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2021 Women's Cross Country Roster

Mike Gullett, MSSU Athletics
Mike Gullett, MSSU Athletics

Rebekah Rairdon

  • Class Senior
  • High School Ridgeview Classical
  • Hometown Fort Collins, Colo.

Biography

TFRRS

2021: Third-place team finish at the NCAA National Championships … USTFCCCA All-Region … NCAA Central Region Team Champion … NSIC Team Champion … First team All-NSIC … Placed 54th at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships running a time of 21:41.0 … Placed 14th NCAA Division II Central Region Cross Country Championships running a time of 21:16.7 … Placed fifth at the NSIC Cross Country Championships running a time of 22:01.1 … Placed 70th at the Chile Pepper XC Festival running a time of 18:10.2 … Competed in the 2021 Augustana Twilight at Yankton Trails, finishing the four-mile race in 19:04.8 … Name to the NSIC Fall Academic Team of Excellence.

2020 (Senior): Named to the NSIC Fall Academic Team of Excellence … fall season was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2019 (Junior): USTFCCCA All-Academic … Academic All-NSIC … USTFCCCA All-Region … First-team All-NSIC … NCAA Central Region Team Champion … NSIC Championships team runner-up … 6th-place team finish at the NCAA National Championships … Placed 49th in the Nation with a 21:18.2 finish in the 6K NCAA National Championships … Finished 7th in the NCAA Central Region with a time of 21:39.3 in the 6K Race … Finished 10th in the NSIC Championships with a time of 22:49.60 in the 6K race … Started the year with a 21st place finish at the 5K Augustana Twilight (18:28.30) … Roy Griak Team Champion … Finished the 6K Roy Griak in 23:04.1, good for 12th-place overall … Finished 36th in the Lewis Crossover, running a 23:29.3 in the 6K race …

2018 (Sophomore): Academic All NSIC… Named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team… Finished in 137th (6K, 24:47) at the NCAA Championship on Dec. 1… Earned All-Region honors with her 12th place and season best finish (6K, 21:42.7) at the NCAA Regional on Nov. 17… Earned Second Team All NSIC with her 12th place finish (6K, 21:59.8) at the NSIC Championship on Nov 3.

2017 (Sophomore): Academic All-NSIC ... finished in ninth (6k, 23:34.1) at the Woody Greeno Invite on Sept. 16 … finished in 25th (5k, 19:02.3) at the Augustana Twilight on Sept. 1 … placed 106th (6k, 24:44.7) at the Griak Invitational on Sept. 16.

2016 (Freshman): Named USTFCCCA All-Academic... finished in eighth at the SDSU Classic (5k, 19:56.2) on Oct. 1… took 24th at the Briar Cliff Invite (5k, 18:49.6) on Oct. 8… placed 34th at the NCIS Championships (6k, 22:24.3) on Oct. 22… finished in 44th at the Central Regional (6k, 22:03.3) on Nov. 5… took 49th at the Augustana Twilight (3k, 18:07.9) on Sept. 2.

High School: Rebekah was a standout cross country runner throughout high school with three top-10 finishes at the 2A Colorado State Meet … As a senior she finished second at the state meet, third as a junior and ninth as a sophomore … She is a three-time Colorado State Champion in track and field with titles coming in the 3200 meter, 1600 meter and 300m hurdles … While in high school she earned 10 top-5 finishes in track and field ... During her senior year she won the the 1600 meter run state championship and placed second in both the 3200 meter run and the 300 meter hurdles ... Placed fourth in the 800 meter run at the state track and field meet with a personal best time of 2:24

Personal: Daughter of Michael and Sarah Rairdon ... born in Fort Collins, Colo. on March 23, 1998 ... her twin sister Rachel also runs for Augustana ... undecided major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

  • 2018Junior

  • 2019Junior

  • 2020Senior

  • 2021Senior