Cedarville University Yellow Jackets

Rachel Wong is the most experienced distance runner for the Lady Jackets entering her fourth and final season.....Cedarville’s #1 runner in six out of seven outings as a junior.....All-American Mideast Conference First Team honoree by placing 4th in a 5K career-best time of 17:58.....Walsh/Malone Invitational champion in 18:10.....finished 41st of 277 in the All-Ohio Championship in 18:36.....team’s #2 finisher at the NAIA Championship in 19:04 to place 67th of 331.....NCCAA outdoor champion on the track in the 1,500 meters and AMC champion.......NCCAA Indoor All-American in the mile.....qualified for NAIA Indoor Championship in the distance medley as part of foursome that set a school record in the semifinals.....NAIA outdoor qualifier in the 1,500.....NAIA and NCCAA Scholar-Athlete.

2009 - Ran in seven of eight varsity meets as a sophomore and finished among the Lady Jackets’ top six each time out.....helped team to finish 6th at the NAIA and win the NCCAA banner for the fourth straight time.....repeated as an NCCAA All-American placing 10th as the squad’s #3 runner in a season-best time of 19:02.....AMC honorable mention with a 17th-place effort in 19:40.....ended up 27th of 225 competitors at Aquinas in 19:27.....CU’s #5 runner at the NAIA placing 125th of 330 in 20:04.....NCCAA Outdoor All-American on the track in the 4 x 800 meter relay.....NAIA outdoor qualifier in the 4 x 800.....NCCAA Indoor Scholar-Athlete.

2008 - Placed among the team’s top five finishers in all eight varsity meets as a freshman.....NCCAA All-American by finishing 4th overall in 18:35 for the 5K as team’s #2 runner.....produced a season-best time of 18:19 at the NAIA Championship to end up 38th of 327 competitors.....All-AMC Second Team performer.....NAIA Indoor All-American on the track as the runner-up in the 1,000 meters in 2:55.97 to break a 22-year old school record.....NCCAA Indoor All-American in the mile and 800 meters.....part of AMC champion 4 x 800 relay squad that set school and meet records in 9:11.46.

High School - Experienced a record-setting prep career.....homeschool graduate who was a four-year letter winner in cross country and track at Northern York High School.....placed 16th in the state cross country meet as a senior after finishing 10th as a junior.....guided team to 2007 district title and squad was the PIAA Championship runner-up.....set cross country school record in the 5K at 18:18.....holds school marks on the track in the 800 meters (2:12.8); 1,600 (5:00), and 4 x 800 (9:19).....excelled in the state meet in the 800 placing 3rd in 2006 sandwiched in between 4th-place showings in 2005 and 2007.....finished 3rd in the 4 x 800 as a freshman.....placed 8th in the 1,600 as a senior.....National Merit Commended Scholar.

Personal - Dean’s List student as a nursing major at Cedarville University.....born 2/19/91 in West Point, NY.....daughter of Leonard and Elizabeth Wong.....older brother, Andrew, is a 2007 CU graduate.....older sister, Lydia, is a 2010 graduate of the University and was a four-year NAIA All-America distance runner for the Lady Jackets.....younger sister, Abby, is a junior distance runner at CU.....also has two younger brothers.