Emily Kern

Position:
Throws
Class:
Redshirt Junior
High School:
Machesney Park HS
Hometown:
Harlem, Ill.

TFRRS BIO

PERSONAL BESTS

HT - 59.59m (195'-6")
WT - 19.51m (64'-0.25")

AWARDS

2019-20 All-MVC (Indoor)

2021 INDOOR SEASON

Earned team points with her fifth-place finish in the weight throw at the Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Championships (2/26-2/28) at a mark of 18.60m (61'-0.25") ... finished eighth in the weight throw at the Indiana State Invitational (2/13) ... opened up the indoor season with a second-place showing at a PR of 19.51m (64'-0.25") at the Don DeNoon Dual (2/5-2/6).

2020 OUTDOOR SEASON

Canceled due to COVID-19 outbreak.

2019-20 INDOOR SEASON

Earned All-MVC honors after finishing second in the weight throw with a personal-best mark at the 2020 Missouri Valley Conference Indoor T&F Championships (2/29-3/1) ... competed in the weight throw six times at six indoor meets.

2019 OUTDOOR SEASON

Placed 10th in the hammer throw at the 2019 Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor T&F Championships (5/10-5/12) ... set a PR in the hammer throw with a mark of 177'-2" to take fifth at the Lenny Lyles Invite (4/26-4/27) ... competed in six outdoor meets.

2018-19 INDOOR SEASON

Finished eighth in the weight throw with a season-best toss of 60'-7.25" at the 2019 Missouri Valley Conference Indoor T&F Championships (2/23-2/24) ... earned a third-place finish at the Saluki Fast Start (12/8) in the weight throw ... competed in seven meets.

2018 OUTDOOR SEASON

Redshirted.

2017-18 INDOOR SEASON

Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL

Earned a spot on the Rockford Register Star/Journal Standard All-Star team as a senior ... placed third in the shot put at the IHSA Class 3A Antioch Sectional to advance to the state meet for the first time in her career ... All-Conference as a senior.

PERSONAL

Born on April 7, 1999 ... daughter of Chad and Kimberly Kern ... father, Chad, is an instrument technician while her mother, Kimberly, works in human resources ... has two siblings ... sister of Jared Kern.