• Outdoor National Ranking: #12
  • Outdoor Regional Ranking: #1
  • 1 Indoor National Champion
  • 4 Outdoor National Champions
  • 25 Indoor Individual All-Americans
  • 38 Outdoor Individual All-Americans
  • 3 Indoor UAA Team Championships
  • 8 Outdoor UAA Team Championships

2022-23 Women's Indoor Track & Field Season Recap

2022-23 Women's Indoor Track & Field Season Recap

The 2022-23 indoor season marked a monumental milestone in the history of the Emory University women's track & field program as the season culminated with the first-ever indoor individual national championship in Emory track & field history.

Senior Annika Urban, coming off a historic cross country season where she smashed program records and was a six-time race winner and All-American, continued to add to her legacy with a landmark indoor season. A campaign that featured countless race wins and several program records being set all led up to the NCAA Championships in mid-March in Birmingham, Alabama where she cemented herself in the Emory and Division III history books.

Competing in the mile, Urban showcased one of the great races in DIII history as she broke the NCAA championship record to win going away at 4:43.17. With the win she became the first student-athlete, male or female, to win an indoor national title in team history. After winning the indoor mile crown, she was finished on the track as she earned a bronze medal finish in the 3000m to become the first Eagle to earn multiple All-America honors in a single meet in four years.

Urban was joined on the national spotlight by teammates Libby Ranocha and Dashiel Tao Harris who qualified for the 800m and 400m events. Ranocha placed 11th in the 800m while Tao Harris was 17th in the 400m. The Eagles would finish with 16 points at the meet to end in a tie for 12th – the third-highest finish ever for an Emory women's team and the best since 2018 team finished eighth.

Urban led a contingent of 17 Eagles with USTFCCCA All-Region accolades, earning All-Region acclaim in four events and was tabbed as the South's Track Athlete of the Year. NCAA-bound Ranocha garnered three honors while Audrey Johnson also gained three awards. Furthermore, Head Coach Linh Nguyen took home Coach of the Year annals for the south region.

At the UAA Championships in late February, the Eagles captured conference championships in four events and tallied seven All-UAA efforts to finish third for the seventh time out of the last eight conference meets.

Urban was a two-time event champion, winning gold in the mile and 5000m, and was later selected as the UAA Most Outstanding Performer in the running events. To go with her two event titles, Urban joined Johnson, Ranocha and Tao Harris for a third place finish the 4x400m. Adding UAA titles in Waltham, Mass. was Johnson in the 60m and Nyjah Willis in the weight throw. Ranocha tacked on a runner-up run in the 800m whereas Tao Harris took bronze in the 400m.

Urban continued to rack up accolades following the outdoor season as she was one of four Eagles named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District and was the lone member from the women's roster to earn Academic All-America honors, garnering a spot on the First Team. Joining Urban as Academic All-District selections were Johnson, Ranocha and Tao Harris.

 

The Eagles earned the following honors during the 2022-23 indoor season:

NCAA Division III National Champion

Annika Urban

Mile Run

 

NCAA Division III All-America

Annika Urban

Mile (1st), 3000m Run (3rd)

 

NCAA Division III National Qualifier

Libby Ranocha

800m Run

Dashiel Tao Harris

400m Dash

Annika Urban

Mile, 3000m Run

 

USTFCCCA South/Southeast All-Region (Top 5 in Respective Event)

Clementine Bodus

60m Hurdles

Jenna Daly

Mile

Alex Feuer

Pole Vault

Sarah Fineman

Shot Put

Shana Fitzmaurice

DMR

Caroline Hansen

Triple Jump

Elle Haushalter

DMR

Hope Jackson

Shot Put

Audrey Johnson

60m Dash, 200m Dash, 4x400m Relay

Luna McCauley

800m Run

Paige Murdock

DMR

Libby Ranocha

400m Dash, 800m Run, 4x400m Relay

Liesl Scherrer

5000m Run

Payton Sullivan

DMR

Dashiel Tao Harris

4x400m Relay, 400m Dash

Annika Urban

Mile, 3000m Run, 5000m Run, 4x400m Relay

Nyjah Willis

Weight Throw

 

USTFCCCA South/Southeast Region Coach of the Year

Linh Nguyen

 

USTFCCCA South/Southeast Region Track Athlete of the Year

Annika Urban

 

University Athletic Association Most Outstanding Performer

Annika Urban

Running Events

 

UAA Champion

Audrey Johnson

60m Dash

Annika Urban

5000m Run, Mile

Nyjah Willis

Weight Throw

 

All-UAA (Top-3 Finisher at UAA Championships)

Audrey Johnson

60m Dash (1st), 4x400m Relay (3rd)

Libby Ranocha

800m Run (2nd), 4x400m Relay (3rd)

Dashiel Tao Harris

4x400m Relay (3rd), 400m Dash (3rd)

Annika Urban

5000m Run (1st), Mile (1st), 4x400m Relay (3rd)

Nyjah Willis

Weight Throw (1st)

 

CoSIDA Academic All-America Team

Annika Urban

First Team

 

CoSIDA Academic All-District Team

Audrey Johnson

Libby Ranocha

Dashiel Tao Harris

Annika Urban

 

UAA Athlete of the Week

Annika Urban

Dec. 5, Jan. 23, March 13

                   

 

The following were the top marks by Emory athletes during the 2022-23 indoor season:

60m Dash

7.70

Audrey Johnson

UAA Championships

200m Dash

25.54

Audrey Johnson

UAA Championships

300m Dash

43.14

Clementine Bodus

South Carolina Invitational

400m Dash

57.62

Dashiel Tao Harris

David Hemery Valentine Invitational

800m Run

2:12.47

Libby Ranocha

David Hemery Valentine Invitational

3000m Run

9:28.14*

Annika Urban

David Hemery Valentine Invitational

5000m Run

16:29.14*

Annika Urban

BU Sharon Colyear Danville Opner

Mile Run

4:43.17*

Annika Urban

NCAA Championships

60m Hurdles

8.94

Clementine Bodus

UAA Championships

High Jump

1.50m

Paige Thielke

South Carolina Invitational

Pole Vault

3.21m

Alexandra Feuer

Samford Bulldog Open

Long Jump

5.18m

Clementine Bodus

BSC Indoor Icebreaker

Triple Jump

10.91m

Caroline Hansen

UAA Championships

Shot Put

12.60m

Sarah Fineman

UAA Championships

Weight Throw

16.27m*

Nyjah Willis

UAA Championships

4x400m Relay

3:57.55

Dashiel Tao Harris, Audrey Johnson, Annika Urban, Libby Ranocha

UAA Championships

DMR

12:41.00

Shana Fitzmaurice, Paige Murdock, Payton Sullivan, Elle Haushalter

UAA Championships

*- Emory record