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Emily Pearson is in her sixth year as a volunteer assistant coach at Colorado and is training with her former collegiate coach Lindsay Malone.
The La Junta, Colo. native has been competing professionally since graduating from Colorado State in 2008. At the USATF Indoor Championships, she placed ninth in 2009, was sixth in 2011 and fifth in 2012. At the USATF Outdoor Championships she has also seen success. She was 11th in 2009, fifth in 2010, seventh in 2011. Pearson was chosen to represent the U.S. at the Thorpe Cup Team USA vs. Germany Combined Event Championships in 2009, ‘10 and ‘11, as well as the 2011 NACAC Combined Events Championships in Kingston, Jamaica, where she won the individual title. She was selected to compete at the 2012 Pan American Combined Events Championships and placed seventh overall.
Pearson was a decorated combined events athlete at CSU and earned four letters as a Ram (three under Malone). She owns three school records, including in the heptathlon with 5,605 points. Pearson was also a member of the 4x100-meter relay team (45.29) and the indoor 4x400-meter relay (3:47). Colorado State won its first indoor conference title in 2008 and then the outdoor title in 2008. Pearson was the female high points scorer in 2007 (22.5) and 2008 (26.25).
The two-time Mountain West Conference Athlete of the Week qualified for regionals in 2006 (javelin), 2007 (javelin, 100-meter hurdles) and 2008 (javelin, 100-meter hurdles and heptathlon). Pearson advanced to the NCAA Championship in 2008 (heptathlon) and earned All-America honors by placing 10th.
Pearson has continued to train with Malone and qualified for the U.S. team at the Thorpe Cup in August of 2009 and 2010.
Pearson graduated from CSU in 2008. She lettered in track, softball and basketball at La Junta High School and graduated in 2004.
