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2024-25 Women's Track & Field Roster

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Emily DiMarco

  • Position Throws
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Rochester, NY
  • Highschool Brighton
  • Major Interior Design

Biography

2023-24:
  • Took part in eight indoor meets and seven outdoor meets
  • Set personal-bests in the shot put, discus and the weight throw
  • Won the shot put final and finished fifth in the weight throw final at the Liberty League Indoor Championships
  • Competed in the Atlantic Region Indoor Championships
  • Won the discus final and placed second in the shot put final at the Liberty League Outdoor Championships
  • Placed third in the discus with a program-record throw of 46.35m (151' 1") and finished fifth in the shot put at the Atlantic Region Outdoor Championships
2022-23:
  • Took part in seven indoor events and eight outdoor events
  • Placed seventh in both the shot put and weight throw at the Liberty League Indoor Championships
  • Finished sixth in the discus, seventh in the shot put and 10th in the hammer throw at the Liberty League Outdoor Championships
  • Placed fifth in the discus and eighth in the shot put at the Atlantic Region Outdoor Championships
2021-22:
  • Took part in nine indoor meets and eight outdoor meets
  • Made collegiate debut at Houghton December Classic on 12/3/2021
  • Placed fifth in the shot put at the Liberty League Indoor Championships
  • Finished fifth in the discus and seventh in the shot put at the Liberty League Outdoor Championships
  • Placed ninth in the discus at the Atlantic Region Outdoor Championships
BEFORE RIT:
  • 2021 Section V outdoor champion in both discus and shot put for Brighton High School.
  • 2021 All-Greater Rochester 1st team selection
  • 2021 team captain
PERSONAL:
  • Full name: Emily Anne DiMarco
  • Daughter of Lene and David DiMarco.
  • Has three siblings: Heidi, David, and Maya.
  • Her uncle, Shane Williams, is an RIT graduate.
  • Started track and field in middle school after being convinced by a friend to try it.
  • Learned how to throw the discus through YouTube videos and watching upperclassmen from other schools, since her high school track team didn’t have a discus coach.
  • Favorite athletic moments: Breaking RIT's school record in discus, breaking her high school’s discus record.
  • Says her high school coach, Devan Carter, has been the biggest influence on her athletic career.
  • Volunteered as a daycare assistant in 2019.
  • Best advice ever received: “Be confident. Confidence gets you farther than anything else.”
  • Favorite athletes: Bills QB Josh Allen and Olympian Sandra Perkovic.
  • Hobbies include painting, drawing, lifting weights, seeing friends, and reading.
  • Won an RIT Computing Award and Scholarship in 2020.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22First Year

    Throws
    5'8"
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Throws
    5'8"
  • 2023-24Junior

    Throws
    5'8"
  • 2024-25Senior

    Throws
    5'8"