2018-19 Cross Country
Roster
Rachel DaDamio 2017-18 Cross Country Roster
Class
Graduate Student
Hometown
Bloomfield Village, MI
High School
Seaholm
AWARDS AND ACCOLADES:
- 2015 Women’s Cross Country All-ACC Academic Team
- 2019 All-ACC Second Team, Indoor Distance Medley Relay
- 2017 All-ACC, Cross Country
AS A SENIOR:
- Selected to All-ACC Second Team as a member of the Irish DMR team that finished third (11:13.73) at the ACC Indoor Championships
- Logged a time of 4:44.71 in the mile for a personal best and eighth-place result during the Meyo Invitational
- Opened indoor track season with a personal best in the 3000-meter run (9:38.16) at the Notre Dame Invitational, placing third in the event field
- Was an all-region selection with a 20th-place result (20:58.70) at the NCAA Great Lakes Region Cross Country Championships
- Earned All-ACC recognition for the second straight cross country season with a sixth-place finish and personal best at the ACC Championship (6K) (20:33.80)
- Posted a personal best in the 5K at the Joe Piane Invitational with a time of 17:08.90
- In opening cross country start of the season, placed fourth at the National Catholic Invitational (5K) with a time of 17:38.70
AS A JUNIOR
- Set what was a then-personal best in the 5,000-meter run at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a time of 16:07.39
- Earned a sixth-place finish in the 5m000-meter run at the ACC Outdoor Championships with a time of 16:24.38
- Added a third-place result in the 1,500-meter run at the GINA Relays (4:27.81) later in the outdoor season
- Claimed third place in the 1500-meter run at the outdoor Louisville Invitational (4:29.53)
- Placed second in the mile at the Alex Wilson Invitational, finishing with a runner-up time of 4:54.27
- Selected to the All-ACC team in cross country after placing 18th at the ACC Championship (6K) (20:38.80)
- Finished eighth at the National Catholic Invitational (5K) with an eighth-place finish (18:00.30)
AS A SOPHOMORE:
- Did not compete due to injury.
AS A FRESHMAN:
- Competed in the ACC Cross Country Championship 6K (20:45.4)
PREP AND PERSONAL:
- Graduated from Seaholm (Mich.) High School in June 2015
- Four-time letterwinner in both cross country and track & field
- 2015 individual state champion in both indoor and outdoor 1,600 meters
- 2014 all-state in the 1,600m
- 2013 all-state in 800 meters
- Earned All-America honors in the mile with a fourth-place finish at New Balance Indoor Nationals
- Earned the Presidential Service Award in 2015
- Daughter of John and Lynn DaDamio
- Has a brother, Matthew, and a sister, Audrey