Bio


Emily Saltsman

Emily Saltsman

Class:
Sr.
Height/Weight:
5-9
   
Hometown:
Fallston, Md.
Position:
Mid. Distance
   
High School:
Fallston
   

2008 Cross Country: Scored for the Retrievers in all four events she competed in… Finished 59th in the America East Championships in a time of 20:55.3… Placed 38th in the Towson Invitational.

 

2008 Outdoor: Finished 12th in the 800-meter run at the America East Championships... Placed 17th in the 800-meter run at the Bucknell Team Challenge.

 

2007-08 Indoor: Finished 10th in the 800-meter run at the America East Championships... Placed 12th in 800-meter dash at Patriot Games… Finished 10th in the 500-meter dash at the Gulden Relays… Placed 13th in the 800-meter run at the Bison Opener.

 

2007 Outdoor: Finished 15th in the 800-meter run at the America East Championships and was part of the seventh-place 4 x 800m relay… Ran a season-best 2:23.05 in the 800 at the Bucknell Gulden Relays… Competed in the 1500 at the UVA Invite, where she ran a time of 5:35.28.

 

2006-07 Indoor: Finished 16th in the 800-meter run at the Lafayette/Rider Invite with a time of 2:25.60… Was part of the third-place distance medley relay at the Bucknell Gulden Relays and seventh-place 4 x 800m relay at the America East Championships.

2006 Cross Country: Scored in half of the meets during the season… Was the third Retriever across the line at the Mount St. Mary’s Dual 5K’s and the Lehigh Paul Short Run… Finished 12th and 177th with 5K and 6K times of 21:05.3 and a personal-best 24:01.0, respectively… Best 5K time came at the conference championships, where she finished the course in a time of 20:29.7.

 

2006 Outdoor: Finished 13th in the 800-meter run and was part of the seventh-place 4 x 800m relay at the America East Championships… Ran a season-best time of 1:01.82 in the 400 at the Duke Invite and 2:22.60 in the 800 at the conference championship meet.

 

2005-06 Indoor: Finished 10th in the 800-meter run (2:25.59) at the America East Championships and was part of the eighth-place 4 x 800m relay… Highest finish of the season came at the Bucknell Gulden Relays, where she finished eighth in the 500 in a season-best time of 1:22.78.

 

2005 Cross Country: Scored for the Retrievers in all but two meets during the season… Was the fourth Retriever across the line on two different occasions, to start the season at the Mount St. Mary’s Duals and at the Navy Invitational… Highest finish came at Mount St. Mary’s, where she finished 27th in a 5K time of 21:54.73… Best 5K time of the year came at the conference championships, where she turned in a time of 21:45.50… Ran her best 6K time of 24:47.20 at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional meet.

 

Background:  Comes from Fallston High School where she lettered all-four years on the indoor and outdoor track and field team and four years on the varsity soccer team… Wwon the state and regional indoor track and field title in the 800m run… Placed second in the outdoor 800m in the regionals and was the 400m county champion… Team won the indoor regional and state title in 2005… A member of the student government, Best Buddies program, German National Honor Society and the varsity club.

 

Personal:  Great-grandfather ran in the Olympics for Scotland… One of three children to Chip and Ellen Saltsman… Siblings names are Jennette and Kyle… Born on February 26, 1987.