2023-24 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Rachel Hickey
- Position:
- Mid-Distance
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- LaSalle-Peru HS
- Prev School:
- Illinois State
- Hometown:
- Peru, Ill.
BEFORE BAYLOR
2021: Competed in five meets during her senior campaign…Ran in an NCAA Regional meet (11/12) for the third time in her career, finishing second on the team and 84th overall with a 6K time of 22:04.69…Earned All-Valley Honorable Mention honors for the second season in a row with a 14th-place finish at the MVC Championships (10/29)…Notched a 6K personal best for the first time since her freshman season in the women’s red race at the Bradley Classic (10/15), finishing the circuit in a time of 21.38.0…Finished as the top Redbird at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational (10/1), placing 28th overall…Posted a top-40 finish (33rd) to open the season at the Redbird Invite (9/17), crossing the finish line third for ISU ... Was the top finisher for the Redbirds at the MVC Cross Country Championships, earning All-Valley Honorable Mention honors with a 12th-place finish in 18:15.3...Posted a top-20 finish overall (20th) at the Lipscomb Winter Classic, crossing the finish line second for ISU with a 5K time of 18:12.7.
2019: Ran in six meets during her sophomore season...Finished second on the team and 91st overall at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/15)...Earned her second All-MVC cross country honor, finishing eighth overall in the 5K with a time of 18:35.07 at the MVC Championships (11/2)...Was the second finisher for the Redbirds in the red race at the Bradley Pink Classic (10/18), clocking in at 22:00.3 to place 31st overall...Earned MVC Runner of the Week honors for the second week in a row after placing 14th overall and recording a personal-best time of 17:24.29 at the Joe Piane Invitational (10/4)...Named MVC Runner of the Week after posting the top 6K time in the Valley at the Gans Creek Classic (9/27)...Finished first on the team and 17th overall at the Gans Creek Classic, recording a time of 22:37.8...Opened her sophomore campaign with a fourth-place finish overall at the Illinois State Invite (9/13), recording a time of 17:45.3.
2018: Competed in six races as a true freshman, including the MVC Championship and NCAA Midwest Regional...ran her way to All-Conference honors at the Valley Championship, finishing eighth with a personal-best 5K time of 17:37.30...also ran a solid race at the NCAA Midwest Regional, placing 69th overall with a personal-record 6K time of 21:46.60...recorded 4K personal-best at the Hawkeye Invitational, finishing 17th in 14:53.30...captured a top-10 finish on her home course at the Illinois State Invitational, placing 10th in 18:26.50.
HIGH SCHOOL: Two-time IHSA Class 2A State T&F Championships 800-meter Champion ... Two-time IHSA Class 2A State T&F Championships 800-meter Runner-Up ... 2018 IHSA Class 2A State T&F Championships 1600-meter Runner-Up ... Two-time Illinois Top Times 800-meter champion ... Anchored LaSalle-Peru's 4x800-meter relay team that finished third at the 2018 IHSA State Finals ... Holds LaSalle-Peru's school-records in the 800-meter (2:10.09), 1600-meter (4:56.54), and 3200-meter (11:06.08), 4x400-meter relay, and 4x800-meter relay (9:29.06) ... Also holds the area records in each of these events ... On the cross country circuit, four-time IHSA Class 2A State Cross Country Championship Qualifier ... Two time All-State Cross Country performer, placing 20th in 2016 and 15th in 2017 ... Holds LaSalle-Peru's 3-mile record (17:41) ... Named to the IHSA 2018 All-State Academic Team ... Member of the National Honor Society and LaSalle-Peru Honor Society.PERSONAL: Daughter of Jeff and Beth Hickey ... Has one older sibling, Connor.
