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2021-22 Women's Track and Field Roster

Rachel Rairdon

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

Biography

TFRRS

2021-22:
Indoor:
NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence … Placed 18th in the 5,000m at the NSIC Indoor Track & Field Championships, running a seasonal best time of 18:10.97.

2020-21 (Senior):
Indoor: Academic All NSIC … Earned USTFCCCA All-Central Region honors in the 3,000m ... Ran a personal-best in the mile at the SDSU Last Chance meet on Feb. 20 running a time of 4:58.95 … Ran a personal-best in the 3,000m at the SDSU Indoor Classic on Feb. 13 running a time of 9:53.30.
Outdoor: NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence … Placed second in the 3,000m steeplechase at the NSIC Outdoor Championships … Ran a personal best 17:10.62 in the 5,000m at the GVSU Extra Weekend Meet on Apr. 30 … Ran a personal best 10:41.42 in the 3,000m steeplechase at Drake Relays … NSIC Elite 18 Winner.

2019-20 (Junior): 
Indoor: Recorded personal bests in the mile at the Maverick Invitational on Feb. 21 with a time of 5:06.54, 3,000 meter at the NSIC Championships on Feb. 29 with a time of 10:08.78 (fourth-place) and 5,000 meter at the NSIC Championships with a time of 17:35.30 (fourth-place)...  Earned a spot on the NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence.
Outdoor: Earned a spot on the NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence… Season canceled due to COVID-19

2018-19 (Redshirt Sophomore):

Indoor: Academic All NSIC… Did not compete in indoor events. 
Outdoor: Earned a seventh place finish (11:16.59) with her season best 3,000 meter steeplechase at the NSIC Outdoor Championships on May 11… Finished in first place in the 3,000 meter steeplechase (12:08.15) at the Mount Marty Invite on Apr. 24… Ran a season best 5,000m (18:51.16) while finishing in eighth place at the Sioux City Relays on Apr. 13… Ran a season best 1,500m (5:09.04) at the Dordt College Outdoor Invitational on Apr. 6. 

2017-18 (Sophomore):
Indoor:
Ran a season best 3,000m (11:00.62) at the SDSU Indoor Classic on Feb. 10… 
Outdoor: Did not compete in outdoor events.

2016-17 (Freshman):
Indoor: Did not compete in indoor events.
Outdoor: Finished in eighth place in the 3,000 meter steeplechase (11:37.41) at the NSIC Outdoor Championships on May 13… Finished in sixth place in the 3,000 meter steeplechase (11:52.11) at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays on May 6.

Before Augustana: Attended school at the University of North Texas.

High School: 2016 graduate of Ridgeview Classical High School ... won the 2A state championship in Cross Country and the 1A state championship in the two-mile her senior year ...  finished in third at the state cross country meet her sophomore year and finished sixth her junior year ... finished with four medal at the state track meet her junior, sophomore and freshman seasons ... four-year letter winner.

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

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

  • 2017-18Sophomore

  • 2018-19Sophomore

  • 2019-20Junior

  • 2020-21Senior

  • 2021-22Graduate Student