Rachel Sessa

Photo by: Mary Grace Grabill/Northwestern Athletics

Photo by: Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics

August 30, 2023, Evanston, IL: Northwestern Cross Country Internal Media Day at Walter Athletics Center in Evanston, IL on Wednesday, August 30, 2023. (Photo by Stephen Carrera/Northwestern Athletics)

Class:
Graduate Student
High School:
Tewksbury Memorial
Hometown:
Tewksbury, Massachusetts
Prev School:
Georgetown

PB's	Time	Date
800m (Indoor)	2:10.15^	2/25/22 (Big East T&F Championships)
800m (Outdoor)	2:09.59^	4/8/22 (Joe Walker Invitational)
1000m (Indoor)	2:50.78^	1/15/22 (Nittany Lion Challenge)
1500m (Outdoor)	4:23.61^	4/22/22 (Virginia Challenge)
3000m (Indoor)	9:57.15	2/9/24 (BU Valentine Invitational)
Mile (Indoor)	4:51.46^	2/11/22 (BU Valentine Invitational)
4k (XC)	14:54.5	9/1/23 (Flyers Flames Challenge)
5k (XC)	18:22.0^	8/30/19 (Mount St. Mary's Duals)
6k (XC)	21:02.0^	9/13/19 (Lehigh Paul Short Run)

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2023-24: (Cross Country): Competed in four cross country meets ... Placed fourth (14:54.5) in Northwestern debut at the Flames Flyers Challenge (9/1) ... Ran 19:44.5 (55th) at the Badger Classic (9/9) ... Led Northwestern in the Gold Division race at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational (9/29), crossing in 21:45.23 ... Took 78th (22:27.1) at the Bradley Pink Classic (10/13). (Indoor): Finished sixth (5:00.64) in mile run at Aurora Grand Prix (1/19) ... Ran 4:55.94 to place fourth in the mile at the Blue Demon Alumni Classic (1/27) ... Closed indoor season with 3,000m run personal-best 9:57.15 (149th) at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2/9). (Outdoor): Made a pair of appearances in the 1,500m run ... Finished ninth (4:38.56) at the Gary Weineke Memorial (4/13) ... Earned runner-up finish in 4:38.41 at the Len Paddock Open (4/27).

2019-23 (at Georgetown University): Placed first in the 4x800 and sixth in the 800m at the 2022 Big East Indoor Track Championships... Finished second in the 4x800 and fifth in the 1500m at the 2022 Big East Outdoor Track Championships... Earned All-Conference honors in 2019 after finishing second in the 4x800 at the Big East Indoor Championships... 2017 NBNO Emerging Elite Mile Champion... 2016 MIAA All-State mile champion... Three-time All-State Champion in Track... Four-time Boston Globe and Boston Herald All-Scholastic Student Athlete.