Grand Valley State Bests
2018-19: USTFCCCA All-American (Indoor: 800, 4x400m, DMR / Outdoor: 800m, 4x400m) … USTFCCCA All-Region (800m, 1,500m, Mile, 4x400m, DMR) … USTFCCCA Midwest Region Track Athlete of the Year during the outdoor season … GLIAC Track Athlete of the Year during the outdoor season … GLIAC Track Athlete of the Meet during the indoor season … USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week (4/23) … 11th-best performance in NCAA DII history in the 800m (2:04.15) … GLIAC Track Athlete of the Week during the indoor season (Week 4, 6, 7,) and Week 7 during the outdoor season … GLIAC Champion in the 800m (I: 2:05.93/ O:2:07.74), 4x400m (I: 3:43.08 / O: 3:41.31), DMR (11:32.65) … Outdoor school record in the 800m (2:04.15) … Indoor school record in the 800m (2:05.09) and the 600m (1:28.84) … 2nd in the 800m (2:05.09) during the NCAA Indoor Championships … 2nd in the 800m (2:08.18) at the NCAA Outdoor Championships … 3rd in the 4x400m (3:40.59) and in the DMR (11:29.05) at the NCAA Indoor Championships … 7th in the 4x400m (3:42.35) during the NCAA Outdoor Championships … Season-best in the 1,500m (4:31.10) during the Bryan Clay Invitational.
2017-18: USTFCCCA All-American (Indoor; 800m, 4x400m relay/Outdoor; 800m, 4x400 Relay)… USTFCCCA Indoor All-Region (Indoor; 800m, mile, 4x400m, DMR/Outdoor; 800m, 1,500m, 4x400m) … Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team … Earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors ... National Championship in the Indoor 4x400m relay (3:40.34) … Set school records in the 4x400m relay (Indoor; 3:40.34/Outdoor; 3:36.87), the outdoor and school record in the 800m run (2:04.48) and the 600m run (1:31.97) … Named USTFCCCA Division II Women’s National Athlete of the Week (Feb. 6) … Earned five GLIAC Track Athlete of the Week awards (Three individual, two relays) … Named the GLIAC’s Track Athlete of the Year during the Indoor season and selected as the Track Athlete of the Meet during the Indoor Championships … National Runner-Up in the 800m run during the NCAA Indoor Championships (2:08.13) … National Championship as a member of the 4x400m relay during the NCAA Indoor Championships (3:40.34) … Earned GLIAC titles during the Indoor Championships in the 800m (2:08.14), 4x400m relay (3:43.38) and the Distance Medley Relay (11:42.14)… National Runner-Up in the 800m with a PR of 2:04.48 and in the 4x400m (3:37.61) during the NCAA Outdoor Championships ... GLIAC Outdoor titles claimed in the 800m (2:12.65) and in the 4x400m relay (4x400m)… 800m PR (2:04.48) set during the NCAA Outdoor Championships … … Set a PR in the 1,500m (4:29.44) during the Beach Invitational ... Finished 10th in the Women's 800m High Performance group at the Portland Tack Festive with a time of 2:04.81 ... Placed 23rd overall at the USATF Outdoor Championships with a time of 2:05.01.
2016-17: USTFCCCA All-American (Indoor/ 4x400m Relay, Distance Medley Relay; Outdoor/ 4x400m Relay) USTFCCCA All-Region (Indoor/ 800m, 4x400m Relay, Distance Medley Relay; Outdoor/ 800m, 4x400m Relay) … GLIAC’s Track Athlete of the Year … Competed in the distance and relays during the indoor and outdoor season … Set indoor season-best marks in the distance medley relay (11:24.55) and the 4x400m relay (3:42.50) during the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships … Indoor season-best in the 800m during the 2017 Meyo Invitational (2:08.41) … Part of the 4x400m relay team that finished second in the Indoor NCAA Championships with a time of 3:42.50 …Part of the distance medley relay team that finished fifth in the Indoor NCAA Championships (11:24.55) … competed in the 800m during Indoor NCAA Championships … Outdoor season-best in the 800m during the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships (2:06.69) … Outdoor season-best in the 4x400m during the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships (3:43.21)
2015-16: USTFCCCA All-American (Indoor/DMR) … USTFCCCA All-Region (Indoor/Distance Medley Relay) … Competed in the 400m, 800m, and 4x400m Relay during the outdoor season and the 300m, 400m, 600m, 800m, and DMR during the indoor season … Posted a season-best outdoor time in the 400m at the EIU Big Blue Classic (59.19) … Posted a season-best outdoor time in the 800m at the Al Owens Open (2:10.84) … Posted a season-best time in the 300m at the GVSU Bob Eubanks Open (42.43) … Posted a season-best indoor time in the 400m at the GVSU Bob Eubanks Open (58.74) … Posted a season-best time in the 600m at the GVSU Open (1:36.27) … Posted a season-best indoor time in the 800m at the GVSU Mike Lints Open (2:14.27)
2014-15: Redshirted.
High School: Rachel was a four-year letter winner in Track & Field and in Cross Country at Lowell High School … She was a three-time conference champion in the 400-meter run … She was also a four-time All-Conference and two-time All-State selection.
High School Bests: 5k – 19:59 … 800m – 2:18, 400m – 57.58
