Rachel Fereday

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Baton Rouge, La.
Squadron:
02 Deuce
High School:
Dutchtown

SOPHOMORE YEAR | 2024: Competed in four meets…clocked a career-best 6K time of 23:35.4 to finish 36th out of 107 runners at the Colorado Springs XC Open…posted a 24:23.6 finish at the Ted Castandeda Classic (35th)…helped Air Force to a 10th-place finish at the Woody Greeno/Jay Dirksen Invitational…recorded a 5K time of 19:28.0 to earn the team’s No. 4 finish at that meet, placing 59th in the full 237-runner field…made collegiate debut at the Air Force Classic, finishing ninth behind a three-mile time of 19:00.7.

FRESHMAN YEAR | 2023: Did not compete on the cross country team…focused on the 800-meter run during the track season.

MAJOR TRACK AND FIELD HIGHLIGHTS: All-conference honoree…ran on the 4x800-meter relay that clocked an Academy Record time of 8:54.51 at the Drake Relays in 2024…also anchored the sprint medley relay that posted the program’s No. 2 time (4:03.43) at that meet…member of the distance medley relay that used the fourth-fastest time in Air Force history (11:32.91, adjusted for altitude) to place third at the Mountain West Indoor Championships and collect all-conference honors…debuted on the Air Force Top 10 in the 800-meter run during both the indoor (2:11.08a, No. 5) and outdoor (2:09.28a, No. 8) as a sophomore.

HIGH SCHOOL: Dutchtown High School…four-time Louisiana state 800-meter champion…won both the Division I indoor and 5A outdoor as a junior and senior…finished third in both championships as a sophomore…six-time all-state selection (three indoors, three outdoors)…three-time all-metro honoree in outdoor track and field…set the state’s outdoor class and composite record in the 800-meter run (2:11.75)…also set the Indoor State Championship Meet Record in that event at 2:14.50…school record holder as a sophomore…also lettered three years in cross country…named to the all-academic teams for both cross country and track & field as a senior…two-time AP Scholar…Student of the Year finalist in 2022…graduated with a weighted 4.4 GPA.

PERSONAL: Full name is Rachel Elizabeth Fereday…daughter of Thomas and Laura Fereday…father was a member of the football team at LSU…has two older brothers – Mason, a 2020 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, who commissioned as a cryptologic warfare officer, and Jacob, who is currently attending Memphis Law School…also has one younger brother…majoring in meteorology…most important things are faith and family…hobbies include hiking, rock climbing, playing guitar and piano, painting, cooking, and reading…favorite music is classic rock…member of Cadet Squadron 02.