Emily Blakeslee Class: Senior Hometown: Rockford, Mich. High School: Rockford Height: 5-3

2003: Competed in six meets for the Wildcats and scored in all of them … Was NU’s top finisher at the 6K Pre-National Invitational (10/18), clocking 21:53.7 … Third among Wildcat runners and 51st overall at the 6K Big Ten Championships (11/2) … Also scored at the 6K Midwest Regional (11/15) with a time of 22:57 … Second among Northwestern runners, 14th overall at 6K Spartan Invitational (9/19) … Second among NU runners, 21st overall at 5K Lakefront Invitational (10/4) … Second among NU runners at 6K Roy Griak Invitational (9/27) … Academic All-Big Ten … Competed in the Women's College 3,000 at the 2004 Penn Relays.

2002: Ran in seven races, scoring for the Wildcats in five of them … NU's final scorer at the 6K NCAA Championships (22:09.0) and the 6K Midwest Regional (22:08.78) … Also the Wildcats' fifth runner and 36th overall at the 5K Big Ten Championships (18:27.2) … Also scored at 6K Pre-National Invitational (22:11.5) and 6K Illinois State Invitational (23:44.24) … Finished 16th overall at Illinois State … Also ran at 6K Roy Griak Invitational (23:00.5) and 5K Notre Dame Invitational (19:00) … Academic All-Big Ten.

2001: Did not compete in any races due to injury.

2000: Ran and scored in all eight meets … NU’s second-best finisher at 2-mile UIC Opener (2nd/11:21) and 5K Notre Dame Invitational (34th/18:03) … Finished 21st overall with season-best 5K time at Big Ten Championships (18:02) … Finished 30th overall with season-best 6K time at NCAA Midwest Regional (21:46) … Seventh overall at 5K Bradley Open (18:13) … Finished 17th overall at 6K Lakefront Invitational (22:21) … In March, was one of five women to run for U.S. junior team at IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Ostend, Belgium.

High School: Four-year letterwinner in both cross country and track … Rated among Top 50 cross country runners in the country by Harrier Magazine … Cross country team won the Michigan Class A state championship in 1998 and 1999, while track team finished second in 1999 … Individually, won 2000 state track title in 3,200 (10:44) … Finished second at Class A cross country meet in 1998, fifth in 1999 … Ran on 4x1-mile relay team that won national title and set national record (20:23) … 2000 Nike All-America in 2-mile, 17th in same event at 1999 National Scholastic Meet … At 2000 Foot Locker National Track and Field Meet, member of winning 4x1-mile relay team (20:30) … Three-time All-Midwest, all-state and all-area in XC … Four-time All-OK Red Conference in cross country, three time all-conference in track … Member of National Honor Society … Graduated magna cum laude.

Personal: Born Emily Ann Blakeslee on 4/6/82 … Daughter of Neil and Mary Blakeslee … Her father was once the mayor of Rockford … Ran cross country in high school with NU teammate Nora Colligan … Majoring in social policy.

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