Becca Rae

Position:
Distance
Class:
Redshirt Senior
High School:
Orillia District Collegiate
Hometown:
Orillia, Ontario

2016-17: (Indoor) Academic All-MAC … Ran the mile, 3000 and 5000 for the Falcons … Competed in the 5000 at the MAC Championships, placing 20^th in 18:37.21 … Ran a season-best time of 10:09.67 in the 3000 to finish sixth at the Thundering Herd Invitational … Posted a time of 17:26.52, a season-best, at the GVSU Holiday Open … Finished second in the mile at the Tom Wright Classic in 5:11.31 … Also ran the 1600 relay at the Tom Wright Classic, finishing second in 4:26.75. (Outdoor) Academic All-MAC … Ran the 1500 and the 5000 for the Falcons … Set a new personal best time in the 1500 at 4:48.78 in the UT Dual … Ran the 5000 in 17:40.30 at the Gina Relays.

2015-16: (Cross Country) Academic All-MAC … Ran in all six of BG’s races … Ran a PR 17:52 and was the team’s second finisher at season opener … Set a career personal record in the 6,000-meter distance at the Paul Short Running, running a 21:12 … Placed 94th overall at NCAA Regionals. (Indoor) Academic All-MAC … Ran the mile, 3000 and 5000 for the Falcons … Ran both the 3000 and 5000 at the MAC Championships … Placed 10^th in the prelims at the MAC Championships in the 5000 with a PR time of 17:14.90 … That time places her fifth all-time at BGSU … Finished second in the 5000 at the SPIRE Midwest Classic in 17:32.59 … Was 15^th in the 3000 at the MAC Championships with a time of 10:10.25 … Ran a season-best time of 10:06.46 in the 3000 at the GVSU Big Meet … Posted the best time on the team in the mile with a 5:09.00 to place second at the Tom Wright Open. (Outdoor) MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-MAC … Ran the 1500 and the 5000 for the Falcons, qualifying for the MAC Championships in the 1500 … Placed ninth at the MAC Championships in the 1500 with a time of 4:50.57 … Ran a personal best 4:49.49 in the 1500 at the Toledo Dual … Ran a season-best 17:19.08 at the Gina Relays in the 5000.

2014-15: (Cross Country) Academic All-MAC ... Led the Falcons this season, placing first on the team in every meet ... Recorded a personal best time of 17:56 in the 5,000-meter distance in the team's first meet of the season, placing fourth overall ... Finished second team All-MAC and set a personal best time of 21:13 at MAC Championship meet ... Team's top finisher yet again at the Regional meet in Wisconsin, placing 64th out of 219 runners ... Her place was the best individual finish since 2007 and was just one second off the fastest time ever recorded by a BGSU athlete at a regional championship. (Indoor) Academic All-MAC … Ran the 3000 and the 5000 for the Falcons, competing in both events at the MAC Championships … Set a new personal best time of 9:56.81 at the MAC Championships in the 3000 to place 12^th overall … That time puts her fifth all-time in the 3000 at BGSU … Won the 3000 at the Tom Wright Classic in 10:14.94 … Placed first in the 5000 in the open division at the Spire Midwest Championship with a personal best time of 17:37.36 … Finished 12^th in the 5000 at the MAC Championships with a time of 17:41.10. (Outdoor) Academic All-MAC … Ran the 5000, 10000 and the steeplechase for the Falcons … Represented the Falcons at the MAC Championships in both the 5000 and the 10000 … Team’s top 5000 runner who reached a MAC automatic qualifying mark with a time of 17:00.45 at the Gina Relays to set a personal best … Her time at the Gina Relays places her sixth all-time at BGSU in the event … Placed 10th at the MAC Championships in the 5000 in 17:36.66 … Finished 13th at the MAC Championships in the 10000 with a time of 37:15.18, less than two seconds shy of her PR … Set a personal best in the 3000 steeplechase with a time of 11:17.20 at the Tennessee Relays to move into ninth place in BGSU history in the event … Competed in the rarely-run 2000 steeplechase at the Toledo Dual, finishing fourth in 7:12.36 for the third-fastest in school history.

2013-14: (Cross Country) Academic All-MAC ... One of three runners to compete in all six races during the season … Set a personal best over 5,000 meters with a time of 18:01.77 at the Mel Brodt Invitational to finish second among BGSU runners … Was the team’s top finisher at the MAC Championships, placing 21st with a personal best time of 22:01.61 … That came on the heels of setting a personal best at the Indiana State Pre-National Meet with a time of 22:42.36 as the team’s second finisher … Ran 22:36 at the NCAA Regional Championships to be the third Falcon to finish. (Indoor) Academic All-MAC honorable mention ... Ran the 3000 and 5000 during the season … Had a converted time of 10:26.92 in the 3000 at the BG Opener … Set a new personal best with a 3000 time of 10:15.51 at the GVSU Big Meet … In the 5000, ran an 18:25.50 (converted to 18:17.10) in the Tom Wright Open. (Outdoor) Academic All-MAC honorable mention ... Competed in the 800, 1500, 5000 and 10000 during the season for the Falcons … Represented the team in the 10000 at the MAC Championships, placing 13^th with a time of 37:13.32 … Ran the 800 at the Toledo Dual, finishing fifth with a time of 2:27.38 … Placed third at the Toledo Dual in the 1500 with a personal best time of 4:55.72 … Team’s top finisher in the 5000 at the Gina Relays, placing eighth at 17:43.72.

2012-13: (Cross Country) Competed in the final four meets of the year for the Orange and Brown ... Finished with a personal best time of 19:14.3 at All-Ohio Championships Open Division (5K), earning an 11th place finish in her first collegiate meet ... Completed the Bradley Classic (6K) in 22:30 for a 67th place finish ... Set another personal best in the 6K, finishing the NCAA Great Lakes Regional in 22:27. (Track and Field) Redshirted both the indoor and outdoor seasons.

High school: Three-time GBSSA cross country champion ... Also won the GBSSA 1500 championship four times and the 3000 three times ... Four-time OFSAA cross country qualifier and three-time track and field qualifier ... Team MVP in cross country in 2009, 2010 and 2011, and track and field MVP in 2011 and 2012 ... Earned high school’s Outstanding in Athletics Award ... SSD Outstanding Cross Country Female in 2012 and Ian McMillian Award winner.

Personal: Full name is Rebecca Carol Rae ... Born on April 17, 1994 ... Daughter of Jeff and Kelly Rae ... Has two sisters, Mikayla and Cassie, and a brother Matthew ... Plans to study biology.

PERSONAL BESTS
Cross Country
5K: 17:52.0, Mel Brodt (9/4/15)
6K: 21:12, Paul Short Run (10/2/15)
Indoor Track and Field
Mile: 5:09.00, Tom Wright Open (1/22/16)
3000: 9:56.81, MAC Championships (2/28/15)
5000: 17:14.90, MAC Championships (2/26/16)
Outdoor Track and Field
800: 2:27.38, Toledo Dual (5/2/14)
1500: 4:48.78, UT Dual (4/7/17)
5000: 17:00.45, Gina Relays (4/24/15)
10000: 37:13.32, MAC Championships (5/15/14)
2000 steeple: 7:12.36, Toledo Dual (4/3/15)
3000 steeple: 11:17.20, Tennessee Relays (4/11/15)