Emily Harper (Assistant XC/Distance coach) is a graduate of Charles Wright Academy in Tacoma, Washington where she turned to cross country after not making the varsity soccer team. The coaches figured she was good at the running fast part, but lacked coordination – forever sealing her fate as a distance runner! Her high school career included multiple state races in the 800, mile and 2 mile. She went on to run DIII Cross Country, Indoor and Outdoor Track at Colby College in Waterville, Maine where she was also the team captain her senior year. After graduating college in 2015 with a degree in English, Gender Studies and Japanese, Emily began her career on Wall Street. She moved to Los Angeles in 2021 from the east coast and immediately jumped at the opportunity to coach the next generation of runners. She has run with the New York Road Runners Association and independently completed a number of post-collegiate 5k’s, half marathons and full marathons all across the country, but her first love is long easy trail runs.