University of Toledo Athletics

A two-time All-MAC selection in track and cross country, Emma Kertesz won four MAC titles, as well as earning All-America honors in the 10,000 meters. As a senior in 2012, Kertesz was named Most Valuable Performer at both the MAC Indoor and Outdoor Championship meets.  In the indoor meet, she won the mile, breaking the school and MAC Championship meet records at the time, while also winning the 5000 meters and placing third in the 3000. Her performance helped lead Toledo to a second-place showing, its highest-ever finish at the indoor championship. In the outdoor meet, Kertesz won the steeplechase and the 5000, again leading Toledo to a best-ever second-place finish. She earned second-team All-America honors with a 16th-place finish in the 10,000 meters at the 2012 NCAA Championship Meet, and broke the MAC record in the 10,000 with a time of 33:28.58 that she set at the Stanford Invitational. As a junior, Kertesz earned second-team All-MAC at the MAC Outdoor Championship. In cross country, Kertesz helped lead Toledo to back-to-back MAC Championships in 2010 and 2011, earning all-conference and all-region honors both years. In 2011, she was runner-up at the MAC Championships and seventh at the NCAA Regionals. Her performance helped the Rockets qualify for the NCAA Championships, where they had their best finish in school history (21st). In 2012, she represented Team USA in the Chiba Ekiden Relay in Japan, and finished 12th at the USA 5K Road Championships. She qualified for the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Marathon Trials. Kertesz is the current school record holder in the 10,000 and ranks in the top-10 in the 1500, steeplechase and 5000.