2017 Women's Cross Country Roster

Rachel Fleddermann

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Albuquerque, N.M.
  • Highschool Sandia Prep

Biography

Eligibility (Cross Country):Redshirt Junior
Eligibility (Indoor/Outdoor Track): Redshirt Junior/Redshirt Junior

Notables

  • Academic All-Big Ten honoree
    • Cross Country - 2017
    • Track & Field - 2018

2017-18 Season

2018 Outdoor: Achieved a personal best time in the 3000 meters by running in 10:23.14 to place third at the Wisconsin Twilight (5/4)...placed fifth in the 5000 meters with a time of 17:50.77 at the Spec Towns Invite (4-6/7)

2018 Indoor: Placed fifth in the 3000 meters with a time of 10 minutes 37.17 seconds at the Shell Shocker (2/16)...finished 16th in her heat of the 3000 meters with a time of 10:38.75 at the Dr. Sander Invitational (1/26)

2017 Cross Country: Finished 39th overall and sixth for UW with a time of 18:55.8 at the Indiana University Open (9/2)...placed third for the Badgers and 29th overall at the Illinois State Invitational (9/8) with a time of 18:36.7...finished in seventh place overall and 5th for UW with a time of 22:25.3 (6K) at the WI Mayflower Day Open (9/16)...finished eighth for the Badgers and 172nd overall at the Greater Louisville Classic (9/30) with a time of 18:30.55 (5K)...Competed at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (10/13) and finished seventh for UW and 184th overall with a time of 22:10.5 (6K)...Ran at the Big Ten Championships (10/28) with a time of 22:08.8 (6K) to finish 68th overall and 7th for UW...Finished seventh for UW and 88th overall at the Great Lakes Regional (11/11) with a time of 22:14.7 (6K)...Ran at the NCAA Championship (11/18) and finished 237th overall and seventh for UW with a time of 22:10.0 (6K)
 

2016-17 Season

2017 Outdoor: Ran the 10,000 meters at the Drake Relays (4/27) finishing 19th in 36:53.21

2017 Indoor: Placed fifth in the 3000 meters with a time of 10:24.25 at the Shell Shocker (2/17) ... finished fifth in the 3000 meters at the Black and Gold Premier (1/27-28) with a time of 10:20.52 ... placed fourth in the 3000 meter run in a personal-best 10:28.12 at the Badger Icebreaker (1/14)

2016 Cross Country: Placed 37th overall and first for the Badgers in 22:25.9 (6k) at the Nuttycombe Invitational open race (10/14) ... finished 19th overall and ninth for UW at the Badger Classic (9/23) in 23:12.0 (6k)
 

2015-16 Season

2016 Outdoor: Placed sixth in the 3000 meters at the Wisconsin Twilight (5/6) finishing in 10:34.87

2016 Indoor: Placed ninth in the 3,000 meters in 10:51.03 at the Red and White Open (2/19)

2015 Cross Country: Finished 11th for the Badgers and 28th overall with a time of 16:27.9 (4k) at the Badger Opener (9/4)
 

2014-15 Season

Redshirt Season 2014: Competed unattached to a ninth place finish overall at the Wisconsin Invite (11/8) in 23:13.1 (6k) ... Ran unattached to a 72nd place finish in the 'B' Race of the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (10/17) in 22:34 (6k) ... Ran unattached to a 47th place finish at the Badger Opener (9/5) in 15:28 (4k)
 

High School

A three-year state champion in cross country as well as the 1600m and 3200m track and field events, she received the New Mexico Hall of Fame Multi-Sport Athlete Award following her senior year... also won the Marilyn Sepulveda Meet of Champions and received the Sandia Prep 12 Letter award for letter in a varsity sport 12 times or more... won numerous academic awards, including the Osuna Math and Science Award, the Society of Women Engineers Award, and the Coe College Book Award
 

Personal

Daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Fledderman... has two sisters, Lauren and Kathryn... plays both the violin and the viola... major is biology.
 

Why Wisconsin?

"High academics, family that lives close, and an awesome team that I wanted to join!"
 

Personal Bests

Indoor Outdoor
3000 Meters 10:20.52 1-27/28-17 3000 Meters 10:23.14 5-4-18
5,000 Meters 17:50.77 4-7-18
10,000 Meters 36:53.21 4-29-17
Cross Country
4 Kilometers 15:28 9-5-14
5 Kilometers 18:30.55 9-30-17
6 Kilometers 22:08.8 10-28-17
 

Honors and Accolades

At the NCAA Championship

2017 - Cross Country
237th - 22:10.0 (6K)

At the NCAA Regional

2017 - Great Lakes Regional
88th-22:14.7 (6K)

At the Big Ten Championships

2017 - Cross Country
68th-22:08.8 (6K)

 

Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

    5'5"
  • 2015Redshirt Freshman

    5'5"
  • 2016Redshirt Sophomore

    5'5"
  • 2017Redshirt Junior

    5'5"