Position: Distance

2011-12: Indoor: set a personal record in the 800m with a time of 2:21.79 at the SVSU - GVSU Dual...crossed the line with a personal best time of 5:17.70 in the 1-mile and finished fourth in the 4,000m distance medley with a time of 11:48.75 at the GVSU Big Meet...ran a season best 10:11.65 and placed fifth in the 3,000m and finished fourth with a time of 11:52.48 in the 4,000m distance medley at the Indoor GLIAC Championships...picked up a second and first place finish at the SVSU Holiday Classic and SVSU Doug Hansen Open with times of 5:14.80 and 5:17.07 respectively...finished third in the 3,000m at the CMU Jack Skoog Open with a time of 10:26.27. Outdoor: crossed the line first with a personal best time of 10:05.01 in the 3,000m at the GVSU vs. SVSU meet and finished second in the 1,500m at the GVSU Last Chance Meet with a personal record time of 4:39.27...set a season best mark of 2:22.63 in the 800m at the MSU Spartan Invitational and took home a sixth place finish in the 5,000m at the Azusa Pacific Bryan Clay Invitational clocking a season best time of 17:37.09...crossed the line sixth at the Outdoor GLIAC Championship with a time of 17:44.46...turned in a pair of second place finishes in the 1,500m at the Northwood Open and Aquinas Twilight Meet with times of 4:41.80 and 4:44.01 respectively.

Prior to SVSU/Personal: Prepped at Tawas Area High School…holds the school record in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 18:44…was captain of the cross country team during her senior campaign and was a three-year captain of the track and field team…earned all-conference, all-region, and All-State honors in both track and field and cross country...member of the National Honor Society and math challenge team…named to the Academic All-State cross country team and earned Academic All-State individual honors…was on the honor roll…majoring in nursing…daughter of the Robert and Amy Short…born 8/31/93.