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2015-16 Women's Track and Field Roster

Rachel Picard

  • Position XC/Mid-Distance
  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Nashua, N.H.
  • Highschool St. Paul's

Biography

2015-16: Cross Country: Finished 15th at the Fordham Fiasco in 21:02.21 (9/12)… Placed 177th at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown in 19:41.9 (9/25)… Finished 13th at the Metropolitan Championship in 19:36 (10/9)… Set a personal-best with a 18:39.9 time and 56th-place finish at the A-10 Championship (10/31). Indoor: Was 12th overall in the mile run at the Metropolitan Championship in 5:25.26 (2/5)... Member of the distance medley relay at the Atlantic 10 Championship, which took tenth in 12:45.38 (2/21)... Placed fourth in the 1,000 meters at the Sean Atkinson Invitational in 3:13.15 (1/15). Outdoor: Was 16th overall in the 1,500 meters (4:59.82) at the Metropolitan Championship (4/9)... Had a pair of top 20 finishes at the Fred Hardy Invitational in the 3,000 meters (6th - 10:36.25) and the 1,500 meters (20th - 4:56.70) (3/26)... Finished seventh in the 5,000 meters at the Wolfie Invitational (18:52.32) (4/23)... Was 32nd overall in the University Division of the 3,000 meters in 10:45.31 at the Colonial Relay (4/2)... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2014-15: Cross Country: Did not compete. Indoor: Did not compete. Outdoor: Did not compete.

2013-14: Indoor: Took 14th in the mile run at the Metropolitan Championships in 5:33.38 (1/31)… Outdoor: Was third in the women's 1500 meter run in 4:57.54 at the Golden Ram Invite (3/22)… Took 27th in the 800m in 2:25.28 at the Fred Hardy Invitational (3/29)… Was eighth in the 3k at the Wolfie Invitational in 10:46.63 (4/19)… Finished fifth in the 1500 meter run at the Brick City Classic  in 5:08.36 (4/27).

2012-13: Cross Country: Competed in three meets… Was 17th at the Leeber Invitational in 20:15 (9/22)… Finished 14th at the St. John’s 4K Fall Festival in 16:35.90 (10/14)… Placed seventh in the ECAC Coaches Race in 20:57.2 (11/17). Indoor: Finished 20th in the mile run at the Metropolitan Championship in 5:35.22 (1/25). Outdoor: Ran a season-best time of 4:47.84 in the 1,500 meters at the Atlantic 10 Championship (5/5)… Finished third overall in the 3,000 meter run at the Wolfie Invitational in 10:23.85 (4/20)… Was ninth in the 1,500 meter run at the Metropolitan Championship in 4:50.84 (4/13)… Took fifth in the 1,500 meter run at the Golden Ram Invite in 4:55.12 (3/23)… Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

Before Fordham: Multi-sport athlete at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire... Member of the varsity soccer, track, and nordic skiing teams... Two-year track captain, and senior year captain for the soccer team... Independent School League Track & Field Honorable Mention selection in 2012... Recipient of the Track Coaches' Award in the 2012.

Major: Sociology & Humanitarian Studies.

CAREER BEST TIMES
Cross Country (4K): 16:35.90 (2012)
Cross Country (5K): 18:39.9 (2015)
Indoor 1,000m: 3:15.99 (2016)
Indoor mile: 5:25.26 (2016)
Indoor 3,000m: 10:56.83 (2013)
Outdoor 800m: 2:25.28 (2014)
Outdoor 1,500m: 4:47.84 (2013)
Outdoor 3,000m: 10:23.85 (2013)
Outdoor 5,000m: 18:52.32 (2016)

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Freshman

    XC/Mid-Distance
    5'3"
  • 2013-14Sophomore

    XC/Mid-Distance
    5'3"
  • 2014-15Junior

    XC/Mid-Distance
    5'3"
  • 2015-16Senior

    XC/Mid-Distance
    5'3"