Emmett Cookson Class: Sophomore Hometown: St. Louis, Mo. High School: St. Louis University HS Height: 5-11 Event: Distance Birthdate: 08/06/1992 Experience: 1L

Personal Bests
Indoor: Mile: 4:32.14, 3,000m: 8:44.60, 5,000m: 15:02.81
Outdoor: 1,500m: 4:01.24, 3,000m Steeplechase: 9:24.34

2010-11: (Indoor) Participated in five races . . . ran season-bests in the 3,000m (8:44.60) and the 5,000m (15:02.81) at the Conference USA Championship . . . posted a season best of 4:32.14 in the mile at the J.D. Martin Invitational . . . (Outdoor) Raced five times . . . posted the fifth-fastest time in school history in the 3,000m Steeplechase at the Conference USA Championship (9:24.34) to finish fourth . . . won the 3,000m Steeplechase at the Razorback Invitational in a time of 9:33.96 . . . posted a career-best time of 4:01.24 in the 1,500m at the John Jacobs Invitational to place third.

High School: Lettered three years in both track and field and cross country at St. Louis University High School . . . track and field team won the Class 4A State Championship his senior and sophomore years . . . his team placed second at state his junior year . . . finished 30th at the state cross country meet as a senior . . . also finished 12th in the 3,200 meters his senior year . . . ran a personal-best 5K time of 16:20 . . . his fastest time in the 1,600 meters was 4:32, and his best time in the 3,200 was 9:32 . . . earned the Team Leadership Award in cross country his senior year . . . was a captain in both cross country and track his senior year.

Personal: Majoring in computer science . . . brother Austin is also on the TU track team . . . son of Noel Cookson and Jane Fitzgerald.