2018 Track:
Indoor: Appeared in two meets … recorded a 5:23.34 mile at the Vanderbilt Invitational. Outdoor: Appeared in one meet … posted a 4:57.80 in the 1500m race.
2017 Track:
Indoor: Competed in two meets during the indoor season … Finished 11th in the mile at the Orange and Purple Classic with a career-best time of 5:31.01. Outdoor: Competed in the 1500m at the Georgia Tech Invitational and Tennessee Relays.
2016 Cross Country:
Raced in one meet in the 2016 season … Recorded a time of 20:16.9 at the UGA Invitational.
2016 Track:
Did not compete.
2015 Cross Country:
Did not compete.
2015 Track:
Indoor: Ran the 3,000 meters with a time of 10:30.80 at the Samford University Invitational. Outdoor: Ran a leg of the DMR that took sixth (12:04.40) at the Alabama Relays … Ran her season-best 1,500 meters in 4:45.28 at the Georgia Tech Invite.
2014 Cross Country:
Competed in three races … Placed fifth for Georgia Tech and recorded a career-best 5K time of 18:13 at the Florida Mountain Dew Invitational … Finished 20th out 161 runners with a 5K time of 18:34 at the Upstate Invitational.
2014 Track:
Indoor: Did not compete. Outdoor: Did not compete.
High School:
Four year letterwinner in cross country and track … Track team won three-straight region championships (2011-2013) and won the county championship in 2012 … Named to the GHSA all-state track team all four years of high school (2010-2013) … Named the Alpharetta High School track MVP (2011) and the team cross country MVP three years (2011-2013).
Personal:
Full name is Rachel Elaine Thorne … Born on Aug. 20, 1995 … Parents are Kenny and Bridget Thorne … Sister to Zach, Kenedy and Daniel … Father was an all-america tennis player at Tech (1984-88), is in the GT Hall of Fame and is currently the men’s tennis head coach … Mother ran track and cross country at Tech (1986-89) and is also in the GT Hall of Fame … Majoring in industrial engineering.
