Birth Date: | Sept. 5, 1989 |
Height: | 5-8 |
Year: | Junior |
Hometown: | San Antonio, Texas |
High School: | Ronald Reagan |
Major: | Journalism |
Emily is in her third season on the Golden Eagle track squad and her first year in cross country...a promising athlete who is strong on the track, and a dedicated student in the classroom...named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll at Tech to recognize her efforts in the classroom...also played basketball in high school.
AT TECH - (In 2009-10): Emily competed in the TTU Invitational in the cross country season, clocking in at 25:47.49...recorded a career best and posted the school's fifth-best time in the 400m dash at the OVC Championships, as she placed with a time of 59.85...also competed in the 400m during the indoor season in which she participated in all three meets...achieved her best time of the season at the OVC indoor meet, where she clocked in a career-best at 1:01.59...participated on a 4X400 relay team which finished in 3:59.67, the second fastest time in the event in school history...was a participant on a relay team which set an indoor season relay record in the 4X400m with an impressive time of 4:02.89.
(In 2008-09): Emily competed in the 400m dash
during the indoor season and achieved a best time of 1:02.14 at the
OVC Indoor meet...that is the best time for a Golden Eagle in the
season...a participant on the 4x400 relay team at the OVC Indoor
meet that reached a time of 4:14.92...also a participant on the
distance medley team that set the new school record time of
12:21.09 at the OVC meet with teammates Tiffany Palmer, Keri Light
and Stephanie Place...also competed in the 200m and 400m dashes
during the outdoor season...clocked in a best time in the 200m dash
of 26.64 at the OVC meet, which is a close second for a Tech
season-best time...best time in the 400m was 1:00.91, reached at
the Winthrop meet for another close Tech seasonal-best
time...helped the 4x100 relay team to a school record-setting time
of 48.90 at the Murray State meet along with teammates Meagan
Lyons, Allison Price and Ifey Eguzo...was a participant on the
4x400 relay team at the OVC Championships that set the fourth-best
mark in school history for that event with a time of
4:03.59...other participants on that relay were Jenna Philpott,
Danielle Catlett and Leayn Carter.
HIGH SCHOOL: Emily was a two-sport athlete at
Ronald Reagan High School in San Antonio...competed as a sprinter
in track four years for coach Nancy Aimarat...helped the team to
second place in the district for three consecutive years between
2006 and 2008...best time in the 100m was 11.5...reached 25.6 as a
best time in 200m...also competed in the 400m with a career-best
time of 59.3...also played basketball as a small forward in her
10th and 11th grade seasons under coach Terry Barton...she helped
the basketball team went on to be bi-district champions during her
11th grade year...for her outstanding work in the classroom, she
was honored with the cum laude award from the National Honors
Society.
PERSONAL: The daughter of Scott and Kristi
Weinzetl...full name is Emily Jean Weinzetl...born on September 5,
1989 in Robbinsdale, Minn....majoring in journalism and doing some
volunteer work with the TTU Sports Information Office.