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2015-2016 Women's Track Roster

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Rachel Webb

  • Height 5-7
  • Position Middle/Long Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Newport News, Va.
  • Last School Menchville HS

Biography

Personal Records
Cross Country
5,000 Meters: 18:45.30 (2013 MEAC Championship)
Indoor
3,000 Meters: 10:43.47 (2015 MEAC Indoor)
5,000 Meters: 18:25.23 (2015 MEAC Indoor)
Outdoor
1,500 Meters: 4:45.80 (2013 Virginia Invitational)
5,000 Meters: 18:29.75 (2014 Morgan State Legacy)

2014-15: Cross Country: Placed fifth at the season-opening 5K Lid-Lifter Invite hosted by UMES (20:25.76) … Came in 10th place two weeks later at the UMES Cappy Anderson Invitational, running a season-best time of 19:51.35 … Placed 12th at the DSU Hornet Invitational (20:10.6) and ninth at the CNU Invite (24:12.8 for 6K) … Came in 16th at the MEAC Cross Country Championship in Delaware, missing out on All-MEAC XC honors by one place … Named to the MEAC Cross County All-Academic Team … Also won the NSU Cross Country Coaches Award. Indoor: Scored in a pair of individual events at the MEAC Indoor Championship, taking fifth in the 5,000 meters (18:25.23) and eighth in the 3,000 meters (10:43.47) … Both times represent personal records for Webb … Also helped the distance medley relay team to a sixth-place finish at the conference indoor meet (12:52.65) … Placed third in the 3,000 at the CNU Vince Brown Invitational (10:59.22). Outdoor: Took fourth place at the MEAC Outdoor Championship in the 3,000 meter steeplechase (11:29.19) … Ran a season-best time and outdoor PR of 18:26.61 in the 5,000 at Richmond’s Fred Hardy Invitational, taking fifth place … Competed in the 1,500 at the Virginia Cup, Morgan State Legacy meet and the Colonial Relays.

2013-14: Cross Country: Named the team’s Most Improved Runner … Posted a PR of 18:45.30 to earn seventh place and All-MEAC honors at the MEAC Championship … Opened the season with a fourth-place finish (19:30.33) at the UMES Lid-Lifter … Came in fifth place on the same course two weeks later in a time of 19:53.30 … Was 18th overall at the George Mason Invitational and 11th at the CNU Invitational, both in 6,000 meter races. Indoor: Recorded two top-seven performances at the MEAC Indoor Championship, placing fifth in the 3,000 meters and seventh in the 5,000 (18:51.13) … ran a 3,000m PR of 10:46.41 at the conference meet … Placed ninth in the 5,000 at the Hokie Invitational (19:46.32) … Registered a season-best mile time of 5:27.75 in earning fourth place at the CNU Vince Brown Invitational. Outdoor: Qualified for the MEAC Outdoor Championship in both the 1,500 and 5,000 meters … Took ninth in the 1,500 in a season-best time of 4:50.98 … Placed 12th in the 5,000 at the conference meet in a time of 19:50.04 … season-best 5,000m time was 18:29.75, good for fifth place at Morgan State … Finished fourth in the 5,000m at Coastal Carolina in 18:30.43 … Also ran the team’s fastest 800m time of the year, a 2:22.78, to claim 11th place at the Virginia Cup … named the team’s Co-MVP at the annual awards ceremony … Earned a spot on the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for the fall and spring semesters … Also a member of the MEAC All-Academic Team … Earned a spot on the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for both the fall and spring semesters and was named to the MEAC All-Academic Team.

2012-13: Cross Country: Ran a season best of 19:46.65 to finish 18th at the MEAC Championship... Placed 18th at the UMES Lid-Lifter meet with a time of 23:17.00 … Named the women’s cross country Rookie of the Year. Indoor: NSU’s top long-distance runner during indoor and outdoor seasons as a freshman … Finished 12th in the 3,000 meters as the Gene Anderson Invitational hosted by UNC in a season-best 11:01.68 … Took 11th place at the MEAC Indoor Championship in the same event (11:09.29) … Earned fifth place in the 5,000m at the conference indoor meet in a season-best time of 18:43.82 (PR) … Also ran a leg on NSU’s third-place distance medley relay team at the MEAC Indoor Championship. Outdoor: Recorded NSU’s fastest times in both the 1,500 meters and 5,000 meters … Ran a season-best time of 4:45.80 (PR) in the 1,500m at the Virginia Invitational, taking ninth place … Ran a season-best 18:31.24 in the 5,000 meters at the Florida Relays … Took seventh place in the 5,000m at the MEAC Outdoor Championship (18:40.72) … Member of the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for both semesters in 2012-13 … Named the track team’s Co-Rookie of the Year with teammate Kiara Howell.

High School: Three-year letterwinner in basketball … Lettered in cross country and track and field her senior year … Was Peninsula District outdoor champion in the 800 meters and mile run … Finished sixth in the region in the 800 and seventh in the mile (PR of 5:22.17) … Was the runner-up at the district cross country championship her senior year … Earned the Peninsula District Most Outstanding Senior Award … Named an AP scholar her junior year.

Personal: Rachel Faye Webb was born on July 12, 1994 … Daughter of Aaron and Sandra Webb … Majoring in political science.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-2013Freshman

    Middle/Long Distance
    5'8"
  • 2013-2014Sophomore

    Middle/Long Distance
    5'8"
  • 2014-2015Junior

    Middle/Long Distance
    5'7"
  • 2015-2016Senior

    Middle/Long Distance
    5'7"