2017 Track & Field Roster

Emma Vickers
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Kansas City, Kan.
- High School:
- Shawnee Mission East HS
- Major:
- Russian
MIZZOU PERSONAL RECORDS
Indoor Track & Field
200m Dash – 26.61 // Commodore Invitational (1/14/17)
400m Dash – 58.82 // Missouri Collegiate Challenge (2/17/17)
Outdoor Track & Field
200m Dash – 26.50 (W: 0.3) // Crimson Tide Invite (4/8) | 25.88 (W: 3.8) // Tom Botts Invitational (4/15/17)
400m Dash - 59.69 // John McDonnell Invitational (04/10/2015)
NOTEWORTHY
- No. 5 All-Time in the Indoor Distance Medley Relay (11:46.93)
2016-17
Season Bests
200m Dash (ITF) – 26.61 // Commodore Invitational (1/14)
400m Dash (ITF) – 58.82 // Missouri Collegiate Challenge (2/17)
200m Dash (OTF) – 26.50 (W: 0.3) // Crimson Tide Invite (4/8) | 25.88 (W: 3.8) // Tom Botts Invitational (4/15)
400m Dash (OTF) – 57.92 // Tom Botts Invitational (4/15)
Indoor Track – Finished third in the 400m dash at the Missouri Collegiate Challenge (Feb. 17), crossing the finish line at 58.82.
Outdoor Track – Posted an eighth-place finish in the 400m dash at the Tom Botts Invitational (April 15), crossing the finish line with a personal record time of 57.92.
2015-16
Indoor Track – Did not compete during the indoor season.
Outdoor Track – Did not compete during the outdoor season.
2014-15
Seasons' Bests
400m (ITF) - 1:01.26 // Tiger Invite (02/06)
400m (OTF) - 59.69 // John McDonnell Invite (04/10)
Indoor Track - Emma competed in three meets during the indoor season, starting with the Border Battle where she was fifth across the line for the 400m dash (1:03.37)...She was eighth in the 400m dash at the Tiger Invitational, clocking a season's best 1:01.26...Emma closed her season at the Missouri Collegiate Challenge as a member of the winning 4x400m team (3:55.95).
Outdoor Track - Emma's debut outdoor season kicked off at the Vanderbilt Black & Gold Invitational, where she was 15th in the 400m dash (1:01.15)...She was 21st in the event at the John McDonnell Invitational, hitting a season's best 59.69...Emma was a member of the 27th-place 4x400m team at the Drake Relays, and the winning 4x400m team at the Tom Botts Invitational.
2013-14
Season's Bests
200m (ITF) - 26.59 // Missouri Opener (01/10)
400m (ITF) - 57.36 // Rod McCravy Memorial (01/24)
Indoor Track - Emma made her Tiger debut at the Missouri Opener, where she took to the line for her sole 200m dash of the season, finishing sixth in 26.59...She was also the runner-up in the 400m dash (1:00.33), an event which she would focus on for the remainder of the season...Emma took home her first event win at the Badger Open, crossing in 59.75 for 400m...She followed that performance up with a fourth-place finish at the Wisconsin v. Missouri Dual (59.29)...Her PR in the event came during the Rod McCravy Memorial Meet, where she placed 21st in the field with a final crossing of 57.36...Emma closed her season at the Missouri Invitational with a sixth-place finish in the 400m (58.77).
Outdoor Track - Redshirted the outdoor season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Best
400m Dash - 56.80
Noteworthy
- 2013 KSHSAA State Champion in the 400m
Emma competed for Shawnee Mission East HS under coaches Dwane Pierre, Ken Ferguson, Brie Meschke, and David Pennington...She was also a member of the KC Flyers Club...Emma was the 2013 KSHSAA State Champion for 400m...She was also the 2013 District, League, and Regional Champion in the event.
PERSONAL
Parents are David and JeanAnn...Born June 20, 1995 in Kansas City, Mo...She was a member of the National Honor Society...Stephen Covey Leadership Certified...Graduated in the top 20% of her class...She was the SHARE Community Service Chair for three years...AP Scholar...Is studying Russion and plans to pursue a career in the U.S. Air Force.