Rachael Hoover

Height:
5-7
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Fairbanks
Hometown:
Plain City, Ohio

TFRRS Profile

Personal Bests
6K: 21:28.0, George Dales Invitational (9/20/24)

Career Finishes
2024 Results
Sept. 20 -- George Dales Invitational (The Prairies Golf Club -- Kalamazoo, MI) -- 6K -- 21:28.0 (10th)
Oct. 5 -- Lehigh Paul Short Run Invitational (Goodman Campus XC Course -- Bethlehem, PA) -- 6K -- 22:25.1 (235th)
Oct.18 -- Falcon Invitational (Mel Brodt XC Course -- Bowling Green, OH) -- 6K -- 22:33.6 (29th)
Nov. 2 -- MAC Championships (Ball State XC Course -- Munice, Ind) -- 6K -- 22:10.8 (37th)
Nov. 15 -- NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Silver Creek Cross Country Park -- Norton, OH) -- 6K -- 21:36.4 (111th)

Bowling Green

2024

Finished 10th in the first race of her Collegiate career at the George Dales Invitational, helped lead the Falcons to a first place finish
Finished 29th at the Falcon Invitational, to help the Falcons finish first place
Helped the Falcons finish 4th in the MAC Championships with a 37th place finish

Fairbanks High School

Milford Center, Ohio

Was a four-year letterwinner in both cross country and track & field at Fairbanks High School under coaches Mike VanWinkle and Patrick Cotter
Was a three-year team captain in cross country and a track team captain as a senior
Holds the school record in the 800m (2:15), 1,600m (4:56), 3,200m and 5K in cross country
Was the 2023 Ohio Heritage Conference Cross Country Runner of the Year and earned Team Runner of the Year honors three times
Earned All-Ohio honors in the 800m with a sixth-place finish at the state meet in 2022 and third-place finish in 2024
Placed sixth in the 1,600m at the 2023 state meet and third at the 2024 state meet to earn All-Ohio honors as well
Earned four district crowns in both the 800m and 1,600m and was a regional champion in both events in 2024
Helped the Panthers to four district championships in track & field as well as a district title in cross country in 2023 with runner-up regional finishes in track & field (2022-23) and cross country (2023)
Also lettered two years in basketball and helped lead the Panthers to runner-up in the district in 2023 while being a team captain as a senior
Was the Parliamentarian of the National Honor Society, President of Student Council and graduated with honors

Personal

Daughter of Bill and Sandy Hoover
Has an older brother, Hayden, and an older sister, Danielle
Uncle, Steve Hoover, ran cross country and track at Fredonia State
Majoring in pre-exercise science
Aspires to work in cardiac rehab
Favorite athlete is professional middle-distance runner Emily Mackay
Chose BGSU, "because of the overwhelming support from staff, teammates and the community. I knew I could be successful in not only my sport, but also my educational goals"
Lists her parents, Bill and Sandy, as her biggest influences "because they've always had my back and put everything into guiding me to be the best version of myself"
Born on June 11, 2006 in Columbus, Ohio