RACHEL WERKING'S TFRRS PAGE
2021-22 AS A SENIOR
CROSS COUNTRY- Competed in all six races on the season... Set PRs at 4K, 5K and 6K... Ran the fourth fastest time in school history at 6K at the NCAA Southeast Regional... Earned All-Big South honors with an eight-place finish at the conference meet.
TRACK- Competed just once, in the 3,000m at the Keydet Invitational.
2020-21 AS A JUNIOR
CROSS COUNTRY- Competed in all three races the Highlanders ran in during the modified 2021 spring season … Was a top-finishing Highlander across all three meets finishing fifth or better … Placed second at the Highlander Invitational and Big South Championship … Holds program record for the 5k race which she set at the Big South Championship.
INDOOR- Did not compete.
OUTDOOR- Competed in the 5000m, 1500m, 3000m, and 3000m steeplechase across six meets … Placed consistently within the top-five of competitors including three top-five finishes in Big South Championship events … Became the second Highlander ever to record a time under 17 minutes in the 5000m … Holds the second-fastest program time in the 1500m, the program record in the 3000m steeplechase, and the second-fastest program time in the 3000m.
PRIOR TO RADFORD
Ran collegiately at Wisconsin prior to joining the Highlanders, competing in cross country, the steeplechase, 3k and 5k events ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar for the 2017-18 season ... Three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree in cross country (2017, 2018, 2019) and two-time Academci All-Big Ten honoree in track (2018, 2019) ... Top 5k time of 17:37, with a top steeplechase time of 10:46.
PREP
Ran cross country and distance track events at Brookfield East High School ... Was named first team all-state as a senior after a sixth-place finish at the WIAA Division 1 State Championship ... Greater Metro Conference champion in both the 1600 and 3200-meter race in track ... State runner-up in the 3200-meter race while placing sixth in the state in the 1600 ... Was a conference champion in the 3200-meter race as a junior, also earning a top-15 finish in the state in the event ... Earned second team all-state honors with another top-15 finish at the state championships ... Qualified for the state championships in the 3200-meter race and 4x800-meter relay ... Also earned first-team all-state honors as a freshman.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Jon and Leslie Werking ... Has three sisters, Sarah, Laura and Evelyn ... Two sisters, Sara and Lauren, ran cross country at Minnesota
