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2025 Women's Cross Country Roster

Emma Kothari

  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Walter Johnson
  • Hometown Kensington, MD

Biography

ACADEMIC HONORS & AWARDS
- 2024 Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll
Kothari's Top Times & Career Results (TFRRS)

2024
- Competed in five of nine races as a junior
- Opened season with a 56th place finish at the Salisbury Fall Classic in a time of 23:46.2 (6K)
- Placed 296th in the Paul Short Gold Race in a season-best 23:02.5 6K
- Placed 22nd at the Centennial Conference Championships in a time of 23:18.4 (6K)
2023
- Competed in five of nine races as a sophomore
- Opened season at the Baltimore Metro Invitational 5K, finishing 34th with a time of 20:24.7
- Ran season-best 6K time of 23:38.7 at the Rowan Border Battle
- Finished 10th at the ECAC Mid-Atlantic Championship with a time of 24:59.5
2022
- Participated in three races in her freshman season
- Ran a season's best 20:04.6 while finishing 25th at the Baltimore Metro 5K 
- Finished with a time of 24:16.7 at the Paul Short Invite
- Had a time of 25:10.3 at the Rowan Invite
High School
- Competed in track and field under Thomas Martin at Walter Johnson
- 2x state champion as a member of the 4x800 
- 500m dash indoor state champion as a senior
- 800m state indoor runner-up as a senior 
- 2x Outdoor Track MVP
- Indoor Track MVP as a senior
- 4x Scholar Athlete Award
- Also played soccer in high school
Personal
- Daughter of Roshanak Semnani and Eric Kothari
- Has one sibling, Alfonso Fraile
- Cousin, Chris Razavi, swam at Johns Hopkins ('13)
- Potomac Valley Youth Orchestra
- Volunteer for Extended Learning Opportunities in Montgomery County
- Interned at Precigen
- Majoring in molecular and cellular biology with a minor in mathematics

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Freshman

    5'4"
  • 2023Sophomore

    5'4"
  • 2024Junior

    5'4"
  • 2025Senior

    5'4"