2018-19 Cross Country Roster

Rachel DaDamio 2017-18 Cross Country Roster

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Class Senior
Hometown Bloomfield Village, MI
High School Seaholm
Rachel DaDamio - Cross Country - Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Bio

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AWARDS AND ACCOLADES:

  • 2015 Women’s Cross Country All-ACC Academic Team
  • 2019 All-ACC Second Team, Indoor Distance Medley Relay
  • 2017 All-ACC, Cross Country

AS A SENIOR:

  • Selected to All-ACC Second Team as a member of the Irish DMR team that finished third (11:13.73) at the ACC Indoor Championships
  • Logged a time of 4:44.71 in the mile for a personal best and eighth-place result during the Meyo Invitational
  • Opened indoor track season with a personal best in the 3000-meter run (9:38.16) at the Notre Dame Invitational, placing third in the event field
  • Was an all-region selection with a 20th-place result (20:58.70) at the NCAA Great Lakes Region Cross Country Championships
  • Earned All-ACC recognition for the second straight cross country season with a sixth-place finish and personal best at the ACC Championship (6K) (20:33.80)
  • Posted a personal best in the 5K at the Joe Piane Invitational with a time of 17:08.90
  • In opening cross country start of the season, placed fourth at the National Catholic Invitational (5K) with a time of 17:38.70

AS A JUNIOR

  • Set what was a then-personal best in the 5,000-meter run at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a time of 16:07.39
  • Earned a sixth-place finish in the 5m000-meter run at the ACC Outdoor Championships with a time of 16:24.38
  • Added a third-place result in the 1,500-meter run at the GINA Relays (4:27.81) later in the outdoor season
  • Claimed third place in the 1500-meter run at the outdoor Louisville Invitational (4:29.53)
  • Placed second in the mile at the Alex Wilson Invitational, finishing with a runner-up time of 4:54.27
  • Selected to the All-ACC team in cross country after placing 18th at the ACC Championship (6K) (20:38.80)
  • Finished eighth at the National Catholic Invitational (5K) with an eighth-place finish (18:00.30)

AS A SOPHOMORE:

  • Did not compete due to injury.

AS A FRESHMAN:

  • Competed in the ACC Cross Country Championship 6K (20:45.4)

PREP AND PERSONAL:

  • Graduated from Seaholm (Mich.) High School in June 2015
  • Four-time letterwinner in both cross country and track & field
  • 2015 individual state champion in both indoor and outdoor 1,600 meters
  • 2014 all-state in the 1,600m
  • 2013 all-state in 800 meters
  • Earned All-America honors in the mile with a fourth-place finish at New Balance Indoor Nationals
  • Earned the Presidential Service Award in 2015
  • Daughter of John and Lynn DaDamio
  • Has a brother, Matthew, and a sister, Audrey