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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2018-19 Women's Track and Field

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Tom Connelly
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Bill Shearn

Rachel Lee Wilson

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Homewood Flossmoor
  • Hometown Homewood, Ill.

Biography

PERSONAL BESTS
Shot Put: 11.64m (38-2.25)
Discus: 45.80m (150-03)
Hammer: 63.89m (203-1)
Weight Throw: 20.53m (67-4.25)
 
CAREER ACCOLADES
2019 NCAA Outdoor Qualifier (Hammer)
2019 IC4A/ECAC Champion (Hammer)
2019 Ivy League Outdoor Heps Team Champion
2019 Outdoor Heps Champion (Hammer)
2019 Outdoor First-Team All-Ivy (Hammer)
2019 Ivy League Indoor Heps Team Champion
2019 Indoor Heps Champion (Weight Throw)
2019 Indoor First-Team All-Ivy (Weight Throw)
2018 Honorable Mention All-America (Hammer)
2018 NCAA Outdoor Championships Qualifier (Hammer)
2018 NCAA Outdoor Qualifier (Hammer)
2018 Ivy League Outdoor Heps Team Champion
2018 Outdoor Heps Champion (Hammer)
2018 Outdoor First-Team All-Ivy (Hammer)
2018 Ivy League Indoor Heps Team Champion
2018 Indoor Heps Champion (Weight Throw)
2018 Indoor First-Team All-Ivy (Weight Throw)
2017 Outdoor Second-Team All-Ivy (Hammer)
2017 Indoor Second-Team All-Ivy (Weight Throw)
2016 Freshman MVP
First all-time at Penn in the weight throw (20.53m/67-4.25)
First all-time at Penn in the hammer throw (63.89m/203-1)
Fifth all-time at Penn in the discus (45.80m/150-03)

OUTDOOR 2019
  • Competed in nine meets during the outdoor season, primarily in the hammer and discus.
  • Qualified for the NCAA East Region Preliminary (May 25).
  • Captured another hammer throw title at the Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Championship (May 5) with a mark of 63.58m.
  • Won the IC4A/ECAC Championship (May 12) with a mark of 63.23m in the hammer.
  • Finished sixth in the hammer in the 125th running of the Penn Relays (April 27).
  • Unleashed a launch of 63.89m, a PR and program record, in the hammer to win the Sam Howell Invitational (April 6).
  • Picked up five wins in the hammer.
INDOOR 2019
  • Competed in nine events during the indoor season.
  • Captured the weight throw title at the Ivy League Indoor Heptagonal Championship (Feb. 24) with a PR throw of 20.53m.
  • Won seven times overall, at Heps, the Princeton Invitational (Feb. 16), the Villanova Invitational (Feb. 2), the Penn 8-Team Select (Jan. 19), the Wesley A. Brown Invitational (Jan. 12), the Harvard-Penn Dual (Dec. 9) and the TCNJ Indoor Open (Dec. 1).
OUTDOOR 2018
  • Appeared in nine meets throughout the 2018 outdoor season, throwing both the hammer and discus.
  • Placed first in the hammer at the 2018 Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Championships (May 6).
  • Named honorable mention All-America after a 23rd-place finish at the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships (June 6) in Eugene, Ore.
  • Qualified for the NCAA Championships after an 11th-place mark at the 2018 NCAA East Region Prelims (May 24-26).
  • Became the fourth in Ivy League history to break 200 feet in the hammer with a third-place finish at the 2018 ECAC Championship (May 13).
  • Competed in the hammer throw at the Penn Relays (April 26-28).
  • Finished first in the hammer at the Sam Howell Invitational (April 6).
  • Totaled six top-five placements on the year.
INDOOR 2018
  • Competed in all nine possible meets during the 2018 indoor season, making appearances in both the shot put and weight throw.
  • Won the weight throw championship at the 2018 Ivy League Indoor Heptagonal Championships (Feb. 25) with a toss of 18.60m.
  • Set the program record in the weight throw with a distance of 19.22m to start the season at the Lehigh Season Opener (Dec. 1).
  • Tallied a first-place mark in the weight throw at the New Year Invitational (Dec. 9), Villanova Invitational (Feb. 3), Fastrack National Invite (Feb. 9), and Princeton Invitational (Feb. 17).
  • Totaled eight top-five placements on the year. 
OUTDOOR 2017
  • Competed in eight meets during the 2017 outdoor season, making appearances in both the hammer and discus.
  • Finished second, earning second-team All-Ivy, in the hammer at the 2017 Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Championships (May 7).
  • Placed fourth in the hammer at the 2017 ECAC Championships (May 12).
  • Earned first in the hammer at both the Virginia Quad-Meet (April 8) and Transatlantic Series (April 15).
  • Took fifth in the college division of the hammer at the Penn Relays (April 27-29).
  • Totaled eight top-10 placements on the year.
INDOOR 2017
  • Competed in all nine meets during the 2017 indoor season, making appearances in both the shot put and weight throw.
  • Placed second in the weight throw at the 2017 Ivy League Indoor Heptagonal Championships with a school record throw of 18.87m.
  • Set the school record in the weight throw six times during the season.
  • Took first in the weight throw three times during the year: at the Lehigh Season Opener (Dec. 2), the Lehigh Angry Birds Challenge (Jan. 14) and the FasTrack National Invite (Feb.
  • Recorded eight top-three finishes during the year.
OUTDOOR 2016
  • Competed in 11 events during the outdoor season competing in discus, hammer, and shot put.
  • Recorded the second-best throw in school history in the discus at the Augustana Midwest Twilight Qualifier (May 19).
  • Placed fourth in the hammer throw at the 2016 Ivy League Outdoor Track and Field Championships (May 7).
  • Won the hammer throw at the Penn Challenge (March 26).
  • Recorded 13 top-10 finishes during the season.
INDOOR 2016
  • Set the school record in the indoor weight throw at the 2016 Ivy League Indoor Track and Field Championships (Feb. 27) where she placed third. 
  • Placed first in the weight throw at the Wesley Brown Invite (Jan. 30).
  • Won the weight throw at the Princeton Invitational (Feb. 21).
  • Recorded nine top-10 performances during the season.

High School: Two-time state finalist in discus and shot put ... Ranked No. 1 in hammer and weight throw in Illinois ... USATF All-American Jr. Olympics.

Personal: Daughter of Illinois Track and Field Official Lee Thomas Wilson and Kelly O. Wilson ... Enrolled in the School of Engineering and Applied Science as a chemical and biomolecular engineering major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

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  • 2016-17Sophomore

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  • 2017-18Junior

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  • 2018-19Senior

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