Emma Cole

Emma Cole freestyle at ACC Championships

Photo by: Barron Northrup

Position:
Sprint Free
Height:
5-8
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Marietta, Ga.
High School:
Walton

Career Best Times
50-yard Free — 22.21 • 100-yard Free — 48.22 • 200-yard Free — 1:45.31 • 100-yard Fly — 52.18 • 200-yard Fly — 1:58.78 •
100-yard Back — 57.57 • 50-meter Freestyle — 26.47 • 100-meter Freestyle — 56.23 • 200-meter Freestyle — 2:02.09

CAREER HONORS
Earned All-America honors in the 50 free, 100 fly, 200 free relay and 400 free relay events (2020).

2019-20
US OLYMPIC TRIALS RECAP
Qualified for the US Olympic Trails cuts in the 50 free (25.74) and 100 fly (1:00.43)

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP
Qualified for the 50 free and 100 fly events.

ACC MEET RECAP
Finished seventh in the 200 free, eighth in the 100 free, fourth in the 200 free relay, fourth in the 400 free relay, fifth in the 200 medley relay (swam free leg) and fifth in 800 free relay.

DUAL MEET RECAP
Season top times: 50 Free (22.21), 100 Free (48.22), 200 Free (1:45.31), 100 Fly (52.18), 200 Fly (1:58.78). Member of the 400-yard free relay team that set a school record at the Georgia Tech Invitational (3:13.15).

OTHERS
All-ACC Academic Team • ACC Academic Honor Roll • Named the most improved swimmer on the team • Iron Ram award winner • INCUBATE member at Richard A. Baddour Leadership Academy

2018-19
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP MEET
Swam the fly leg of the 4x50 medley relay team that finished 26th.

ACC MEET RECAP
Finished 20th in the 100 fly (53.99), and seventh in the 400 medley relay.

DUAL MEET RECAP
Season top times: 50 Free (23.03), 100 Free (50.86), 200 Free (1:52.98), 100 Back (57.57), 100 Fly (53.72)

OTHERS
CSCAA Scholar All-America selection • ACC Academic Honor Roll • CULTIVATE mentor for Richard A. Baddour Leadership Academy • ACCELERATE member at Richard A. Baddour Leadership Academy • Given the team spirit award.

2017-18
Made two NCAA Championship appearances in the 200-yard medley relay and the 400-yard medley relay, finishing 17th and 22nd with times of 1:37.68 and 3:33.98 • Competed in six different events at the ACC Championships • Swam a leg of the 200-year medley and 400-yard medley relays that both finished in fourth place at ACCs and clocked in at 1:36.82 and 3:33.41 • Also helped the 800-yard freestyle relay to a sixth-place finish with a time of 7:15.10 at the conference championships • Ranks ninth all-time at UNC in the 100-yard butterfly after swimming a personal-best time of 53.51 to place 18th in the ACC C final • Collected 10 event titles over the course of the season including two in the meets against South Carolina and Penn State/Navy • Placed among the top-three finishers 25 times during the season • Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll • Named to the CSCAA Scholar All-America Team.

PREP
Attended Walton High School in Marietta, Ga., from 2013-17 • Coached by Sharon Loughran • Served as team captain • Squad’s most outstanding swimmer • Had highest grade point average in her class each year • Won the Coca Cola award as the best student-athlete for her high school her senior year • Named the Marietta Daily Journal and the Atlanta Journal Constitution swimmer of the year in 2017 • Won state championships her senior year in the 100-yard and 200-yard freestyle events • Member of National Honor Society and Beta Club • AP Scholar.

CLUB
Competed for Chattahoochee Gold swimming club for coach Pat Murphy • Competed at 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials • Helped set a national age group record in the 800 free relay while in the 13-14’s • Established multiple team records • Won the 18-and-under 50 freestyle at winter nationals in 2016.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Cameron and Melissa Cole • Birthday is May 1 • Both of her parents were Tar Heel swimmers with Cameron Cole graduating in 1991 and Melissa Douse in 1992.