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2024-25 Women's Track and Field Roster

Tim Flynn/Colorado School of Mines

Rachel Richtman

  • Position Distance
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Elburn, Ill.
  • High School Kaneland
  • Major Spanish

Biography

Career Times

2025 OUTDOOR: National Qualifier in 3,000m Steeplechase … All-RMAC First Team in 3,000m Steeplechase … RMAC All-Academic First Team … CSC Academic All-District … USTFCCCA All-Academic ... Competed in five meets … Raced to a season and personal best time of 10:34.17 in the 3,000m Steeplechase at the Stanford Invitational … Notched a season and personal best time of 17:57.95 in the 5,000m at the Mines Midweek #2 … Scored eight points at the RMAC Championships, finishing second overall in the 3,000m Steeplechase with a time of 10:53.16 … Also earned a ninth-place finish in the 5,000m at the conference championship meet with a time of 18:30.25 … Finished 20th overall in the 3,000m Steeplechase at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a time of 11:28.34.

2024-25 INDOOR: National Qualifier in Distance Medley Relay … Second Team All-America in Distance Medley Relay … Second Team All-RMAC in Mile … RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll … Competed in five meets … Posted a season-best time of 5:05.35 in the mile at the Colorado Classic … Recorded a season and personal best time of 10:24.68 in the 3,000m at the Colorado Running Company UCCS Invite … Ran a season-best time of 2:24.28 in the 800m at the Colorado Running Company Mountain Lion Open … Finished fifth and score four points in the mile at the RMAC Indoor Track & Field Championships with a time of 5:06.55 … Raced as part of the distance medley relay team at the indoor conference championship meet, helping the team earn a fifth place finish in the event with a time of 12:18.11 … Competed as one member of the Mountain Lions’ distance medley relay team at the NCAA DII Indoor Track & Field Championships, helping the team finish 10th overall with a time of 11:37.99.

2024 XC: RMAC All-Academic First Team … Competed in six meets ... Placed 34th in the 2024 RMAC Cross Country Championship on October 26th ... Finished 36th overall in the 6k at the NCAA Division II South Central Region Cross Country Championships with a time of 23:16.5 ... Ran in the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships 6k and placed 90th overall with a time of 22:04.9.  

2024 OUTDOOR: Did not compete.

2023-24 INDOOR: RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll … Ran a season best time of 5:08.60 in the mile at the RMAC Indoor Track & Field Championship … Competed in the mile and DMR.

2023 XC: RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll … All-RMAC Second Team… Competed in five races… Placed 31st in the 6k with a PR time of 21:39.0 on November 4th at the NCAA Division II South Central Region Cross Country Championships… Finished 8th in the 5k at the UCCS XC Rust-Buster with a time of 18:22.4.

2023 OUTDOOR: Second Team All-RMAC in 3,000m Steeplechase … RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll … USTFCCCA All-Academic ... Clocked a season and personal best time of 10:53.79 in the 3,000m Steeplechase at the APU Franson Last Chance … Finished sixth overall in the 3,000m Steeplechase at the RMAC Outdoor Championships with a time of 11:06.94.

2022-23 INDOOR: RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll … Ran a PR of 4:58.63 in the mile on February 10 at the 8th Annual Indoor Gorilla Classic… Finished first at the Mountain Lion Open in the mile… Competed in the mile and 3000m.

2022 XC: USTFCCCA All Region… RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll… Competed in six meets… Ran a 5k PR time of 17:55.1 at the Louisville Classic on October 1st… Finished 25th at the NCAA Division II South Central Region Cross Country Championships with a 6k PR of 22:20.0.

2022 OUTDOOR: All-RMAC Second Team in 3,000m steeplechase … RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll … PR in 3000m steeplechase (11:32.71) to place fourth at the RMAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Apr. 29-May 1 … Competed in 3000m steeplechase and 5000m.

2021-22 INDOOR: RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll… PR in mile, finishing in 5:22.71, at the RMAC Indoor Track & Field Championships on Feb. 24-26 (15th place)… Ran the mile in four competitions across the season.

2021 XC: RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll … Competed in two races in 2021 … Finished 33rd in a time of 23:45.7 at the MSU Denver Roadrunners Invitational … Crossed the finish line in 235th place on Oct. 2 at the Louisville Classic in 19:01.8.

2021 OUTDOOR: All-RMAC Second Team for the 3000m steeplechase … PR in 1500m at the CSU Pueblo Open/Early Bird on Mar. 19-20 with a 5:15.17 time (21st place) … Competed in the 30000m steeplechase and 1500m.

2020-21 INDOOR: Did not compete.

2020 XC: Competed in all four meets in her first season with the Mountain Lions … Finished in the top-10 of all three regular season meets … Started the season with a sixth-place finish and a 5K PR time of 18:56.9 on Sept. 4 at the UCCS Rust Buster … Placed seventh overall in 19:53.1 two weeks later at the UCCS XC Open … Crossed the finish line in 19:13.2 for a sixth place finish on Oct. 9 at the WT Buffalo Stampede … Notched a 6K PR time of 23:08.0 to finish 34th overall at the RMAC Championship meet.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: 2020 graduate of Kaneland High School ...  Owns a 17:35.0 PR time in the 3 mile, 11:07.4 PR time in the 3200m, a 5:10 PR mile time, a 5:09.86 PR time int he 1600m, nad a 2:20.1 PR time in the 800m ... 4-time Most Valuable Runner for the cross country team ... 3-time Most Valuable Runner for the track & field team ... 2019 Offensive Player of the Year in soccer ... 4-time XC all-conference ... 4-time 2A XC individual all-state ... 2017 2A T&F all-state (1600m and 4x800m relay) ... Helped the team win the 2019 I-8 conference championship, and the 2017 2A Sectional and Regional championships ... 8-time academic all-conference.

PERSONAL: Parents are Tom and Karen Richtman ... Her sister, Becca, runs XC and T&F at Winona State ... Her brother, Matt, runs XC and T&F at Bradley University.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Distance
    5'5"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Distance
    5'5"
  • 2022-23Junior

    Distance
    5'5"
  • 2023-24Senior

    Distance
    5'5"
  • 2024-25Redshirt Senior

    Distance
    5'5"