Emulous

a.	1.	Ambitiously desirous to equal or even to excel another; eager to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like excellence with another; - with of; as, emulous of another's example or virtues.
	2.	Vying with; rivaling; hence, contentious, envious. Emulous missions 'mongst the gods. - Shak.

Adj.	1.	emulous - characterized by or arising from emulation or imitation
	2.	emulous - eager to surpass others Synonyms: rivalrous

competitive, competitory, rivalrous