Rachelle Evans
	Class: Senior Hometown: Dallas, Texas High School: Carter Event: Sprints Experience: 3L

2004 INDOOR: Competed in the 200m, 400m and as a member of the 4x400 relay team … All-American in the 4x400 … relay team led women’s team to a 45th-place finish at Nationals … 200m … finished fifth at the Red Raider Invitational with a time of 25.32 … turned in a time of 25.73 at the Red Raider Classic, finishing 11th … 400m … finished fourth at the Texas Tech Quad with a time of 56.14 … ran a time of 56.67 at the Tyson Invitational and 56.73 at the Big 12 Championships for 33rd and 10th-place finishes, respectively … finished third at the Red Raider Invitational with a time of 56.83 … 4x400 … Wrapped up season with an indoor as well as outdoor school record time of 3:33.85 ... time was team’s only automatic qualifying time as well as seventh-best time in the nation ... turned in two provisional qualifying marks on the season including a school record time of 3:37.04 set at the Tyson Invitational for a first-place finish... other qualifying mark came at the Red Raider Classic, 3:39.35, a first place finish and the fourth-best time in school history ... at the Texas Tech Quad, turned in a time of 3:41.84 for a first-place finish ... wrapped up regular season with a ninth-place finish at the Big 12 Championships with at time of 4:00.58 … finished seventh at Nationals with a time of 3:34.93, second best time in school history.

2003 OUTDOOR: All-region in the 4x400 ... was an at-large selection for the NCAA Championships as a member of the 1,600-meter relay … team ran fastest time of the year and the second fastest time in school history with a 3:34.95 ... all-region performer as she ran the second leg of the 1,600-meter relay that placed fourth in Lincoln, Neb., with a season best time of 3:35.51 … the relay’s time at the regional meet is the third fastest in school history … was a regional qualifier in the 400 … all-conference in the 400 as she placed third in a personal record time of 53.90 … ran the second leg of the sprint medley relay that placed second at the Drake Relays … ran the lead leg of the 1,600-meter relay that took the gold medal at the UTEP Invitational.

2003 INDOOR: All-conference in the 400 and 4x400 relay ... competed in the 200, 400 and the 4x400 for the team ... finished in second at the Red Raider Inviational with a time of 24.76 ... had three first-place finishes in the 400 including the Husker Invitational with a time of 54.81 ... ran a 55.07 at the Big 12 Championship for a sixth-place finish and all-conference honors ... had season best time of 54.59 at the ISU Last Chance ... as a member of the 4x400 relay, turned in two first-place finishes ... ran a 3:43.00 at the Husker Invitational for a season best ... finished in sixth at the Big 12 Championship with a time of 3:43.55.

2002 OUTDOOR: A key member of the 4x100 and 4x400 relays as she ran the opening leg for Tech’s best times of the season for both events...National qualifier in the 4x400 relay...qualified for the finals in the 400 with a prelim time of 55.07, then placed sixth in finals with a time of 54.27, also ran on the 4x100 relay that placed second and ran the second leg of the 4x400 (split time of 53.84) that took third at the Big 12 Championships ...placed first in the 400 with a hand time of 54.0 at the Texas Tech Open ...member of the 4x400 relay that finished fourth at the Penn Relays, ran a split time of 52.7...competed to a third-place finish in the 400m with a time of 53.91 at the Michael Johnson/SW Bell Classic... placed seventh in the 400m (55.65) at the UTEP Invitational ...she ran the first leg in the 4x100 team that competed against a 32-team field and placed sixth out of an eight team final with a time of 45.19, and the first leg in the 4x400 team that competed against a 39-team field to a third-place finish out of an eight team final with a time of 3:36.05 at the 75th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays ...ran for a second-place finish with a time of 55.42 in the 400m at the Texas Tech Invitational... dashed for a time of 55.53 in the 400m earning fourth-place at the Longhorn Invitational.

2002 INDOOR: Indoor All-American in the 4x400 relay...ran the second leg at NCAAs as team placed eighth....earned eight points with a second-place finish in the 400m at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 53.89 and ran the second leg of the 4x400 relay team that placed second. Posted a third-place finish in the 400 at the Texas Tech Classic with a time of 55.91 ... member of 4x4 relay team that sprinted to a Texas Tech record finish of 3:42.36...placed third in the 400 at the Texas Tech Open with a time of 56.86...finished second behind teammate Sibley in the 400m with a time of 55.53 at the Texas Tech Early Bird.

2001 OUTDOOR: Finished third with a posted time of 25.45 in the 200m at the Texas Tech Open …finished third with a posted time of 11.94 in the 100m at the Red Raider Open …took first-place with a posted time of 54.17 in the 400m at Tech vs. Oklahoma …came in fourth at the Big 12 Championships with a posted time of 54.12 in the 400m.

2001 INDOOR: Won first-place with a posted time of 7.67 in the 60m, a personal best, at the Oklahoma Classic …took first-place with a posted time of 55.87 in the 400m at the Red Raider Classic …posted a personal-best time of 55.81 in the 400m at the Big 12 Championships finishing in eighth-place.

HIGH SCHOOL: 2000 graduate of David W. Carter High School in Dallas, Texas…member of cheerleading squad and track teams…1999 Junior Olympic Champion in 400m...was a member of the USA Junior National team that competed in Canada...state qualifier as part of 4x400m relay as junior…also state qualifier in 400m as junior and finished third as senior…won 400m race at 2000 regionals…named all-district as junior and senior and second team all-state as senior …voted NCA All-American cheerleader as senior…personal-best times include 11.84 in 100m, 23.87 in 200m and 54.16 in 400m…member of National Honor Society, Student Council, voted Junior Class Treasurer and to Senior Advisory Board and voted Class Favorite-Best All-Around.

PERSONAL: Born August 24, 1982, in Dallas, Texas…daughter of Harper, Jr. and Glynda Evans…has three sisters, Ramona Evans-Jones, Karen and Kimberly Evans-Kirby...is majoring in exercise sports science with a minor in biology.

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