Emily Infeld had runner-up placings in NCAA competition in cross country running and outdoor track.
19 Facts About Emily Infeld
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Emily Infeld was interested in track and field from an early age and initially took up racewalking after being turned down for the Cleveland AAU track team, which took on her older sister, Maggie.
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Emily Infeld went on to attend Georgetown University and began to compete for their Georgetown Hoyas collegiate team, following in the footsteps of her older sister.
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Emily Infeld established herself among the country's top college distance runners with a runner-up finish at the NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship in 2010.
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Emily Infeld placed eighth in the 3000 meters at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships but had greater success the following year.
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Emily Infeld was fourth at the 2011 NCAA Cross Country, leading Georgetown to the team title.
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Emily Infeld placed second in the 5000 meters at the NCAA Outdoor Championships that year.
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Emily Infeld's best collegiate performances came in 2012 when she was a double indoor Big East Conference champion and was the 3000 m winner at the NCAA Indoor Championships.
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Emily Infeld began training alongside American Olympians Shalane Flanagan and Kara Goucher where she struggled to adapt to the strict training schedule at first and missed parts of the 2013 season.
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Emily Infeld was unable to run on foot again until about 6 weeks before her first race back from injury on May 3,2015.
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At the 2015 Beijing World Championships on August 24, Emily Infeld kicked hard for the bronze medal in the 10,000 m, catching a slowing Huddle at the line.
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On February 20,2016, Emily Infeld finished third in the Millrose Games women's indoor 5000 meters in 15:00.91, behind Betsy Saina and Molly Huddle.
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Emily Infeld placed second in the 10,000 m behind Molly Huddle at the 2016 United States Olympic Trials to qualify for Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics with Marielle Hall.
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On March 11,2017, Emily Infeld started the year off well with a 2nd-place finish in the US 15k Road Championship in a time of 49:42.
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When it came time for the 2017 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on June 22, Emily Infeld placed 2nd in the 10,000m establishing a new PR of 31:22.67 at the 2017 World Championships in London.
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In preparation for the World Championships, Emily Infeld travelled to St Moritz Switzerland to train and competed in two events during her stay in Europe.
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At the 2017 World Championships in London on August 5, Emily Infeld placed 6th where she led the USA team in a time of 31:20.45, establishing another PR in the 10,000m despite the leaders starting off with a significantly slow first 3k.
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Emily Infeld struggled with a number of complex injury-related obstacles for many months since early 2018, but was on a smooth trajectory in 2019 about 2 months prior to her departure at the World class Beach to Beacon 10k event.
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On June 26,2021, on an unusually warm day, Emily Infeld ran the 10,000-meter final of the Olympic trials finishing in eighth place with a time of 32:19.