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2025 Women's Cross Country Roster

Rachel Roberts

  • Class Senior

Biography

2025
  • UMBC's No. 2 finisher at the Mount St. Mary's 5K Dual Meet. Placed 7th overall with a time of 19:02.47.

Background
  • Came to UMBC in the fall of 2025 from Salisbury University
  • Is majoring in Psychology
  • Her career ambitions are to either become a Mental Health Therapist or a Psychologist
  • Daughter of Carmern and Dave Roberts
  • Sister to Natalie Roberts
  • NCAA Division III National Cross Country Championship Qualifier (November 2024) 
  • NCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic Regional Cross Country Championship Qualifier and Placer to earn All Region Honors (November 2024) 
  • Coast to Coast Conference Cross Country Championship runner up to earn First Team All-Conference Honors (November 2024) 
  • Salisbury Women’s Home Cross Country Course Record Holder (September 2024)
  • Set the course record at the Salisbury University Fall Classic cross-country meet, running a time of 21:45.9 at Winterplace Park, breaking the previous course record set in 2006. 
  • Broke the record again at the Rowan Border Battle Invitational (October 2024), running a time of 21:45.3. 
  • Broke the record a final time at the DIII Mid Atlantic regional Cross country championships, running a time of 21:41.0. 
  • Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference Athlete of the Week (September 2024) 
  • Named Coast-to-Coast “Athlete of the Week” twice in the 2024 cross country season. 
  • Received the award for the first week of September for breaking Salisbury’s 6000m course record. 
  • Received the award the last week of September for winning the women's 6000m championship race at the Don Cathcart Invitational. 
  • Bronze Medalist, First Team All-Conference (May 2024) 
  • Finished third place overall in the 10,000-meter run and 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Coast-to-Coast Outdoor Track and Field Championships. 
  • NCAA Division III Regional Qualifier for Outdoor Track (May 2024) 
  • Finished sixteenth place overall in the 5,000-meter run with a personal record of 18.18.48 at the Widener Final Qualifier Championship meet. 
  • Athletic Department Most Valuable Runner (November 2021) 
  • Principal’s Academic Honor Roll of 4.0 GPA or above (2015-2022) 
  • National Society of High School Scholars (2019-2022) 
  • National Honor Society (2020-2022)
  •  MRHS Mustangs Scholar Athlete Award (March 2020, November 2021) 
  • MRHS Varsity Athlete Award (March 2020, November 2021) 
  • MRHS Outstanding Athlete of the Year Award (2022) 
  • Qualifier and placer, AAU Cross Country Nationals and USATF Nationals
  • Her favorite food is Peanut Butter Crackers
  • Enjoys the music of Fisher and the movie “The Other Guys”
Land Acknowledgement
UMBC was established upon the land of the Piscataway and Susquehannock peoples. Over time, citizens of many more Indigenous nations have come to reside in this region. We humbly offer our respects to all past, present, and future Indigenous people connected to this place. Learn more about this statement here.