Rachel Smith (''née Schneider'', born July 18, 1991) is an American middle and

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Career

Born and raised in Sanford, Maine, Schneider began running track in junior high, while attending St. Thomas High School in Dover, New Hampshire. She went on to attend

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, where she became a Big East Conference champion, school-record holder, and earning multiple

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n honors. After completing a graduate degree at Georgetown, she moved to

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, and has continued a professional running career, being sponsored by Hoka One One and being coached by Mike Smith. , Rachel has run the United States women's fifth-fastest mile of all-time at 4:20.91 (at Stade Louis II in Monaco), the 11th-fastest American 5,000m of all-time at 14:52.04 (at

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), and 10th-fastest American 10,000m of all-time at 31:09.79 (at

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). In 2019, she competed in the women's 5000 metres at the

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held in

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, where she failed to advance to the final. In 2021, she won the USATF road mile championship. On June 21, 2021, she finished 3rd in the US Olympic Trials in the women's 5000 meters, and thus qualified to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. On July 30, 2021, she competed in the Olympic prelim of the women's 5000m and placed 17th overall and failed to advance to the final.

Achievements

Team USA

USA Track and Field National Championships

NCAA

As a student-athlete at

, Rachel Schneider earned 9-time

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n honors, and 14-time Big East Conference track and field championship finalist. Rachel Schneider Georgetown Hoyas Track and Field Results
TFRRS

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schneider, Rachel 1991 births Living people People from Sanford, Maine Georgetown Hoyas women's track and field athletes American female long-distance runners American female cross country runners World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes for the United States 21st-century American women Track and field athletes from Maine Sportspeople from York County, Maine