2017-2018 Women's Track and Field Roster
Rachel Okun
- Position:
- Sprint/Mid-Distance
- Class:
- Senior
- Major:
- Finance
- Hometown:
- White Plains, N.Y.
- High School:
- White Plains
PERSONAL RECORDS
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY RECORD HOLDER
Indoor Distance Medley Relay – 11:48.30
Outdoor Distance Medley Relay – 11:37.78
PATRIOT LEAGUE CHAMPION
2016 Indoor Distance Medley Relay – 11:52.76
2018 OUTDOORS: Competed in the 400m in fours meets with a season-best (1:02.03) coming at the Lehigh Games…Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll and the ECAC President’s Honor Roll.
2018 INDOORS: Ran a season-best 400m (1:02.59) at the Lehigh Angry Birds Challenge…Competed in the 800m (2:29.40) at the Lehigh John Covert Classic…Posted a season-best 500m (1:20.84) at the Dr. Sander Invitational Armory Challenge.
2017 OUTDOORS: Named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll…Member of the distance medley relay team that set a new school record of 11:37.78 with their fifth place performance at the Penn Relays DMR college race…Finished fifth in the 800m (2:20.56) at the Lafayette 7-Way Invitational…Part of Distance Medley Relay team that ran at the Penn Relays.
2017 INDOORS: Part of the third-place distance medley relay team that broke the school record by running 11:48.30 at the Patriot League Championships…Member of winning 4x400 relay team at the Lehigh-Lafayette dual meet…Took second place out of 26 runners in the 400m (1:00.85) at the Lehigh Season Opener.
2016 OUTDOORS: Placed 15th in the 400m dash (1:00.08) and seventh with the 4x400 relay team at the Patriot League Championships…Finished 11th in the 400m dash at the Lehigh Games (1:00.49)…Took home third place in the 400m at the Muhlenberg Invitational (1:01.19)…Had a season-best time of 2:20.64 in fourth place of the 800m run at the Lafayette 7-Way Invitational...Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2016 INDOORS: Named Academic All-Patriot League...First Team All-Patriot League selection…Won a Patriot League championship on the distance medley relay team that set a school and PL Championship meet record (11:52.76)…Competed in the 500m dash at the league championships…Finished second in the 500m dash (1:18.58) at the Bucknell Tune-Up…Took second place in the 800m run at the Lehigh Covert Classic (2:21.90).
2015 OUTDOORS: Competed in the 800 meter run at the Patriot League Championships…Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2015 INDOORS: Finished sixth in the 500 meter run at the Patriot League Championships.
BEFORE LEHIGH: Athletic: Medaled in the Loucks games, participated in Penn Relays…School Record holder indoor SMR (4:26.33) and in the indoor 600m (1:38.80)…Section 1 NY State indoor intersectional relay team (1000-600-200-1600), 600m leg - Junior and Senior year (landed on the podium junior year)…Captain of the XC and Track Teams Senior Year…Multiple All-League, All-County, and Scholar-Athlete awards…Also named team’s Most Outstanding Runner, Top Sprinter, Most Valuable Runner, and Top Newcomer during her career…White Plains High School’s Athletic Departments’ Most Outstanding Female Athlete for 2014…The White Plains Examiner’s Girls Winter Athlete of the Season for 2013. Academic: Salutatorian (out of 500+ students) with a 4.0 GPA…2013 AP Scholar Award…2014 National AP Scholar and AP Scholar with Distinction…White Plains High School Scholar Athlete Award from 2010-14…White Plains Certificate of Appreciation for Community (480+ hours) Service from 2010 – 2014…National Honor Society Member…Math Team Senior Scholarship.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Lori and David Okun…Has one sister, Danielle
GETTING TO KNOW RACHEL
Why did you choose Lehigh? The opportunity to be in the Integrated Business and Engineering program and the opportunity to be part of the track team
What’s your favorite thing about Lehigh? Having such amazing friends here
