Rachel (Johnson) Tomajczyk (born April 30, 1993) is an American distance running athlete.

High school

Rachel ran for the

Plano Senior High School Plano Senior High School (commonly Plano, Plano Senior High, or PSHS) is a public secondary school in Plano, Texas, serving students in grades 11– 12. The school is part of the Plano Independent School District, with admission based primar ...

cross country and track team in Plano, Texas. She trained with the Dallas Metroplex Striders club team. Rachel won the 2010

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Cross Country meet. She is a two-time

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finalist, finishing as runner-up in 2010 and 11th overall in 2009. Rachel claimed the

University Interscholastic League The University Interscholastic League (UIL) is an organization that creates rules for and administers almost all athletic, musical, and academic contests for public primary and secondary schools in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the largest organi ...

Texas Class 5A state championships individual state cross country title in 2010 after earning a runner-up finish in 2009. Rachel was named 2010

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Texas Cross Country Runner. Rachel earned Texas 5A track state titles in 1600 meters and 3200 meters. She finished second at the Texas state meet in 1600 meters in 2009. Rachel had high school personal bests of 4:53.75 at 1600 meters and 17:10 at 5000 meters.

NCAA College

Rachel Johnson is a six time

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All-American, and a fourteen time All-

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while running as an athlete at

Baylor University Baylor University is a private Baptist Christian research university in Waco, Texas. Baylor was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Texas and one of the fir ...

. While competing at Baylor, she set Baylor track records for the 3 km indoor, 5 km indoor, 3 km steeplechase outdoor, 5 km outdoor, and the 10 km outdoor. She was a silver medalist at the 2015 NCAA Indoor Championships in the 5,000 meters.

After college

After graduation from Baylor University, Rachel Johnson joined ASICS Furman Elite, an elite post-collegiate distance program under Coach Robert Gary based out of Greenville, South Carolina, in September 2016. In September 2018, she moved to Flagstaff, Arizona, where Ryan Hall began coaching her. In July 2019, Rachel moved to

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, and began to coach distance athletes at

Liberty University Liberty University (LU) is a private Baptist university in Lynchburg, Virginia. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia ( Southern Baptist Convention). Founded in 1971 by Jerry Falwell Sr. and Elmer L. Towns, Lib ...

. She married Drew Tomajczyk in June 2021.

NACAC Track and Field Championships

USA National Championships

Mountain

Road

Track and Field

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Rachel Living people 1993 births Track and field athletes from Dallas American female long-distance runners Baylor Bears women's track and field athletes American female middle-distance runners American female steeplechase runners Sportspeople from Texas 21st-century American women