Emma Bates is one of the leading American women's marathoners. She set her personal best of 2:22:10 at the 2023 Boston Marathon, finishing fifth as the top American in one of the deepest women's fields in race history.
A former NCAA 10,000m champion at Boise State, Bates won the U.S. Marathon Championships at the 2018 California International Marathon and finished as runner-up at the 2021 Chicago Marathon in 2:24:20. She has represented the United States at multiple World Athletics Championships.
She has trained in Boulder, Colorado, with various coaches throughout her career and has been part of the Adidas-sponsored elite running landscape.