American long-distance runner (born 1991)
Rachel Smith (née Schneider, born July 18, 1991)
[1] is an American
middle- and
long-distance runner. She competed collegiately for
Georgetown University. Smith represented the United States at the
2019 World Athletics Championships in
Doha and at the
2020 Summer Games in
Tokyo.
Career
Born and raised in
Sanford, Maine, Smith began running track in junior high, while attending
St. Thomas High School in
Dover, New Hampshire.
[2] She went on to attend
Georgetown University in
Washington, D.C.,
[2] where she became a
Big East Conference champion, school-record holder, and earned multiple
All-American honors.
[3] After completing a graduate degree at Georgetown, she moved to
Flagstaff, Arizona, to compete professionally for
Under Armour.
[4] In 2021, she switched sponsorship to
Hoka One One, with coaching by Mike Smith.
In 2019, Smith competed in the
women's 5000 metres at the
2019 World Athletics Championships held in
Doha, Qatar, where she did not advance to the final.
[5] In April 2021, she won the USATF road mile championship, ahead of
Shannon Osika and
Heather Kampf.
[6] On June 21, 2021, she finished third in the
2020 US Olympic Trials in the 5000 m, qualifying for the 2020 Summer Games.
[2] At the Olympics, she competed in a preliminary round but did not advance to the final.
As of May 24, 2021
[update], Smith has run several of the fastest times ever by an American woman: sixth-fastest
mile (4:20.91 in
Monaco),
[7] the 13th-fastest 5000 m (14:52.04 at
Irvine, California),
[8] and the tenth-fastest 10000 m (31:09.79 at
San Juan Capistrano, California).
[9]
Achievements
Results sourced from athlete's profile on
World Athletics.
[1]
Team USA
USA Track and Field National Championships
Year |
Competition |
Venue |
Position |
Event |
Notes
|
2007
|
Nike Indoor Nationals
|
Landover, Maryland
|
8th
|
Mile
|
5:08
|
2008
|
Nike Indoor Nationals
|
Landover, Maryland
|
5th
|
Mile
|
5:01.24
|
2010
|
USATF Junior Championships
|
Des Moines, Iowa
|
2nd
|
1500 m
|
4:27.26
|
2011
|
2011
NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships
|
College Station, Texas
|
7th
|
DMR
|
11:07.84
[10]
|
2011
NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships
|
Des Moines, Iowa
|
12th
|
1500 m
|
4:18.52
[11]
|
2012
|
2012
NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships
|
Nampa, Idaho
|
4th
|
DMR
|
11:06.53
[12]
|
2012 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
|
Des Moines, Iowa
|
17th
|
1500 m
|
4:16.15
[13]
|
2013
|
NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships
|
University of Arkansas
|
6th
|
DMR
|
11:01.31
|
9th
|
Mile
|
4:43.84
|
USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
|
Des Moines, Iowa
|
22nd
|
1500 m
|
4:20.47
[14]
|
2014
|
2014 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
|
Eugene, Oregon
|
9th
|
1500 m
|
4:21.15
|
2015
|
2015 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships
|
Boston, Massachusetts
|
3rd
|
Mile
|
4:35.85
|
2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
|
Eugene, Oregon
|
5th
|
1500 m
|
4:16.09
|
2016
|
2016 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships
|
Portland, Oregon
|
8th
|
1500 m
|
4:19.48
|
2016 USA Olympic Trials
|
Eugene, Oregon
|
17th
|
1500 m
|
4:13.43
[15]
|
2018
|
2018 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships
|
Albuquerque, New Mexico
|
7th
|
1500 m
|
4:16.71
|
2018 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
|
Des Moines, Iowa
|
4th
|
1500 m
|
4:08.33
|
2nd
|
5000 m
|
15:32.71
|
2019
|
2019 USA Cross Country Championships
|
Tallahassee, Florida
|
12th
|
10 km
|
34:04
|
USA Track & Field Road Championships
|
Jacksonville, Florida
|
6th
|
15 km
|
51:40
|
2019 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
|
Des Moines, Iowa
|
4th
|
5000 m
|
15:17.91
|
2020
|
2020 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships
|
Albuquerque, New Mexico
|
6th
|
1500 m
|
4:14.87
|
9th
|
3000 m
|
9:16.06
|
2021
|
2020 USA Olympic Trials
|
Eugene, Oregon
|
3rd
|
5000 m
|
15:28.11
|
5th
|
10,000 m
|
31:42.92
|
NCAA
Results sourced from athlete's profile on Track & Field Results Reporting Service (TFRRS).
[16]
References
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a
b
"Rachel Smith". World Athletics. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
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b
c Pinsonnault, Jay (June 22, 2021).
"St. Thomas grad Rachel Schneider of Sanford earns berth in Tokyo Olympics in 5,000 meters".
Foster's Daily Democrat.
Dover, New Hampshire. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
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"Rachel Schneider - Women's XC/Track". Georgetown University Athletics. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
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^ Metzler, Brian (June 18, 2021).
"Spikegate 2021: Why Olympic Hopeful Rachel Schneider Parted Ways With Her Sponsor Right Before the Trials". Women’s Running. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
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"Women's 5000 metres - Heats" (PDF). 2019 World Athletics Championships.
Archived (PDF) from the original on October 3, 2019. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
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^ Bush, Scott (April 22, 2021).
"USA Track & Field | Schneider, Avila kick to victory at the USATF 1 Mile Road Championships Presented by Toyota". usatf.org. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
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"One mile all time list - American Women as of May 2021". worldathletics.org. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
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"5000 metres all time list - American Women as of May 2021". worldathletics.org. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
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"10000 metres all time list - American Women as of May 2021". worldathletics.org. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
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"NCAA Division I Championships June 8-11, 2011 Track & Field - Results - Women 1500 m". FlashResults.com. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
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"NCAA Division I Championships June 8-11, 2011 Track & Field - Results - Women 1500 m". FlashResults.com. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
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"NCAA Division I Championships June 8-11, 2011 Track & Field - Results - Women 1500 m". FlashResults.com. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
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"NCAA Division I Championships Jun 5 - 8, 2012 Track & Field - Results - Women 1500 m". FloTrack.com. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
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"2013 USA Track & Field - Results - Full". Usatf.org. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
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"2016 USA Track & Field Indoor Championship - Results - Full". FlashResults.com. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
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Rachel Schneider Georgetown Hoyas Track and Field Results TFRRS
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