Rachel Strayer
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- Height:
- 5-6
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- Hometown:
- Murfreesboro, TN
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- Year:
- Senior
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- High School:
- Siegel High School
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- Major:
- Exercise Science
Bio
2021: Finished 19th at the SAC Cross Country Championships to earn Third Team All-SAC honors. Finished 18th at the NCAA Division II Southeast Regionals to earn USTFCCCA All-Region Honors. Is the only Carson-Newman cross country competitor to earn All-Region Honors three years in a row. Finished third in the 5K at the Tusculum Open with a time of 20:09.07. Finished 19th in the Asics Invitational in the 5K with a time of 18:54.6. Was the lead runner for Carson-Newman at every race this season.
2020: Cross Country did not compete due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019: Strayer began her sophomore campaign at the Lenoir-Rhyne Invitational 5k where she finished first overall in a time of 19:01.85. After missing the Wingate Invitational due to an injury, Strayer triumphantly returned at the Louisville Classic where she placed third out of 533 racers with a 5k time of 18:12.5. Strayer was the top women's finisher for C-N at the team's season finale at the Queens Royals Challenge 5k. At the SAC Championships, Strayer finished fifth overall out of 86 racers with a time of 22:50.0 in the 6k. That performance earned her a spot on the SAC's All-Conference First Team. She followed that performance up by placing sixth at the NCAA Southeast Regional out of 181 participants in the 6k with a time of 22:20.6. Strayer then received an at-large bid to the NCAA National Championships, becoming the first individual female Carson-Newman runner to be selected to attend since Aubrey Morris in 2008. Strayer placed 101st-place out of 261 participants at the NCAA Cross Country National Championships women's 6k, setting a lifetime best time of 21:39.6. The underclassman had one of the most successful seasons in program history as she was the top finisher on the women's side for the Eagles in every event.
2018 (Cross Country): Strayer started the year with a bang at the Lenoir-Rhyne Invitational finishing in 13th place at her first collegiate competition. She set the school record for the 5-kilometer race at the Queens Royals Challenge on October 12th finishing 31st out of 412 runners with a time of 18:13. She finished her freshman year of cross-country earning All-Conference and All-Region honors with her top-15 finishes at the SAC and Region Championships.
News mentions
NEW ORLEANS, La. - The Carson-Newman men's and women's cross country teams earned All-Academic honors from the USTFCCCA announced on Thursday, Jan. 27.
NEW ORLEANS, La. - After earning an 18th place finish in the 6K at the 2021 NCAA DII Southeast Regional, Rachel Strayer was named All-Region for the third time in her career on Monday, Nov. 8.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. - For the first time since at least 2008, the Carson-Newman women's cross country team earned a top-10 finish at the NCAA DII Southeast Regionals on Saturday, Nov. 6.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - For the third straight season, Rachel Strayer was named All-SAC for cross country as the Carson-Newman women's team finished seventh at the 2021 SAC Cross Country Championships on Saturday, Oct. 23.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - For the first time in two years, the Carson-Newman cross country team will compete for a conference championship on Saturday, Oct. 23 at the 2021 SAC Cross Country Championships.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Despite a solid day from Rachel Strayer, the Eagles saw their streak of top-10 finishes snapped at a soggy McAlpine Park.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - For the second time this season, Carson-Newman heads to the Tar Heel state to compete at McAlpine Park in the Royals Challenge on Friday, Oct. 8.
FAIRBURN, Ga - Rachel Strayer continued her strong start to the season, pacing the Eagles at the Asics Invitational with a top-20 finish on Saturday, Oct. 2.
FAIRBURN, Ga. - For the first time in 14 years the Carson-Newman cross country team competes in a regular season meet in the peach state as the Eagles are set to race at the Asics Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 2
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Carson-Newman women's cross country set a new school best 10th place finish at the Queen City Invite on Friday, September 24.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Carson-Newman cross country team heads to Charlotte, N.C. for the first of a trio of races this season at McAlpine Park on Friday, Sept. 24 for the 2021 Queen City Invite.
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - The Carson-Newman cross country team returned to action for the first time in 664 days on Friday, Sept. 3 with the women earning a second-place finish and the men finishing third at the Tusculum Open.
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - The Carson-Newman cross country team heads just up the road to Greeneville, Tenn. for the Tusculum Open, the squad's first race in 664 days.
ROCK HILL, S.C. - The Carson-Newman women's cross country squad was predicted to finish seventh place while the men were predicted to finish eighth place in the 2021 SAC cross country preseason poll announced on Thursday, Aug. 26.
JEFFERSON CITY, TENN. - For the first time since 2019, the Carson-Newman cross country squad will compete in six different events in the 2021 season.