Norfolk State University Athletics

Personal Records
Cross Country
5,000 meters: 21:06.9 (2022 MEAC Cross Country Championships)
6,000 meters: 25:23.4 (2022 Lehigh Paul Short Run)
Indoor
1000 meters: 3:03.88 (High School)
Mile: 5:33.94 (High School)
Outdoor
800 meters: 2:20.54 (High School)
1600 meters: 5:24.73 (High School)

Career Statistics - Cross Country
Career Statistics - Track

2022-23: Named to the NSU AD Honor Roll for both semesters. Cross Country: Competed in four meets as a true freshman … Opened her collegiate career at the Virginia Invitational, completing the 5k course in 22:13.2 … Posted a season-best 25:23.4 in the 6k Lehigh Paul Short Run … Ran a season-best 21:06.9 (5k) in the MEAC Cross Country Championships. Indoor: Competed in one meet, running a leg of the 4x400 relay at the Raleigh Relays (4:11.83). Outdoor: Did not compete.
 
High School: Participated in track and field all four years at Woodbridge Senior HS … State qualifier in the 1,000 (indoor), 800 and 4x800 relay (outdoor) as a senior … District champion in both the 1,000 and mile as a junior … Also was region runner-up in the 1,000 and advanced to the state meet for the second straight year … Was district runner-up in the 800 during outdoor season that year … Was district champ and an all-state performer in the 1,000m as a sophomore and was district runner up in the mile as a freshman.

Personal: Emani Monet Thompson is the daughter of Porsche Samson … Enjoys cooking in free time ... Majoring in exercise science/kinesiology.