Rachael DeCecco Season 2017-18

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On the National Stage... || 2018 Outdoor || Qualified for the NCAA East Prelims in the 400-meter hurdles … Placed 30th in the 400-meter hurdles with her personal-best time of 59.36

At the Big Ten Championships... || 2018 Outdoor || Placed eighth in the 400-meter hurdles with her time of 59.42 || 2018 Indoor || A member of the ninth-place 4x400-meter relay with its time of 3:40.59 … Placed 15th in the 600-meter run with her time of 1:32.16 || 2017 Outdoor || Competed in the 400-meter hurdles running 1:00.73 finishing 12th overall || 2017 Indoor || Competed in the pentathlon finishing 15th overall with a total score of 3339-points || 2016 Outdoor || Finished 13th in the 400-meter hurdles running a personal best time of 1:00.48 in Lincoln, Neb. || 2015 Outdoor || Placed 17th in the 400-meter hurdles with her time of 1:04.33

Around the Track... || 2018 Outdoor || Competed in six meets || 2018 Indoor || Competed in five meets … Ran a personal-best time of 1:31.80 to finish first in the 600-meter run at the Penn State National || 2017 Outdoor || Competed in five meets... Set a personal best in the 400-meter hurdles in a fifth-place finish at the LSU Battle on the Bayou running 1:00.04 || 2017 Indoor || Competed in seven meets.... Set personal bests in 500-meters (1:16.39), 600-meters (1:33.91), 600-yard (1:25.24), 800-meters (2:16.30), 60-meter hurdles (9.04), high jump 4'-7.50" (1.41m), long jump 17'-1.25" (5.21m), shot put 28'-3" (8.61m), and Pentathlon (3339-points) || 2016 Outdoor || Competed in seven meets... Competed in the 400-meter hurdles and 4x400-meter relay... Recorded six top-10 finishes... Finished second at the Jim Thorpe Invite running 1:02.21 in the 400-meter hurdles... Finished third in the 400-meter hurdles at the Bucknell Team Challenge running 1:02.19 || 2016 Indoor || Competed in six meets... Recorded six top-10 finishes... Started the season off with a first-place finish in the DMR with a time of 11:43.09... Set personal best in the 400-meters (57.28), 500-meters (1:17.14), and 600-meters (1:34.26) || 2015 Outdoor || Finished sixth in the 400-meter hurdles at the Kehoe Twilight Meet with a season-best time of 1:02.93 … Tallied a first-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles at the Jim Thorpe Invite with her time of 1:03.96 || 2015 Indoor || Posted a personal-best time of 59.04 in the 400-meter dash en route to a third-place finish at the Penn State Tune-Up … Tallied a personal-best time of 1:17.47 in the 500-meter run en route to a fifth-place finish at the Penn State National Invitational … Finished sixth in the 600-meter run at the Nittany Lion Challenge with her time of 1:37.51

Before Penn State ... || High School PRs || 300H: 43.66 ... 400H: 1:02.53 ... 400: 57.61 || High School || DeCecco's track & field team won the 2014 District Three championship ... At the 2013 PIAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, DeCecco placed third in the 300-meter hurdles and fourth in the 100-meter hurdles ... Multiple school record holder (100H, 300H, 400H, 200, long jump and distance medley relay) ... Four-year letter winner in track & field ... Team captain ... National Honor Society member || National Level Competition || Placed eighth in the 400-meter hurdles at the Penn Relays (high school girls section) with her time of 1:02.53 || Personal || Daughter of Dorene and David DeCecco ... Born December 4, 1995 ... Industrial engineering major