Norfolk State University Athletics

Personal Records
Indoor
800 meters: 2:17.33 (2025 Division I Pre-Nationals)
Mile: 5:17.10 (2024 MEAC Indoor Championships)

Outdoor
400-meter hurdles: 1:09.42 (2024 NSU Invitational)
800 meters: 2:18.59 (2025 USF Alumni Invitational)
1,500 meters: 4:48.18 (2025 Bill Carson Invitational)
 
2024-25: Named to the NSU AD Honor Roll both semesters … Also selected to the MEAC All-Academic Team for the indoor and outdoor seasons. Indoor: Completed at seven meets … Took fourth in the mile at the MEAC Championships with a time of 5:10.56 … Clocked a personal best time in the 800 meters at the Division I Pre-Nationals with a time of 2:17.33 to place fourth … Also helped the 4x400 meter relay team take third at the same meet (3:57.25) … Posted a fourth place time in the 800 meters at the HBCU Showcase (2:18.24) … Recorded a seventh place finish in the 1,000 meters at the VCU Rams Indoor Invitational (3:10.96) … Ran a personal best time of 5:09.30 to open the season at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener. Outdoor: Competed at four meets … Ran a personal best time of 4:48.18 to place sixth in the 1,500 meters at the Bill Carson Invitational, before taking seventh in the 800 meters at the same meet (2:19.90) … Took 14th in the 800 meters at the MEAC Championships in the 800 meters (2:29.88).

2023-24: Named to the NSU AD Honor Roll for the spring semester. Indoor: Competed in seven indoor meets … Recorded best finish in the mile at the MEAC Indoor Championships, placing sixth (5:17.10 - personal best) … Took fifth place in the 800 meters with a personal best time of 2:18.01 at the DIII Pre-Nationals Invitational … Placed 11^th at the Penn State National Open in the 1,000 meters with a season best time of 3:08.44 … Also took third in the 800 meters clocking in at 2:25.18 at the Marlin Invitational and sixth in the 800 meters at the HBCU Showcase (2:21.13). Outdoor: Competed in seven events … Opened the outdoor season with a sixth-place finish at the Virginia Opener in the 800 meters (2:22.06) … Placed third in the 400-meter hurdles at the NSU Invitational (1:09.42 – personal best) … Recorded her season best time in the 800 meters during the Duke Invitational, clocking in at 2:21.88.

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 … Majoring in exercise science/kinesiology.