Grit, Self-Belief & Good Coaching Have Brought Hurley To Top Ranks Of USA Road Running

(c) 2025 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved. Published with permission. (26-Feb) -- After Emma Grace Hurley finished 89th in her senior year at the 2019 NCAA Cross Country Championships for the ninth-place Furman Paladins, the possibility of a professional running career seemed remote.  Although Hurley had performed well at the conference level, she never made an NCAA national track championships in any discipline.  By the time she graduated she had achieved only a modest 5000m personal best of 15:57.23.  Not a single shoe company tried to sign her. Fast forward six years and Hurley, who represents ASICS, is coming off of a career year where she won the USATF Running Circuit overall title, finished on the podium at five USATF championships, represented Team ...