Emma Vorpagel

Position:
Middle Distance
Class:
Senior
High School:
Arrowhead
Hometown:
Hartland, Wis.
Prev School:
NIU

Awards and Honors
Second Team All-American (Outdoor: 4x400m Relay - 2026)
CSC Academic All-District (2023, 2025 - NIU)

Personal Records

600y	1:20.53	2026 Indoor
800m	2:06.85	2026 Outdoor
	2:08.78	2026 Indoor

2025-26
Outdoor: Ran third leg of the 4x400m that earned Second Team All-America at NCAA Championships finishing 13th in 3:30.73 … squad automatically advanced to nationals finishing second in their heat with a school-record 3:28.81 at NCAA West Prelims … bronze medalist in the 4x400m (3:31.30, No. 4 ISU) and placed 23rd in the 800m (2:09.57) at Big 12 Championships … had an 800m PR of 2:06.85 at the Bryan Clay Invite … won the 800m at the Badger Challenge (2:08.36) … part of the 4x400m and 4x800m teams that took silver at Drake Relays … 4x800m team broke the 1978 school record with 8:26.82 at Drake … also ran the 800m at the Mt. SAC Relays and Jim Duncan Invite.
Indoor: Medaled in the DMR placing sixth and took 10th in the 600y at Big 12 Championships … ran on the DMR team that went on to qualify for nationals taking third at the Arkansas Qualifier in 10:44.11, a school record and the sixth-fastest performance in collegiate history … took second in the 600y at the Bill Bergan Classic with a PR of 1:20.53 (No. 6 ISU) … 4x400m squad won at the DeLoss Dodds Invite (3:37.43, No. 4 ISU), while taking second in the 800m (2:08.78) … also had second place finishes in the 800m at the Cyclone Open (2:09.28) and 600y at the Iowa State Classic (1:21.12) … ran the 800m at the Tyson Invite.

2024-25 (NIU)
Outdoor: Finished third in the 800m at MAC Championships (2:08.94) … ran a season-best 2:07.65 in the 800m at the Billy Hayes Invitational … finished second in the 800m at Drake Relays (2:08.00).
Indoor: Did not compete.
XC: Ran 20:56.5 at the 5K Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational … went 24:25.0 in the 6K Bradley Pink Classic.

2023-24 (NIU)
Outdoor: Recorded a season-best 2:09.38 in 800m prelims at MAC Championships and finished seventh in the final (2:14.84) … ran a season-best 4:49.60 in the 1,500m at the Bobcat Invitational … part of NIU’s fifth-place 4x400m relay at the MAC Outdoor Championships (3:47.20) … won the 800m at the Kip Janvrin Open (2:14.03) … finished fourth in the 800m at the Michael Johnson Invitational (2:14.33).
Indoor: Finished 20th in the 800m at MAC Championships with a time of 2:22.31 …ran a season best (2:15.91) in the 800m at the Windy City Invite … ran a season best of 1:38.56 in the 600m at the Hawkeye Invite … finished third in the 800m at the Blue and Gold Invite.
XC: Ran a 4K time of 17:06.0 at the Western Illinois Invitational … recorded a 5K of 21:29.7 at the Joe Piane Invitational … had a 6K of 25:43.0 at MAC Championships.

2022-23 (NIU)
Outdoor: Ran a season-best 2:20.81 in the 800m at the Michael Johnson Invitational … finished fourth in the 800m at the Huskie Classic with a time of 2:25.15.
Indoor: Ran a season-best 2:21.08 in the 800 meters at the GVSU Big Meet … finished fifth in the 800m at the Badger Invitational.
XC: Ran a 6K time of 25:11.6 at the Bradley Pink Classic … clocked a 5K time of 22:05.80 at the First State Bank Huskie Challenge.

2021-22 (NIU)
Outdoor: Had a season-best 800m of 2:18.24 for fifth at the Jim Duncan Invitational … ran 2:19.18 in the 800m at the Illini Classic for fifth … had a season-best time of 5:02.78 in the 1,500 meters at the Redbird Invite.
Indoor: Ran a season-best 800m of 2:19.85 at the GVSU Big Meet … won the 800m at the Illini Invitational with a time of 2:24.51.
XC: Ran a 6K time of 23:34.1 at the Bradley Pink Classic … posted a time of 24:15.2 at MAC Championships.