Rachel Beakas

A member of both the track and cross country teams.

2008: OUTDOOR SEASON: Took first in the 5,000 Meters at the Hillsdale Relays (4/26) with a time of 17:55.74... Placed second in the 1,500 Meter event on May 3 at the Green & White Invite (4:55.37)... Also competed in the 10,000 Meter event for the Bobcats... INDOOR SEASON: Ran in four different events for the Bobcats during the 2008 indoor season ... Competed in the 3,000 meters, 5,000 meters, one mile run and the distance medley relay ... Best places came in the 3,000 meters with a pair of second place finishes ... Season-best time in the 3,000 meters was 10:28.38 at the Zips Invite on Feb. 22 ... Ran the 5,000 meters, one mile run and distance medley relay just once each ... Time at Zips Invite in the 3,000 meters was the 10th fasted time in the event recorded by a Bobcat during the indoor season ... CROSS COUNTRY: Placed fifth at the Mel Brodt Invite ... Finished 65th at the All-Ohio Champs ... Took 124th at the Notre Dame Invite ... Finished 159th at Pre-Nationals ... Recorded season-best time at the MAC Championships, cross the finish line in 18:34.20 to take 24th.

2007: OUTDOOR SEASON: Recorded three times in the 5,000 meters during the outdoor season ... Best time of 17:30.25 at the Hillside Relays ... Time was Ohio's ninth fastest in the outdoor season ... INDOOR SEASON: Finished eighth at the MAC Championships in the 3,000-meter run (10:06.64), recording the third-best time on the team ... Took third in the 3,000 meters at the Akron Quad and sixth in the same event at the Penn State Open ... CROSS COUNTRY: Best finish came at Mel Brodt Invite where she took ninth with a season-best time of 19:06.65 ... Finished 121st at Notre Dame Invitational ... Came in 204th at Pre-Nationals with a time of 22:49.80... Placed 15th at MAC Championships with time of 21:17.60 ... Took 81st at the Great Lakes Regional with time of 23:03.89 ... An Academic All-MAC selection with 3.88 GPA.

2006: OUTDOOR SEASON: Posted the ninth-best time in the MAC in the 5,000-meter race at the MAC Championships, the third-best time on the team (17:18.13) ... Posted the team's second-best time in the 1500-meters at the Miami Invitational (4:46.76), finishing tenth. ... INDOOR SEASON: Posted the team's second-best 3,000-meter time (10:18.61) to take third at the All-Ohio Championships ... Placed third in the 3,000m at the Central Collegiate Championships and eighth at the Ohio State Invitational ... Took fifth in the mile run (5:18.95) at the Akron Quad ... CROSS COUNTRY: During the 2005 season, placed 28th at the Central Collegiate Championships ... Took 25th at the MAC Championships, posting her personal best time of 18:40 ... Finished 57th at the Great Lakes Regional.

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-time All-Ohio runner ... cross country and track MVP ... Academic All-Ohio ... All-District honorable mention for soccer ... Bob Evans Athlete of the Month ... Subway athlete of the week and student of the month ... Scholarship recipient, four year honor roll (5th out of 317th students in her graduating class) ... National honor society member.

PERSONAL: Daughter of David and Lori Beakas... Majoring in finance and business pre-law.