WALTHAM, Mass. – For the fourth time in her career, Brandeis University sophomore Emily Bryson of Quincy, Mass., will be headed to the NCAA Division III Championships. Bryson has qualified for her second NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, which will be held March 10-11 at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois.
Bryson has qualified for the NCAA championships in two events. She is the third seed in the mile run with a qualifying mark of 4:55.08. Bryson set the school record in the mile at Boston University on Jan. 27 with a time of 4:52.18, which was converted to the 4:55.08 mark because of BU's banked track. Bryson also won the mile run at the New England Division III championships on February 18 and at the University Athletic Association championships on Feb. 26. Bryson finished in 12th place in the mile at last year's NCAA championships.
Bryson will also compete in the 3,000-meter run, an event in which she is seeded seventh with a time of 9:48.17. Her season-best time in the event was also run at BU, a mark of 9:43.15 that would be seeded second but was converted because of the banked track. Bryson earned All-UAA honors in the 3,000-meters by finishing third.
Bryson will run in the mile preliminaries on Friday afternoon at 1 p.m. Central time/2 Eastern. The finals are scheduled for the same time on Saturday, with the 3,000-meters the final individual event of the meet at 4 p.m. Central/5 Eastern.
Bryson is a two-time cross country All-American who will be looking for her first career All-America honors in track and field.