RachelBoice

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Academic Accolades

• SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll – 2019, 2020, 2021
• SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll – 2020, 2021

• SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll – 2019
• SEC Community Service Team – 2021

2021-22 (Senior) 

Outdoor

• Earned a personal best in the 1500m (4:27.93) at the Florida Relays

Indoor

• Ran in the winning Kentucky eighth all-time DMR (11:22.68)  at the Jim Green Invitational

• Earned a personal best in the mile (4:48.84) at the Music City Challenge
• Competed in five meets including SEC Championships

Cross Country

• Ran at NCAA Southeast Regionals in the women’s 6K
• Finished 33rd (21:29.3) in the 6K at SEC Championships, scoring points for Kentucky
• Ran a personal best (21:17.3) in the top half of the field in the FSU Pre-Nationals 6K as one of Kentucky’s top five runners
• Competed in six meets

2020-21 (Junior) 
Cross Country

• Ran in all four meets
• Best finish of 14th at the Commodore Classic as UK won the team title
• 39th at the SEC Championships

Indoor

• Notched personal best in the 800m at the Music City Challenge with a time of 2:14.32
• Had a PB in the mile at the South Carolina Invitational, clocking 4:55.41

Outdoor

• Represented UK at the SEC Championships in the 3000m steeplechase, posting a personal-best mark of 10:33.94 that ranks No. 5 in UK history

• New PB in the 1500m, 4:29.62

2017-18 (Freshman) 
Indoor

• Anchored UK’s SEC seventh-place dmr with a mile leg of 4:57.43 at the conference championships
• Ran a season best 4:56.68 at the Iowa State Classic

Cross country

• 53rd at the SEC Championships in 20:43.30
• Ran at the Penn State Nationals, Louisville Classic, Bluegrass Invitational and Queen City Invitational
• 5k best was 17:58.50 at Louisville Classic
• 6k best was 20:43.30 at SECs

High School 

• Fifth at the Kentucky State meet in the 2018 and sixth in the mile
• PB 2:21.10 came in runner-op performance in late April
• in the 800m and sixth in the mile at Kentucky State Championships in 2017 as a junior
• Won the AAA Region 4 Championship in the and mile in 2018 as a senior
• Ninth in the Kentucky Dream Mile in 2018

Personal 

• Birthday: February 2
• Major: Biology- cellular, molecular and developmental
• Parents: Todd and Bridget Boice
• Siblings: Carissa, Chloe, Scott and Ben Boice

• Hobbies: Enjoys watching movies, playing tennis and reading
• Fun fact: has six dogs, two birds and a cat