Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges

Emily Ramey-Root returned to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps for the 2024-25 season after spending eight years as an assistant coach with the program through the 2020-21 campaign, helping the Stags and Athenas sweep the SCIAC titles in 2025.  She was part of the SCIAC Coaching Staff of the Year for both programs. 

In between, Ramey-Root has served as an assistant coach with the cross country and track and field teams at St. Olaf in Minnesota, where she helped the Oles to two straight league cross country championships and top-15 finishes at nationals, while producing nine national qualifiers and four All-Americans during track and field season. 

While at CMS from 2014-21, Ramey-Root coached 14 SCIAC Champions, 62 All-SCIAC members, two school record holders, 16 NCAA National qualifiers and five All-Americans. She was also part of five SCIAC Coaching Staffs of the Year, as CMS won a combined 11 SCIAC team titles (six women, five men) during her time on staff. The Athenas, meanwhile, had a fourth-place finish – the best in program history – at the NCAA women’s outdoor track and field championship in 2018. Ramey-Root was also the recruiting coordinator for the program and coached the 400/800, multis, high jump, and javelin.

During her tenure in Claremont, Ramey-Root pursued her Master’s in History from Claremont Graduate University. She recently finished her degree in May 2017. Previous to her academic career at CGU, She  graduated from Concordia University (Irvine), in May 2013, with a bachelor of arts in history and political science.

While a student-athlete at Concordia, Ramey-Root’s primary event was the heptathlon but she also contributed to relays, competing in two Indoor Nationals as the 400 leg for the Distance Medley Relay (2011 & 2013) and two Outdoor Nationals in the heptathlon (2012 & 2013). She currently holds the school record for the heptathlon [4244]. 

Prior to transferring to Concordia Irvine, she attended Concordia University Chicago where she received the Most Valuable Freshman award for the Indoor and Outdoor Conference meet, along with being the Indoor Women’s Team Conference Champions and Outdoor Conference Championships runners-up. She also holds the school record in the throwers relay and pentathlon.

In addition to her role as an assistant coach in her first stint with CMS, Ramey-Root also served as one of the advisors for the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.