Rebeka Stowe

Class: Senior Hometown: Olathe, Kan. High School: Olathe Northwest HS

Height: 5-6 Event: Distance

2011 CROSS COUNTRY
Was the Jayhawks' No. 1 finisher in each meet she competed in... Earned All-Big 12 honors with her seventh-place finish at the Big 12 Championships (10/29), completing the 6K in 19:52.3... Won the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (9/10) with a 5K time of 17:43.93... Finished 20^th at the Midwest Regional (11/12) with a 6K time of 21:38.86... Named Big 12 Runner of the Week (9/13)... Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection... USTFCCCA All-Region.

2011 OUTDOOR
Earned First Team All-American honors in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase after a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Championships (6/11), crossing the finish line in 10:07.73... Broke the school record in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase with a time of 9:53.12 at the Payton Jordan Invitational (5/1), placing fifth... Collected a runner-up finish in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase at the Big 12 Championships (5/15), notching a time of 10:15.29... Notched two first-place finishes, the first coming in the 3,000 meters at the Razorback Spring Invitational (4/2) with a time of 9:46.34 and the second in the 1,500 meters at the Kansas Relays (4/23), crossing the finish line in 4:28.19... Named to USTFCCCA All-Academic Team... Member of the Academic All-Big 12 First Team... Named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team.

2011 INDOOR
Recorded the team's top times in both the mile and the 3,000 meters while also setting personal bests in both events... Placed ninth in the mile at the Alex Wilson Last Chance (3/5) with a PR time of 4:45.68... Competed in the mile at the Big 12 Championships (2/26), collecting a third-place finish with a time of 4:4.01... Won the 3,000 meters at the Jayhawk Classic (1/28), crossing the finish line in 9:45.55... Placed second in the mile at the Missouri vs. Kansas Dual (1/14) with a time of 5:07.10.

2010 CROSS COUNTRY
KU's top runner for the season, as she was the Jayhawks' top finisher in each meet she competed in... Only Jayhawk to break the 21:00 mark in a 6K race, doing so in all four meets she ran in... Earned All-Big 12 honors with her 12^th-place at the Big 12 Championships (10/30), finishing in a 6K time of 20:43.44... Personal-best 6K time came in a 12^th-place finish at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (10/2), clocking in with a time of 20:31.10... Finished 18^th at the Midwest Regional Championships (11/13) with a 6K time of 20:40.33... Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection... Named to USTFCCCA's All-Academic team.

2010 OUTDOOR
Participated in both the 3,000-meter Steeplechase and the 5,000 meters at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (5/16), placing second in the steeplechase with a PR and KU season-best time of 10:03.41, and placing 10^th in the 5,000 meters with a time of 16:42.48... Won the 1,500 meter race at the Kansas Relays (4/17) with a personal-best time of 4:28.69... Won the 3,000 meter run at the John McDonnell Invitational (4/9) with a time of 10:41.61... Named to the 2010 Academic All-Big 12 Team.

2010 INDOOR
Competed in mile at the Big 12 Championships (2/27), finishing eighth with a time of 5:00.40... Set a personal best in the mile at the Meyo Invitational (2/5) with a time of 4:50.30, placing eighth... Won the mile run at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29) with a time of 4:58.23... Placed fifth in the 3,000 meters at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) with a time of 10:15.52.

2009 CROSS COUNTRY
One of the Jayhawks' top performers in 2009... Opened the season with an individual victory at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/5), as she crossed the finish line in 18:42.29, setting a new 5K course record at Rim Rock Farm... Posted a career-best 5K time of 17:50.10 at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree (10/3), where she finished 15^th overall in a field of 211 runners... Took 77^th at the ISU Pre-Nationals Invitational (10/17) with a career-best 6K time of 21:51.70... Raced extremely well at the Big 12 Championships (10/31), where she finished second in a 6K time of 21:46.52 behind former Jayhawk Lauren Bonds on the team and 28^th overall to help the squad capture fifth place, which marked its best finish in 15 years... Received Academic All-Big 12 First Team honors.

2009 OUTDOOR
Ran a season-best 11:25.25 in the 3,000 meter steeplechase to finish third at the Kansas Relays (4/18) and crack KU's all-time bests lists with the third-fastest time in school history... Took fifth in the 3,000 meters at the John Jacobs Invitational (4/11), crossing the finish line in 10:37.53... Ran the 5,000 meters at the Big 12 Championships (5/17), finishing in 28^th place with a time of 18:35.98.

2009 INDOOR
Competed in five events for the Jayhawks... Took seventh in the 3,000 meters (10:54.39) at the KU vs. MU Dual (1/16)... Took second in the 5,000 meters at the adidas Classic (1/31), clocking in at 18:38.81... Ran a season-best 3,000 meter time of 10:30.33 at the Husker Invitational (2/7)... Posted her best 5,000 meter time of the season at the ISU Classic (2/13), finishing in 18:08.18 for 15^th place overall.

2008 CROSS COUNTRY
Was the only true freshman to compete in all six meets for the Jayhawks... Placed 15th at the Bob Timmons Classic in a 5K time of 20:39... Finished 13th at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge in a personal-best 5K time of 20:10.08... Recorded a personal-best 6K time of 22:42 at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree... Clocked in at 22:51.40 at the ISU Pre-Nationals... Finished 78th at the Big 12 Championships with a 6K time of 23:44.60... Finished 91st at the NCAA Midwest Regionals in a 6K time of 22:57.85.

HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered four years in cross country, three years in both basketball and soccer... All-state all four years (2004-07)... Runner-up at the state cross country meet in 2006 and 2007... Four-time All-Olathe selection (2004-2007)... First Team All-Sunflower in 2004, 2006 and 2007... All-metro first team selection in 2004, 2006 and 2007... Named second team All-Metro in 2005... Regional champion in 2004 and 2006... Runner-up at Regionals in 2007... Top-three in the Sunflower League in 2004, 2006 and 2007 (finished third, first and second, respectively)... Earned a spot on the all-hustle team for basketball.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Pat Stowe... Majoring in health and physical education.