Emily Tangwar Class: Sophomore Hometown: Eldoret, Kenya High School: Lareto (Matunda) Height: 5-2 Major: Nursing

2008 XC: Finished 34th at the Atlantic Sun Conference Championships...Finished first among 311 runners at the Eye Opener Invitational on 9/6, helping lead the team to a sixth-place finish, and was the first women in the history of Upstate to win the race...Finished second at the Blue Ridge Open with a season-best time of 18:20, leading the women to a 12th-place finish of 26 teams...Finished third at the Mercer Invitational on 9/27, leading the Spartans to a season-best fourth-place finish of 24 teams...Took fourth-place at the Furman Invitational and seventh-place at the Winthrop Invitational...Notched five top-ten finishes this season and four top-five finishes...Earned two Atlantic Sun Runner of the Week awards, after her performances at the Eye Opener and Furman Invitationals.

2008 Outdoor: Earned Upstate's Spartan of the Week and Most Outstanding Freshman Award ... Named team's Most Valuable Athlete ... Competed in the 800-, 1,500-, 3,000-, 5,000-, and 10,000-meter runs and the steeplechase during the season ... Had school's best time of the season in all six events ... Won the 3,000 meters at the 49er Classic with a time of 10:34.87 (3/22) ... Finished 10th in the 5,000 meters at the Duke Invitational with a time of 17:42.91 (4/4) ... Won the 800 and 1,600 meters at the Wofford dual meet (4/7) ... Won the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:53.16 and finished third in the 800 meters with a time of 2:20.92 at the Furman Invitational (4/12) ... Finished 13th in the 10,000 meters with a time of 36:24.96 at the prestigous Penn Relays (4/25) ... Closed season by finishing second in the stepplechase at the Orange & Purple Classic with a time of 11:40.74 (5/10).

2007-08 Indoor: Earned Atlantic Sun Conference Most Outstanding Runner and Most Outstanding Freshman awards at the Atlantic Sun Conference Championships (3/1-2) ... Claimed medalist honors in the mile run, the 3,000 meters and the 5,000 meters ... Posted a 10:10.31 time in the 3,000 meters for her first title of the meet (3/1) ... Added a 17:43.38 in the 5,000 meters for her second title and wrapped up with a 5:16.60 mile run for her third win (3/2) ... Passed three runners in final lap to take mile title ... Set school records in the 800 meters, 3,000 meters, 5,000 meters and the mile run ... Finished fifth in the 3,000 meters at the Tiger Invitational with a time of 10:03.78, setting a school record (2/15) ... Finished in seventh at the Clemson Invitational in both the mile run and the 3,000 meters (1/18-19).

2007 XC: Earned Atlantic Sun Conference Freshman of the Year honors along with spots on the All-Atlantic Sun and Atlantic Sun Conference All-Freshman teams ... Named team's Most Outstanding Runner ... Finished second at the Atlantic Sun Conference Championships with a school-record 5K time of 18:08, just 17 seconds behind the medallist (10/28) ... Was Spartans' top runner all season long, finishing in the top 10 in all six races ... Is only Spartan to ever dip below the 19-minute mark, doing so in all six races ... Won her first career race with a time of 18:14 at The Citadel Invitational (9/29) ... Finished seventh at the Gamecock Invitational, the Spartans' first cross country race in three years (8/31) ... Finished eighth at the Eye Opener and fourth at Charlotte Invitational (9/22) ... Took fourth at the Furman Invitational to earn her first Atlantic Sun Conference Runner of the Week honors (10/13).

Before USC Upstate: Played soccer, field hockey and participated in track and field at Loreto ... Ran the 1,500 meters in 4:55 and 5K in 18:32 ... Was named the track and field team's MVP in 1997 ... Redshirted in one season at Alaska Fairbanks.

Personal: Daughter of the late Joseph and Magdalyne Tangwar ... Nursing major ... Has three brothers, Richard, Dan and Geoffry, and five sisters, Eunice, Ruth, Loia, Joan and Milka ... Sister, Joan, is a freshman on the Spartans' cross country team ... Favorite TV personality is Oprah Winfrey...Enjoys listening to gospel music and traveling.