2013 Track and Field Roster
Rachel Viger
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Fort Collins, Colo.
- High School:
- Fort Collins
PERSONAL BESTS
INDOOR
3,000 Meters: 10:41.57 (2012)
5,000 Meters: 17:23.31 (2012)
OUTDOOR
1,500 Meters: 4:51.58 (2012)
5,000 Meters: 16:56.05 (2012)
10,000 Meters: 35:06.26 (2012)
ACADEMIC HONORS
Academic All-MPSF (2012, 13)
Pac-12 All-Academic first team (2012)
2014: Indoor: Did not compete.
Outdoor: Did not compete.
2013: Indoor: Did not compete.
Outdoor: Did not compete.
2012: Indoor: Viger raced twice for the Buffs. She started the season at the Air Force Team Challenge (1/28), finishing third overall in 10:41.57. Her second race was the 5k at the Husky Classic (2/10); Viger finished in 17:23.31.
Outdoor: Viger focused on the 10,000 during her first outdoor campaign and clocked a personal best of 35:06.26 at the Stanford Invite (4/6). Viger went on to race at the Pac-12 Championships and placed 15th in the 10k (36:24.08). She qualified for the NCAA West Prelims in the 10k and finished 22nd overall with a time of 35:49.79.
2011: Indoor: Redshirt. Did not compete.
Outdoor: Redshirt. Did not compete.
CROSS COUNTRY: (2013) Viger raced once for CU, finishing sixth overall at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational. (2012) Viger had a great season, starting right off the bat with a fifth-place finish at the Rocky Mountain Shootout as CU’s No. 3 harrier. She raced to a 66th-place finish at pre-nationals and followed that up by placing 27th at the Pac-12 Championships. She was the Buffs’ No. 4 harrier in the final two meets of the season. Viger placed 31st at regionals and was 174th at nationals. (2011) Viger competed in four varsity meets for the Buffs. She started the season at pre-nationals, placing 59th overall as CU’s No. 5 scorer. At the Pac-12 Championships, Viger finished 35th overall. She went on to take 41st at regionals and finished the season with a 169th-place finish at nationals. (2010) Viger earned a spot on the varsity roster in her first season with the Buffs. Her first race was pre-nationals where she finished 125th overall. She improved to 50th overall at the Big 12 Championship two weeks later. Viger came in 69th at regionals and was 225th at the NCAA Championships.
HIGH SCHOOL: Viger was an All-Front Range Conference selection her sophomore, junior and senior years at FCHS. She was named all-state her senior year in cross country and was all-state on the track as a junior and senior. Viger’s team placed third at the 2009 Nike Cross Nationals and was seventh in 2007 and 2008.
HIGH SCHOOL BESTS: 1,600-meters: 5:15; 3,200-meters: 11:05.
IN THE CLASSROOM: Viger earn her degree in chemical engineering and recorded a 3.992 GPA. She and is a member of the Dean’s List and Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll. Viger also earned Academic All-MPSF (2012, ’13) and Pac-12 All-Academic (2012) honors.
PERSONAL: Rachel Elizabeth Viger was born in Fort Collins, Colo. She is the daughter of Charles and Sharron Viger. She enjoys hiking, swimming, camping and reading in her free time.
