Emily Bryson ’19 earned All-American honors as she recorded a 31st place finish at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Women’s Cross Country Championships. 

Bryson was Brandeis’s sole competitor at the meet on both the men and women’s sides. The meet was hosted by the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh at Lake Breeze Golf Club in Winnicone, Wisc. 

Bryson was able to finish the six-kilometer course in 21 minutes and 44.5 seconds. The time was her best of the season, a six-second improvement upon her second-best finish.

After the five-kilometer mark, Bryson stood with a time of 16:29 and used the final kilometer to go on a torrid pace of 5:15.5 to finish the competition. 

Bryson was the third runner from the University Athletic Association and the seventh from the New England region to finish the race. She also recorded the second-best time from a freshman runner at the meet. 

Overall, she is the third first-year since 2000 to be named an All-American at Brandeis. 

She is the very first runner in the women’s cross country program’s history to be named an All-American in her rookie season. 

Abrah Masterson of Cornell (Iowa) College was the individual champion of the race, while regional competitor Williams College was the team winner. Johns Hopkins University had won the meet the previous three seasons. 

—Noah Hessdorf