FORMER CHS TRACK STAR EMILIE COWAN GETTING NATIONAL ATTENTION AT COLLEGE

Emilie Cowan, the former Columbia High School track star who wowed the runner's world last spring in her senior year, is making a name in her first year of college at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

The UMass website reported she was named the Atlantic-10 Rookie of the Week for the third time recently. 

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AMHERST, Mass. - University of Massachusetts women’s track and field freshman Emilie Cowan has once again been honored by the Atlantic 10, collecting her third A-10 Rookie of the Week accolade of the season on Tuesday. The Maplewood, N.J., native helped UMass finish first in a field of 11 teams at the URI Coaches’ Tribute Track and Field Invitational last Saturday by winning the 500m run and competing as part of the Minutewomen’s first-place 4x400m relay squad.
Cowan bumped her standing to second all-time in the UMass record book in the 500m with a time of 1 minute, 13.07 seconds, which ranks first in the Atlantic 10 this season. She also teamed with junior Heather MacLean and fellow freshmen Caroline Leung and Olivia Weir to post a time of 3 minutes, 53.36 seconds in the 4x400m relay, which currently sits third in the A-10.
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