Rachel Hagen

Tiel Westbrook

Distance

/ Cross Country

Photo by: Colonial Athletic Association

Photo by: Photography/JMU Athletics Communications

Year:
Senior
Height:
5-3
Hometown:
Sterling, Va.
High School:
Potomac Falls
Major:
Communication Sciences and Disorders

Career Highlights:
PR: 18:34.52 in 5K (Towson Invitational, 9/21/13)
PR: 22:11.1 in 6K (Roy Griak Invitational, 9/29/12)
PR: 10:26.97 in indoor 3,000 (Virginia Tech Challenge, 2/21/14)
PR: 18:11.23 in indoor 5,000 (Patriot Games, 2/6/15)
PR: 5:21.59 in indoor mile (Patriot Games, 1/26/13)
PR: 4:55.61 in outdoor 1,500 (UVA Team Swashbuckle, 3/24/12)
PR: 10:56.25 in outdoor 3,000 (JMU Invitational, 4/21/12)
PR: 17:56.14 in outdoor 5,000 (JMU Invitational, 4/19/14)
PR: 37:21.48 in outdoor 10,000 (CAA Championships, 5/3/13)

2014-15 as a Senior:
Cross Country
• Finished 31st at the ECAC Championships
• Placed 103rd at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships
• Took 27th at the CAA Championships
• Crossed the line in 102nd at the Pre National Invitational
• Top-200 finish at the Paul Short Run Gold race, placing 193rd
• Turned in top-30 finisheds at the JMU Invitational (26th) and UVA Duals (27th)

Indoor Track & Field
• Finished third in the 3000 at the Virginia Tech Challenge

Other
• CAA Commissioner's Academic Award (Fall 2014, Spring 2015)
• President's List (Spring 2015)
• Dean's List (Fall 2014)

2013-14 as a Junior:
Cross Country
• CAA Commissioner's Academic Award
• Placed 28th at ECAC Championship
• 125th place at NCAA Southeast Region meet
• Took 31st at CAA Championships
• Finished 31st at Penn State Nationals
• 10th-place finish to help JMU win Towson Invitational

Indoor Track & Field
• Finished sixth in the 3,000 at Virginia Tech Challenge
• Took seventh place in the 5,000 at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup
• Fourth in the 5,000 at Navy Winter Invitational

Outdoor Track & Field
• Fourth place in the 5,000 at JMU Invitational
• 10th place in the 5,000 at Raleigh Relays (Section E)

Other

Dean's List (Fall 2013; Spring 2014)
JMU Athletics Director Scholar-Athlete

2012-13 as a Sophomore:
Cross Country
• 28th at ECAC Championship
• Took 144th place at NCAA Southeast Region meet
• Placed 23rd at CAA Championships
• Finished 76th out of 341 runners at Chili Pepper Invitational
• Helped JMU to team title at JMU Open Invitational with 15-place finish
• Opened season with sixth-place showing at VMI Invitational

Indoor Track & Field
• Fourth place in the 3,000 at Navy Invitational
• Eighth place in the 5,000 at Sykes & Sabock Challenge
• Took 15th in the 3,000 at Virginia Tech Challenge
• Placed 21st in the mile at the Patriot Games

Outdoor Track & Field
• Took eighth in the 10,000 at CAA Championships
• 13th place in the 5,000 at Patriot Open Invitational
• Placed 16th in the 5,000 at Raleigh Relays

Other
• JMU Athletic Director Scholar-Athlete
• CAA Commissioner's Academic Award (Fall 2012, Spring 2013)
• Dean’s List (Fall 2012, Spring 2013)

2011-12 as a Freshman:
Cross Country
• 53rd place at ECAC Championship
• Finished sixth at George Mason Invitational
• Placed 12th at VMI Relays
• Took 16th at JMU Open Invitational

Indoor Track & Field
• Runner-up in the 3,000 at Navy Invitational
• Placed fifth in the 3,000 at Liberty Invitational
• Eighth-place finish in the mile at Liberty Quad
• Took 12th in the 3,000 at Virginia Tech Challenge

Outdoor Track & Field
• 19th place in the 10,000 at CAA Championships
• Third place in the 5,000 at Patriot Open Invitational
• Fourth in the 3,000 at JMU Invitational
• Seventh in the 5,000 at Raleigh Relays
• 14th place in the 1,500-meter run at UVA Team Swashbuckle

High School:
Cross Country
• 13th in region as a senior and fifth in district as a senior, 15th as a junior, 10th as a sophomore and 14th as a freshman

Outdoor Track and Field
• Third in 1,600-meter in Dulles District as a junior and senior
• Eighth in 3,200-meter relay in state and third in district as a senior
• Third in 3,200-meter in Region II and fourth in district as a senior
• Part of Potomac Falls' record setting Distance Medley Relay team
• Participant in Foot Locker South meet in 2007 and Nike Cross Nationals in 2008

Other
• Potomac Falls Most Dedicated Athlete as a senior
• Viva Loudoun's Athlete of the Month
• Received Most Valuable Player, Coaches and Most Dedicated awards
• Varsity wrestling manager 2008-11
• Member of DECA
• Middle school youth group leader
• Honor roll student who received Lamp of Knowledge Award

Personal:
• Rachel Elizabeth Hagen
• Brother, Ryan, was a member of the Virginia Tech cross country and track & field teams
• Majoring in communication sciences and disorders
• Minoring in special education - non teaching