BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - In her first 5K race of the season, Rachel Strayer broke a thirteen-year-old record in the 5,0000 meter run at the Hilltopper Relays on Friday, Apr. 1.
The senior out of Murfreesboro, Tenn. finished third in the event with a time of 17:42.25, beating out runners from Division-I schools Purdue-Fort Wayne, Austin Peay and Marshall.
Strayer's time breaks the old record set in 2009 by Aubrey Morris. She beat Morris' time of 18:25.00 by a whopping 42.05 seconds in the race at Western Kentucky. Strayer's time also beats her former outdoor personal best of 18:45.21 by 1:03.04.
Strayer also holds the record for the 5,000 meter run in indoor track & field, running a time of 17:46.93 at the 2020 VMI Indoor Classic.
Man this Strayer kid's pretty fast huh? @rachelmstrayer broke the 13 year-old record in the 5,000 Meter Run at the WKU Relays last night@CN_Track pic.twitter.com/8R2OZCC6Ga
— Carson-Newman Athletics (@CN_Eagles) April 2, 2022
Raymond Brugmans also competed at the Hilltopper Relays in the men's 5K, finishing 13th with a time of 15:43.37. It was the Den Bosch, Netherlands native's first time running the event in outdoor track, finishing above runners from Division-I Purdue-Fort Wayne and Marshall.
Brugmans and Strayer will join the rest of the convocation next week for the Lee Flames Invitational beginning on Friday, Apr. 8. Fans can keep up with all of the Carson-Newman track & field action at cneagles.com
