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Cedarville University Yellow Jackets

Events Results

2022 Women's Track & Field Roster

Jordan Menard
Kentucky Wesleyan College
Joseph Craven, Wright State Athletics
Ernest Toh
Alan Steible
Alan Steible
University of Toledo Athletics
Scott Huck, Cedarville University
Bryn Mozzi
Christopher Kenyon

Rachel Sweeney-Bredeson

  • Position Middle Distance
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Xenia, OH
  • High School Legacy Christian Academy

Biography

CAREER STATS

2021-22 (Graduate)
  • Ran in five of the seven cross country meets on the fall schedule
  • CU’s #1 runner at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships in Saint Leo, Florida with a season-best 6K time of 21:42.2
  • Top 5K effort of the season was a career-best 18:14.1 as Cedarville won the Queens Challenge in Charlotte, North Carolina
  • G-MAC First Team
  • USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic
  • NCCAA Scholar-Athlete

2020-21 (Senior)
  • Registered a team-leading 40 individual points during the indoor track season
  • Won the mile run at the G-MAC Indoor Track & Field Championships with a time of 5:03.03
  • Also finished first in the mile at the season-opening Indiana Tech Invitational (5:08.23) and at the Ohio Wesleyan Dual (5:08.61)
  • Placed ninth in the indoor 3,000 meters at the G-MAC Indoor Championships
  • Produced a season-best 3,000 meter effort of 10:06.17 at the Hillsdale Tune-Up
  • Won the 800 meters at the Ohio Wesleyan Dual with a time of 2:21.47
  • Tallied a second-best 43 individual points during the outdoor track campaign
  • Placed 13th in the 3,000 meter steeplechase (10:56.24) at the NCAA II Outdoor Track & Field Championships
  • Season-best 3,000 meter steeplechase effort was 10:37.33 for sixth-place at the Toledo Invitational
  • Finished fifth in the 800 meters with a season-best time of 2:15.81 at the G-MAC Championships
  • NCAA Division II Outdoor Championship Elite 90 Award
  • NCAA Division II Outdoor Championship Qualifier (Steeplechase)
  • USTFCCCA Division II Outdoor All-Region Team
  • CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team
  • CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
  • G-MAC Indoor First Team (Mile)
  • USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic
  • NCCAA Scholar-Athlete
  • G-MAC Academic Team
  • Served as one of five captains during the 2020 COVID-abbreviated fall schedule
  • Ran in three of the four meets 
  • Finished as CU’s #3 runner at the G-MAC Championships in Tiffin, Ohio with a 6K time of 22:56.3
  • Top 5K effort was a sixth-place finisher as Cedarville’s #1 runner at the Louisville Classic with a career-best 18:16.7 effort
  • NCCAA Scholar-Athlete
  • G-MAC Academic Team

2019-20 (Junior)
  • Earned 57 individual points during the indoor track & field campaign
  • Won the 800 meters (2:22.79) as Cedarville claimed its third straight NCCAA Indoor Track & Field banner in CU’s Doden Field House
  • Produced a runner-up finish in the mile (5:06.78) at the NCCAA Indoor Championships
  • 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 season-best effort of 2:18.4
  • Lone 3,000 meter race of the indoor season was a 10:46.07 to finish third at the Otterbein Invitational
  • NCCAA Track & Field Scholar-Athlete
  • G-MAC Academic Team
  • Ran in seven of the eight cross country meets during the fall campaign
  • Cedarville’s #2 finisher in six of the seven meets
  • Top 5K performance was an 18:24.4 at the Queens Challenge in Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Placed 14th to grab the final position on the G-MAC Second Team with a career-best 6K time of 21:40.3 in Pepper Pike, Ohio
  • Runner-up at the NCCAA Championships in Point Lookout, Missouri with a 5K time of 19:04.5 to earn All-America recognition and help CU to their 12th national title

2018-19 (Sophomore)
  • 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
  • One of five Lady Jackets to run in all six cross country 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

2017-18 (Freshman)
  • 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)
  • 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

High School
  • Produced a four-sport prep career at Legacy Christian Academy
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Married former Yellow Jacket distance runner Luke Bredeson on July 24, 2021
  • 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 sophomore student at Cedarville
  • Also has a younger sister 

Historical Player Information

  • 2018Freshman

    Middle Distance
    5'8"
  • 2019Sophomore

    Middle Distance
    5'8"
  • 2020Junior

    Middle Distance
    5'7"
  • 2021Senior

    Middle Distance
    5'7"
  • 2022Graduate Student

    Middle Distance
    5'7"