Rachael Shine competes for the SUNY Oneonta women's cross country team

2015 Dec 4

Rachael Shine a Psycology major from Clifton Park, NY was a member of the 2015 SUNY Oneonta women's cross country team.

The team competed in nine meets this fall and finished in second place at the SUNYAC Championships and had its best finish of second place at the NCAA Atlantic Region Championships. The team also qualified for its third straight NCAA championship where they finished in sixth place.

Rachael was one of the seven Oneonta runners to compete at the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships this fall recording her personal best 6K time of 22:08.0. Shine was All Conference (9th) and finised 19th at the NCAA Atlantic Region championships to earn All- Region Honors. During the regular season Rachael recorded a personal best 4.5K distance time of 16:45.3 at the 12th Annual Oneonta Airfield Invitational and a season best 5K time of 20:22.0 at the SUNY Poly Short Course Invitational.

A liberal arts college with a pre-professional focus, SUNY Oneonta features outstanding and accessible faculty, students committed to academics and community service, exceptional technology, a modern field house and athletic facilities, and a beautiful campus. The college enrolls 6,000 students in its 70 undergraduate majors and 14 graduate programs. Athletes compete at the NCAA Division III Level on 21 teams, and the college is a member of the SUNYAC conference.