Written by <a href="https://saratogatodaynewspaper.com/author/staff/">Saratoga TODAY</a> on <time datetime="2025-03-20T12:42:54-04:00">March 20, 2025</time>. Posted in <a href="https://saratogatodaynewspaper.com/category/sports/" rel="category tag">Sports</a>. <br>Emma is a multi-sport athlete at Saratoga Springs High School who has competed in soccer, Nordic skiing, triathlon, and cycling.<br>In Nordic skiing, Murray is a five-time Team MVP and three-time captain. She helped make history with Saratoga’s first-ever Section 2 title, then played a role in securing the 2025 New York State Relay and Team Championship—the first in school history. In the championship race, she delivered the fastest relay split of the day by 12 seconds and was the only skier to go sub 8:00 (7:59.59). A four-time New York State Championships qualifier (2022-2025), she earned First Team All-Section honors three times and has medaled multiple times at the Empire State Games. She also qualified for the 2025 Junior National Championships.<br>As a triathlete, Murray finished the 2022 season ranked 22nd in the USA, 2nd in the Northeast, and 1st in New York State in the 0-15 Female Age Group. Now competing in a higher age group, she continues to rank among the top 50 U17 triathletes in the nation.<br>In cycling, she claimed the 2024 New York State U18 Time Trial Championship and previously placed third in the 2021 New York State Mountain Biking Championships.<br>As a four-year varsity player for the Saratoga girls soccer team, she served as co-captain her senior year, helping lead the squad to its first Sectional Championship in 35 years and its first-ever State Semifinal appearance. She was also awarded her team MVP as a sophomore and was named First-Team Suburban Council in 2024.<br>Murray was recognized with the Sportsmanship Award at both the New York State Soccer Championships and the New York State Nordic Championships, a testament to her leadership and character. Her peers also honored her by voting her the Most Athletic Female in her senior class.<br>Emma was recruited by colleges for soccer, triathlon, and Nordic skiing but will continue her athletic and academic journey at Haverford College, where she will play soccer and major in Neuroscience with the goal of becoming a surgeon.<br>“I have found that hard work and success go hand-in-hand,” Murray said in her recruiting profile. “There are people more talented on the pitch and more intelligent than me in the classroom, but nobody will outwork me in the classroom or the soccer field.”<br><br><br><strong>Get our latest magazine and newspaper issues sent directly to your inbox.</strong><br>© <script> document.currentScript.insertAdjacentHTML('afterend', '<time datetime="' + new Date().toJSON() + '">' + new Intl.DateTimeFormat(document.documentElement.lang, {year: 'numeric'}).format() + '</time>'); </script> Saratoga<span> TODAY newspaper. Another Website Design and Build by </span><a href="https://fivetowers.us/" class="customize-unpreviewable">Five Towers Media</a><span>.</span><br><br><a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMickFVX3lxTFBBVUpqTXNFLUJEd2ItU3NqUkFoMktIalB1Y21pLXdPZmZlSVpMa2VlTkk3WU91QVpzd0Z1MmNXMTJ6a0RhNnI3Mkh0Vmlwa05GMUZxQWZuNUdpZGlsakZOeGN1Z2dfd0pwNlhjZkVhdXBJUQ?oc=5">source</a>
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