2024-25 Track & Field Roster
Emily Paupore
- Hometown:
- Negaunee, Mich.
- High School:
- Negaunee
PERSONAL RECORDS
5K XC: 16:43.5 (Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational, Oct. 4, 2024)*
6k XC: 19.36.9 (NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships, Nov. 15, 2024)*
Indoor 800: 2:18.36 (Jack Skoog Open, Jan. 20, 2024)
Indoor Mile: 4:41.06 (Alex Wilson Invitational, Feb. 22, 2025)*
Indoor 3000m: 9:07.80 (Meyo Invitational, Jan. 31, 2025)*
Indoor 5000m: 16:00.20 (Boston University Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener, Dec. 7, 2024)*
Outdoor 1500m: 4:24.45 (Chippewa Challenge, April 16, 2025)
Outdoor 3000S: 9:56.45 (Wake Forest Invitational, April 17-18, 2025)
Outdoor 5000m: 15:57.14 (Duke Twilight, May 4, 2025)
Outdoor 10,000m: 35:22.33 (Raleigh Relays, March 27-29, 2025)
2024-25 (Outdoor Track & Field - as a senior):
- First Team All-MAC
- 3000S MAC Champion, finished in 9:57.18 (MAC Championship Record, 5/16/2025) at Ohio
- 5000S MAC Champion, finished in 17:00.64 (5/17/2025) at Ohio
- Set 3000S CMU women’s outdoor record (9:56.45) at Wake Forest (4/17-18/2025)
- Set 5000m CMU women’s outdoor record (15:57.14) at Duke (5/4/2025)
- Is 2nd all-time in CMU record book for outdoor 1500m (4/16/25, Chippewa Challenge, 4:24.45)
- Is 3rd all-time in CMU record book for outdoor 10,000m (3/29/25, Raleigh Relays, 35:22.33)
- MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week (5/7/2025)
2024-25 (Indoor Track & Field - as a senior):
- First Team All-MAC
- 5000m MAC Champion, finished in 16:22.39 (2/28/2025) at Eastern Michigan
- 3000m MAC Bronze Medalist, finished in 9:37.32 (3/1/2025) at Eastern Michigan
- Set 5000m CMU women’s indoor record (16:00.20, 12/7/2024) at Boston University
- Set 3000m CMU women’s indoor record (9:07.80, 1/31/2025) at Notre Dame
- Set indoor mile CMU women’s record 4:41.06 (2/22/25) at Notre Dame
- Academic All-MAC
2024 (Cross Country – as a senior):
- Finished 4th in NCAA Great Lakes Regional 6k (19:36.9, 11/15/2024)
- Set CMU WXC 6k record of 19:36.9 (11/15/2024) at NCAA Regionals in Norton, Ohio
- Became third women’s runner in CMU history to advance to NCAA Championships
- MAC Bronze Medalist – finished 6k in 20:27.5 (11/2/2024)
- Set CMU WXC 5k record of 16:43.5 (10/4/2024) at Notre Dame’s Joe Piane Invitational
- First Team All-MAC
- NCAA All-Region
- Academic All-MAC
- USTFCCCA Academic All-American
2023-24 (Outdoor Track & Field – as a junior):
- Redshirted.
