Emma Coburn
Event: 3,000m Steeplechase
Height: 5-8
Weight: 120
PR: 9:23.54 (2012)
Born: 10/19/1990
Current Residence: Crested Butte, Colo.
Hometown: Crested Butte, Colo.
High School: Crested Butte (Colo.) H.S. ‘08
College: University of Colorado '13
Coach: Mark Wetmore
Agent: Self
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USA Championships
Two-time USA Outdoor champion - 2011 (9:44.11); 2012 (9:32.78)
Collegiate Championships
2011 NCAA Outdoor champion (9:41.14)
About Emma
Coburn continued the Colorado Buff line of steeplechasers to excel on the national and international stage. In 2011, Coburn became the second CU athlete to win the women’s USA steeple title while still in college. Following in the footsteps of her former teammate Jenny Simpson, Coburn bested the field of professional runners to win her first national title in 9:44.11. In 2012, Coburn took a redshirt year to focus her attention on the Olympic Trials, and it paid off as she won the Trials to secure her spot on the London team where she finished in the top-ten of the Olympic finals. A lifelong Colorado resident, Coburn has volunteered with Living Journeys Cancer Foundation and the Mountain Adventure Kid’s Camp while in high school.
Results
2013: 1st at NCAA Indoors mile (4:29.91); 4th at Millrose Games mile (4:29.91)
2012: 8th at Stockholm (9:31.55); 9th at Olympic Games (9:23.54); Olympic Trials (9:32.78); 5th at Pre Classic (9:25.28)
2011: 13th at World Outdoors (9:51.40); USA Outdoors 3,000m steeplechase champion (9:44.11); NCAA Outdoor 3,000m steeplechase champion (9:41.14); 8th at Paris (9:37.16); 1st at Payton Jordan Cardinal Invite (9:40.51).
2010: 2nd at NCAA Outdoor Championships (9:51.86); 1st at Big 12 Champs (9:56.53); 1st at Mt. SAC relays (9:56.29).
2009: Set American Junior Record at Payton Jordan Cardinal Invite (10:06.54).
USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests
2012: Outdoor bests - 3,000m steeplechase, 9:23.54 (No. 1 in the USA by T&FN, No. 12 in the world)
2011: Outdoor bests - 3,000m steeplechase, 9:37.16 (No. 1 in the USA by T&FN, No. 22 in the world)
2010: Outdoor bests - 3,000m steeplechase, 9:51.86 (No. 4 in the USA by T&FN)
2009: Outdoor bests - 3,000m steeplechase, 10:06.21 (No. 17 in the USA)