[2] A month later, she competed at the Summer Universiade held in Taipei and qualified for the semi-final of the Women's 50m freestyle, where she finished 14th overall.

This resulted in a swim-off for the second reserve, which Emma won in 25.5, a time that would have initially qualified for the final.

[8] For the prelims session on the day of the 100 metre freestyle, she was the only pool swimmer to compete in any event representing South Africa.

[10][11] Swimming a 24.87 in the semifinals as well, she placed ninth in the event, ranking just one-hundredth of a second behind the eighth qualifier for the final Julie Kepp Jensen of Denmark.

[17] On day four, she ranked ninth in the preliminaries of the 100 metre freestyle and qualified for the semifinals with her time of 55.63 seconds.