PORTLAND, Ore. --- The Portland Pilots women's cross country and track and field teams have added Emma Abrahamson to their coaching staff, announced head coach Ian Solof. Abrahamson joins the Pilots in her first coaching position after recently graduating from the University of Oregon last winter.
 
"We are very excited to have Emma join us," said Solof. "She is really positive, loves running, and connected with our team right away."
 
A native of Carlsbad, Calif., Abrahamson competed on the Oregon cross country and track teams from 2015-18 after a brief stint at Vanderbilt. With the Commodores, she nabbed SEC All-Freshman cross country honors after posting a 6K time of 21:06:00 and finishing 37th at the SEC Cross Country Championships.
 
At Oregon, Abrahamson was a Pac-12 and NCAA Regional qualifier in the 1500 meters for the Ducks three years in a row. She was also a member of the NCAA Cross Country Championship team that won the team title in 2016.
 
In her time at UO, Abrahamson was also a two-time Pac-12 cross-country All-Academic Honorable Mention selection in 2016 and 2017.
 
"I'm super excited to join the coaching staff at the University of Portland," said Abrahamson. "The women have already done a great job welcoming me into the program and I can't wait to help them achieve their goals this year. Go Pilots!"
 
Portland's women's cross-country team is competing back in Abrahamson's old stomping grounds this weekend at the Dellinger Invitational, which will be a 6k race starting at 11:30 a.m.