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Ohio Northern national champion Emily Richards has served as an assistant coach for the cross country and track and field teams at her alma mater since July 2020.

Richards assists with cross country and coaches the middle distance runners in the track and field program.

She is in her sixth season under contract as a professional runner. In 2022, she was under contract with running apparel brand Tracksmith and coached by ONU track and field coach Jason Maus. Previously, from 2018-2021, she held a contract with shoe company Hoka One One and represented the Hoka New Jersey New York Track Club under Coach Frank Gagliano.

Richards was a nine-time NCAA Division III national champion and a 13-time All-American during her four seasons at ONU from 2015 to 2018. She won the 800-meter dash title five times and the 1,500-meter dash four times. She was also an All-American in the 800 and the 3,000-meter run in track and field and was an All-American in cross country, finishing ninth at the 2017 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships.

Richards was also a First Team Academic All-American and was ONU's female Clyde Lamb Award honoree in 2018.

She has qualified for seven USATF National Championships as well as the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 800-meter dash.

In 2022, she qualified for both the indoor and outdoor USATF Championships and made the outdoor semifinal in the 800 meters.

She graduated from Ohio Northern with a bachelor's degree in chemistry in 2018.