2023-24 (Indoor Track & Field – as a junior):
- 5000m MAC Champion (2/24/24, 16:16.81 at Eastern Michigan University)
- First Team All-MAC
- Academic All-MAC
- Anchor of CMU record-setting Distance Medley Relay squad of Korytkowski, Turner, Newcombe, Paupore (11:34.39), set on 2/10/2024 at Boston University’s David Hemery Valentine Invitational
2023 (Cross Country – as a junior):
- First women’s individual MAC Champion in CMU history (10/28/23; 6k, 20:30.3)
- Finished 20th at NCAA Regionals, best individual finish for CMU since 2014 (11/10/23; 6k, 20:57.5)
- First Team All-MAC
- NCAA All-Region
- Academic All-MAC
- USTFCCCA All-Academic
- Go Teach Dr. Pepper Grand Prize Winner
- Named MAC Runner of the Week (9/05/23), (9/19/23), (10/3/23)
- Named MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week (10/4/23), (11/2/23)
- Won Jeff Drenth Memorial 5k (9/1/2023, 17:08.1)
- Won 6k at Mel Brodt Collegiate Cross Country Invitational at BGSU (9/15/2023, 20:49.7)
- Won 6k at Bradley Pink Classic (10/13/2023)
2022-23 (Outdoor Track & Field – as a sophomore):
- MAC Silver Medalist in 3000S (5/12/2023, 10:31.26) in Akron, Ohio
- Placed 11th in 5000m at MAC Championships (5/13/2023, 17:33.16) in Akron, Ohio
- Finished 34th in 3000S at the NCAA East Preliminaries in Jacksonville, Fla. (10:37.96)
- All-MAC Second Team
- Academic All-MAC
- USTFCCCA All-Academic
2022-23 (Indoor Track & Field – as a sophomore):
- Won bronze medal in DMR at MAC Indoor Championships with squad of Turner, Laurenz, Rettelle and Paupore (2/24/23, 11:46.64)
- Finished 10th in 3000m at MAC Indoor Championships (2/25/23, 9:47.85)
- Academic All-MAC
- Placed 2nd at 2023 Meyo Invitational at Notre Dame (2/3-4/23, 16:57.28)
2022 (Cross Country – as a sophomore):
- Placed 22nd at MAC Cross Country Championships (10/29/2022; 6k, 21:24.9)
- Placed 69th at NCAA Great Lakes Regional (11/11/2022, 6k; 21:40.6)
- CSC Academic All-District
- Academic All-MAC
- Won 6k at Mel Brodt Collegiate Cross Country Invitational (BGSU, 9/16/2022, 21:38.4)
2021-22 (Outdoor Track & Field – as a sophomore):
- Finished 10th in 10,000m at 2022 Outdoor MAC Championships (5/12-14/2022, 36:27.64)
- Academic All-MAC
2021-22 (Indoor Track & Field – as a redshirt freshman (COVID-19 eligibility granted):
- Finished 13th in 3000m at 2022 Indoor MAC Championships (2/25-26/2022; 10:01.96)
- Finished 11th in 5000m at 2022 Indoor MAC Championships (2/25-26/2022; 17:23.48)
- Academic All-MAC
2021 (Cross Country – as a redshirt freshman (COVID-19 eligibility granted):
- Finished 13th at 2021 MAC Cross Country Championships (10/30/2021; 6k, 21:26.4)
- Second Team All-MAC
- Academic All-MAC
2020-21 (Outdoor Track & Field – as a freshman):
- Finished 15th in the 10,000m at the 2021 Outdoor MAC Championships (5/7/2021; 37:34.56)
- Finished 17th in the 5000m at the 2021 Outdoor MAC Championships (5/8/2021; 17:52.18)
2020-21 (Indoor Track & Field – as a freshman):
- Finished 4th in the 5000m at 2021 Indoor MAC Championships (2/26/2021; 17:18.80)
- Finished 19th in the 3000m at 2021 Indoor MAC Championships (2/27/2021; 10:14.40)
2020 (Cross Country – as a freshman):
- Second Team All-MAC
- Finished 12th at MAC Championships (11/21/2020; 6k, 21:26.6)
High School: Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track & field ... Negaunee HS record holder in the 800, 1600, 3200 and the 3200 relay ... UP Division 1 record holder in the 3200 ... personal records at NHS: 5K (18:31.1), 3200 (11:09), 1600 (5:15.23), 800 (2:22.43) ... all-state in cross country (2016-19) ... UP Cross Country champion (2017-19) ... named UP Cross Country Runner of the Year in 2017, 2018 and 2019 ... earned All-UP and to the UP Dream Team (2016-19) ... three all-state and All-UP track & field honoree (2017-19) ... 2019 UP champion in the 3200, 1600 and 800 ... 2018 UP Champion in the 3200 relay, 1600, 800 and 3200 ... 2017 UP champion in the 3200 relay ... 2017 runner up in the 800, 1600 and 3200 ... also received one letter in basketball.
Personal: Daughter of Vickie and Mark Paupore … has an older brother, Jacob … mom Vickie ran track, played basketball and volleyball at Lawrence University (1989-1993) … aspires to become a teacher.
Why CMU?: “It felt like home on my visit! I loved the team atmosphere!”
