2024 Women's Cross Country Roster

Emma McGill

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lebanon, N.J.
  • Highschool Voorhees
  • INFLCR emma-mcgill

Biography

CAREER COLLEGIATE RESULTS

Veteran member of the Villanova distance group who has made an impact in cross country and on the track ... Ranks eighth on the Wildcats all-time outdoor performance list in the 5000 meters with a PR of 16:04.80 recorded at the 2024 BIG EAST Championships ... Went on to compete in the national semifinal round of the event at the NCAA East Preliminary later in the year ... In cross country is a two-time Mid-Atlantic All-Region performer and a two-time All-BIG EAST honoree ... Tallied top five individual finishes at both the BIG EAST Championships (fifth) and the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (fourth) during the 2023 cross country season ... The NCAA regional finish qualified her as an individual for the NCAA Championships and her time of 19:49.2 was the seventh-fastest in school history in a 6K cross country race at the time of the race ... On the track is a BIG EAST champion and two-time All-BIG EAST performer in the distance medley relay ... Her collegiate PRs include 4:19.99 in the 1500 meters, 4:38.35 in the mile and 16:04.80 in the 5000 meters ... Named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team for the 2024 cross country season ...  Two-time selection to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team and four-time member of the Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
 
 
PERSONAL BESTS
800 Meters (relay) 2:16.45 BIG EAST Championships (5.11.2024)
800 Meters (open) 2:17.56 High School
1000 Meters 2:50.39 Quaker Invitational (1.18.2025)
1500 Meters 4:19.99 Penn Relays (4.25.2024)
1600 Meters (relay) 4:40.76 Penn Relays (4.26.2024)
Mile 4:38.42 Penn 10 Elite (1.25.2025)
3000 Meters 9:19.35 Bruce Lehane Scarlet & White Invite (2.4.2023)
5000 Meters 16:04.80 BIG EAST Championships (5.10.2024)
3 Miles (XC) 16:14.0 Main Line Invitational (9.15.2023)
5000 Meters (XC) 17:10.6 Coast-to-Coast Battle of Beantown (9.29.2023)
6000 Meters (XC) 19:49.2 NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11.10.2023)
 
 
CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2024 CROSS COUNTRY
Mid-Atlantic All-Region
All-BIG EAST (Second Team)
2024 INDOOR
All-BIG EAST Distance Medley Relay (1200m)
2023 CROSS COUNTRY
Mid-Atlantic All-Region
All-BIG EAST (First Team)
2023 INDOOR
BIG EAST Women's Track Athlete of the Week January 23
2022 INDOOR
BIG EAST Champion Distance Medley Relay (800m)
All-BIG EAST Distance Medley Relay (800m)
ACADEMIC HONORS
USTFCCCA All-Academic (Cross Country) 2024-25
BIG EAST All-Academic Team 2021-22, 2022-23
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2024, Fall 2024
 
 
CAREER BIG EAST RESULTS
2025 INDOOR (CHICAGO, ILL. | DR. CONRAD WORRILL TRACK AND FIELD CENTER AT GATELY PARK)
Date Event Time Place
February 28 Mile (Preliminary Heats) 4:46.12 9th
March 1 Mile (Final) 4:47.74 9th
2024 CROSS COUNTRY (LEESBURG, VA. | MORVEN PARK)
Date Distance Time Place
November 1 6000 Meters 20:41.51 12th
2024 OUTDOOR (VILLANOVA, PA. | VILLANOVA STADIUM)
Date Event Time Place
May 10 5000 Meters 16:04.80 5th
May 11 4x800 Meter Relay (1st Leg) 8:57.03 4th
2024 INDOOR (CHICAGO, ILL. | DR. CONRAD WORRILL TRACK AND FIELD CENTER AT GATELY PARK)
Date Event Time Place
February 23 Distance Medley Relay (1200m) 11:33.09 3rd
2023 CROSS COUNTRY (KENOSHA, WIS. | WAYNE DANNEHL NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY COURSE)
Date Distance Time Place
October 28 6000 Meters 20:30.89 5th
2023 INDOOR (CHICAGO, ILL. | DR. CONRAD WORRILL TRACK AND FIELD CENTER AT GATELY PARK)
Date Event Time Place
February 24 Distance Medley Relay (1600m) 11:25.95 4th
February 25 3000 Meters 9:19.53 6th
2022 OUTDOOR (STORRS, CONN. | GEORGE J. SHERMAN FAMILY SPORTS COMPLEX)
Date Event Time Place
May 13 1500 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 4:29.14 12th
May 14 1500 Meters (Final) 4:35.21 12th
May 14 4x800 Meter Relay (3rd Leg) 9:01.71 6th
2022 INDOOR (CHICAGO, ILL. | DR. CONRAD WORRILL TRACK AND FIELD CENTER AT GATELY PARK)
Date Event Time Place
February 25 Distance Medley Relay (800m) 11:26.08 1st
February 26 3000 Meters 9:52.02 18th
 
 
BEFORE VILLANOVA

Voorhees High School: Earned a total of 12 varsity letters competing on the cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field teams … Named the Hunterdon County Runner of the Year in cross country as a senior and was a two-time first team all-state performer in cross country … Helped her team win Group 2 state titles in cross country her junior year … Group 2 state champion indoors in the 1600 meters as a junior … Finished first in the Mile at the New Balance Indoor Games her junior year … Competed in the Mile at the adidas Indoor Nationals in 2021 and at the Millrose Games in 2020 … Achieved Honor Roll status academically all four years of high school, including earning High Honors as a senior in 2020-21.
 
Personal: Born 6/7/02 in Tewksbury, N.J. … Youngest of three children of Joseph and Maryellen McGill … Has two older siblings, Brigid (29) and Brendan (26) … Parents and both siblings were collegiate track & field and cross country runners … Mother graduated from Villanova and father ran at Manhattan … Sister, Brigid, was a member of the Lafayette cross country and track & field teams while brother, Brendan, graduated from Bucknell … Enjoys going to the beach and spending time with friends as hobbies … Chose to attend Villanova because it offered the perfect balance between academics and athletics … Accounting major in the Villanova School of Business.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

  • 2022Sophomore

  • 2023Junior

  • 2024Senior