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Cedarville University Yellow Jackets

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2020 Women's Cross Country Roster

Andrew Lemesurier
Scott Huck, Cedarville University
Leah Beachy
Leah Beachy
Scott Huck, Cedarville University
Todd Lancaster, Hillsdale College
Daniele Modderman

Rachel Sweeney

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Xenia, OH
  • High School Legacy Christian Academy

Biography

CAREER STATS

2020
  • Will serve as one of five captains during the fall schedule

2019-20
  • Competed in seven of the eight cross country meets during the 2019 season
  • Finished as Cedarville's #2 runner in six of the seven meets
  • Placed third at the NCCAA Cross Country Championships in Point Lookout Missouri with a 5K time of 19:04.5 as CU captured its third title in the last five years
  • Produced a new career-best 6K outing of 21:40.3 finishing 14th of 131 runners at the Great Midwest Conference Championships in Pepper Pike, Ohio
  • Recorded a 6K outing of 22:18.4 at the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional in Evansville, Indiana
  • Registered a career-best time of 18:24.4 produced a 34th place finish of 551 runners at the Queens Challenge in Charlotte, North Carolina
  • NCCAA All-American
  • All-G-MAC Second Team and G-MAC Academic Team
  • USTFCCCA Division II Cross Country All-Academic
  • Won the 800 meters (2:22.79) as Cedarville claimed its third straight NCCAA Indoor Track & Field banner 
  • Earned NCCAA Indoor Track & Field All-America recognition in the 800 meters, mile run and the 4 x 400 meter relay
  • Placed fifth in the 800 meters at the G-MAC Indoor Track & Field Championships with a time of 2:18.4
  • NCCAA Track & Field Scholar-Athlete

2018-19
  • One of five Lady Jackets to run in all six meets during the season
  • Recorded a career-best 6K effort of 23:10.3 at the All-Ohio Championships
  • CU’s #2 runner and seventh overall at the G-MAC Championships in Canton, Ohio
  • Top 5K effort of the season was 19:40.5 at the season-opening Queen City Invitational
  • G-MAC First Team
  • USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic
  • G-MAC All-Academic Team
  • Earned USTFCCCA Division II Indoor All-America First Team honors on the track as a member of the Distance Medley Relay
  • NCCAA Indoor All-American in the 800 and 3000 meters
  • G-MAC Indoor Champion in the DMR

2017-18
  • Participated in all seven cross country meets during a successful rookie campaign
  • Best 6K performance was a 23:13 at the All-Ohio Championships held at CU’s Elvin R. King Cross Country Course
  • Cedarville’s #3 finisher at the NCCAA Championships in Jackson, Mississippi with a 5K time of 18:49
  • Produced a 23:17 outing at the NCAA II Midwest Regional finishing as CU’s third-best runner
  • USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic
  • NCCAA Indoor Track & Field Champion in the 800 meters and as a member of the Distance Medley Relay (DMR)
  • NCCAA Indoor All-American in the 800 meters, mile, 4 x 400 meter relay and 
  • G-MAC Indoor Third Team (DMR)

High School
  • Produced a four-sport prep career at Legacy Christian Academy
  • Three-year letter winner in cross country
  • Member of two district championship teams and three conference championship squads
  • Three-time all-region, all-district and all-conference first team selection
  • Two-time Metro Buckeye Conference Runner of the Year
  • Produced a personal-best 5K effort of 19:23 for a 25th-place finish at the 2015 state meet
  • Three-year letter winner in track
  • Member of three conference championship teams and a district title squad in 2016
  • Three-time all-league and all-district honors
  • Two-time all-region selection
  • Earned all-state honors
  • Conference Runner of the Year in 2017
  • Placed fourth in the 800 meters at the 2016 state championship meet
  • Posted a personal-best 800 meter effort of 2:13 at the 2016 regional meet
  • Three-time district champion and the 2016 regional champion in the 800 meters
  • Earned four letters in basketball
  • Four-time all-league and three-time all-district
  • Scored over 1,000 career points
  • Earned three letters in soccer
  • Two-time all-conference and all-district honors
  • Four-time Academic All-Ohio honoree
  • Class valedictorian

Personal
  • Dean’s List student as a pharmaceutical sciences major at Cedarville University
  • Born November 16, 1998 in Columbus, Ohio
  • Daughter of Dr. Marc and Patti Sweeney
  • Father ran cross country and track at Ohio Northern University
  • Mother was a member of the soccer and softball programs at Ohio Northern
  • Younger brother, Ben, is a freshman student at Cedarville
  • Also has a younger sister 

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Freshman

    5'8"
  • 2018Sophomore

    5'7"
  • 2019Junior

    5'7"
  • 2020Senior

    5'7"