2023 Women's Track & Field Roster

Emma McCarthy

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Danville, Calif.
  • Highschool Carondelet HS
  • Prev School Saint Mary's

Biography

2023 (Senior)
• Finished sixth in the 800m at the Big West Championships
• Ran a season-best 2:11.03 in a third-place showing at the UCSB Invitational
• Established a 1500m personal-record 4:40.17 at the Beach Opener

2022 (Junior)
• Earned All-Big West honors in the 800m and 4x400 relay
• Runner-up in the 800m at the conference championships
• Notched a personal-record 2:09.17 in the prelims to rank sixth in school history
• Ran the anchor leg of the 4x400 that took third at the league meet
• Helped the relay squad to four event wins during the regular season
• Also earned individual victories in the 800m at the Beach Opener, Challenge Cup and Pacific Coast Intercollegiate
• Placed fourth out of 42 at the Steve Scott Invitational (2:10.41) and seventh out of 71 at the Beach Invitational (2:10.19)

at Saint Mary's
• Competed in cross country and track at Saint Mary's
• Established lifetime-bests of 2:14.83 in the 800m and 5:01.02 in the 1500m during her time with the Gaels
• Earned West Coast Conference All-Academic honors

High School
• Graduated from Carondelet High School
• League finalist in the 800m and 1600m
• Member of the distance medley relay that finished first at the Bay Area Relays
• Also ran in the prestigious Arcadia Invitational as a member of the Cougars' 4x800

Personal
• Graduated Cum Laude from Saint Mary's
• Working toward her Master of Innovation and Entrepreneurship degree
• Brother is a professional golfer

TOP MARKS AT UCI
800m = 2:09.17 (2022 Big West Championships)
1500m = 4:40.17 (2023 Beach Opener)
4x400 Relay = 3:46.50 (2022 Big West Championships)

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Graduate Student

    Middle Distance
    5'10"
  • 2023Graduate Student

    Middle Distance
    5'10"