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Rachel Simon - Cross Country - Kansas Jayhawks

Rachel Simon

Position Distance
Height 5'5''
Class Senior
Hometown Barrington, Ill.
High School Barrington HS
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CAREER RESULTS

SENIOR (2016)
Placed 75th at the Big 12 Championship (10/29) with a 6K time of 23:28.9 … Recorded a season-best 6K time of 22:50.6 at the Rim Rock Classic (10/1), finishing 27th overall … Took 42nd at the Pre-National Invitational (10/15) with her time of 23:21.2 … Claimed seventh at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/3) after completing the 5K loop in 19:13.0.

JUNIOR (2015) 
Ran in three of the Jayhawks’ six meets on the year … Opened season with a 10th-place finish at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/1) after completing the 5K in 19:10.1 … Fastest 6K of the year came at the Rim Rock Classic (10/3) when she posted a time of 22:05.8 to claim 16th … Took 35th in the Open Race at the Pre-National Invitational (10/17) with a 6K clocking of 22:31.4.

SOPHOMORE (2014)
Competed in all six of the Jayhawks’ meets on the year, finishing among the top-four Jayhawks in five of those outings … KU’s second scorer at the Big 12 Championship (11/1) with her 37th-place finish and 6K time of 21:41.1 … Came across as the Jayhawks’ fourth finisher at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/14) with her 96th-place finish and 6K clocking of 21:41.0 … Opened her season with a fourth-place finish at the Bob Timmons Classic (8/30) after posting a 5K time of 19:29.3.

FRESHMAN (2013)  
Ran in all five of the Jayhawks’ meets in her first season at KU … Member of Kansas’ NCAA Midwest Regional (11/15) team where she finished 128th overall with a 6K time of 22:33.0 … Season’s fastest 6K came at the Big 12 Championship (11/2) when she clocked in at 22:28.9 and finished 57th … Opened the year with an eighth-place finish at the Bob Timmons Classic (8/31) with her 5K time of 19:40.3 … Took 16th at the Rim Rock Classic (10/5) after completing the 6K course in 22:29.4.

HIGH SCHOOL
Three-time all-conference performer for Deb Revolta’s Barrington cross country team … Qualified for the IHSA (Illinois High School Sports Association) State Cross Country meet her sophomore, junior and senior years … Two-time qualifier for the Illinois State Track Championships in the 3,200 meters … Boasts a 17:57 3-mile personal best and an 11:07 3,200-meter personal best.

PERSONAL
Rachel Mae Simon is the daughter of Wayne and Heidi Simon … Has two older siblings, Nicole and Kendall.