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Furman University

2014-15 Track and Field

Rachel Gilbert

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • High School Bulloch Academy
  • Hometown Statesboro, Ga.

Biography

Junior Year (2013-14): A member of the Paladin DMR team that claimed first place with a time of 12:57.36 at the UCS Indoor Invitational…ran on the Furman DMR team that finished third (12:40.80) at the High Point Team Challenge…posted a career-best indoor time of 59.75 to finish 11th in the 400m at the SoCon Indoor Championships…finished 15th in the 60m (8.5) and 13th in the 200m (27.32) at the High Point Team Challenge…took fifth place with a career-best time of 59.31 in the 400m at both the SoCon Outdoor Championships and the VertKlasse Meeting…recorded a career-best time of 26.17 in the 200m, placing 15th, at the VertKlasse Meeting…placed sixth in both the 200m (26.27) and the 400m (59.5) at the Blue Shoes Invitational.

Sophomore Year (2012-13): Recorded a career-best time of 1:01.3 to take 15th place in the 400m at the Emory Crossplex Indoors…finished 20th (1:02.26) in the event at the SoCon Indoor Championships…competed on the Paladin 4x400m relay team that placed 11th with a time of 4:05.38 at the SoCon indoor meet…notched career bests in the 200 (26.37) and 400m (59.96) at the Blue Shoes Outdoor Invitational, claiming 10th in the 200m and third in the 400m at the meet…a member of the Paladin 4x100m relay team that placed eighth with a time of 49.39 and the 4x400m relay team that took seventh place with a time of 3:56.19 at the Southern Conference Outdoor Championships.

Freshman Year (2011-12):  Posted a time of 1:04.92 in the 400m at the Dick Taylor Indoor Invitational…finished second in the 400m (1:01.19) and third in the 200m (27.01), recording season-best times in both events, at the Furman Outdoor Invitational…placed 17th with a time of 1:01.52 in the 400m at the league outdoor meet…finished 22nd in the 200m at the SoCon Outdoor Championships, notching a time of 27.14…a member of the Paladin 4x400m relay team that posted the winning time (4:10.61) at the Furman Outdoor Invitational.

High School:  Holds Bulloch Academy records in the 200m, 400m, 100m hurdles, long jump, 4x100m, and 4x400m…helped her prep team to four consecutive region titles, plus two consecutive state championships…honored as her team’s best hurdler her senior season and won her school’s Best Sprinter Award as a freshman, sophomore, and junior…recorded personal bests of 26.4 in the 200m, 59.7 in the 400m, and 15.9 in the 100m hurdles.

Personal: Rachel Morgan Gilbert was born on November 21, 1992 in Atlanta, Ga.…daughter of Bill and Lynn Gilbert…majoring in English.

Historical Player Information

  • 2011-12Freshman

    5'5"
  • 2012-13Sophomore

    5'5"
  • 2013-14Junior

    5'5"
  • 2014-15Senior

    5'5"