Major & Why: Computer Science and IBE Finance, I love the problem solving that goes along with computer science
Favorite Class at Lehigh: IBE 050 Freshman Workshop
Favorite Food: Pesto Chicken Panini Sandwich
Favorite Color: Purple, maybe
Favorite Movie: Good Will Hunting/The Princess Bride
Favorite TV Show: Bing Bang Theory
Favorite Website: stack overflow
Favorite place to study: My dorm/house or a secluded spot in an academic building
Biggest sports accomplishment: Ran the 400 leg in Lehigh’s DMR when we won the race at the Patriot League championship in Boston (Feb. 21st, 2016)
Hobbies: Reading, hiking, being outdoors, puzzles, playing fetch with my dog, sleeping
Magazine Cover I'd Like To Be On: Time Magazine
Place I'd Like To Visit: Havasupai Falls
Talent I’d Most Like To Have: Photographic memory
Dream Job: Still figuring that out
If I Didn't Run Track, I Would Play: Volleyball
If I Had $1 Billion, I Would: Donate to charity and get some ‘wish list’ items
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY RECORD HOLDER
Indoor Distance Medley Relay – 11:48.30
Outdoor Distance Medley Relay – 11:37.78
PATRIOT LEAGUE CHAMPION
2016 Indoor Distance Medley Relay – 11:52.76
2018 OUTDOORS: Competed in the 400m in fours meets with a season-best (1:02.03) coming at the Lehigh Games…Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll and the ECAC President’s Honor Roll.
2018 INDOORS: Ran a season-best 400m (1:02.59) at the Lehigh Angry Birds Challenge…Competed in the 800m (2:29.40) at the Lehigh John Covert Classic…Posted a season-best 500m (1:20.84) at the Dr. Sander Invitational Armory Challenge.
2017 OUTDOORS: Named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll…Member of the distance medley relay team that set a new school record of 11:37.78 with their fifth place performance at the Penn Relays DMR college race…Finished fifth in the 800m (2:20.56) at the Lafayette 7-Way Invitational…Part of Distance Medley Relay team that ran at the Penn Relays.
2017 INDOORS: Part of the third-place distance medley relay team that broke the school record by running 11:48.30 at the Patriot League Championships…Member of winning 4x400 relay team at the Lehigh-Lafayette dual meet…Took second place out of 26 runners in the 400m (1:00.85) at the Lehigh Season Opener.
2016 OUTDOORS: Placed 15th in the 400m dash (1:00.08) and seventh with the 4x400 relay team at the Patriot League Championships…Finished 11th in the 400m dash at the Lehigh Games (1:00.49)…Took home third place in the 400m at the Muhlenberg Invitational (1:01.19)…Had a season-best time of 2:20.64 in fourth place of the 800m run at the Lafayette 7-Way Invitational...Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2016 INDOORS: Named Academic All-Patriot League...First Team All-Patriot League selection…Won a Patriot League championship on the distance medley relay team that set a school and PL Championship meet record (11:52.76)…Competed in the 500m dash at the league championships…Finished second in the 500m dash (1:18.58) at the Bucknell Tune-Up…Took second place in the 800m run at the Lehigh Covert Classic (2:21.90).
2015 OUTDOORS: Competed in the 800 meter run at the Patriot League Championships…Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2015 INDOORS: Finished sixth in the 500 meter run at the Patriot League Championships.
BEFORE LEHIGH: Athletic: Medaled in the Loucks games, participated in Penn Relays…School Record holder indoor SMR (4:26.33) and in the indoor 600m (1:38.80)…Section 1 NY State indoor intersectional relay team (1000-600-200-1600), 600m leg - Junior and Senior year (landed on the podium junior year)…Captain of the XC and Track Teams Senior Year…Multiple All-League, All-County, and Scholar-Athlete awards…Also named team’s Most Outstanding Runner, Top Sprinter, Most Valuable Runner, and Top Newcomer during her career…White Plains High School’s Athletic Departments’ Most Outstanding Female Athlete for 2014…The White Plains Examiner’s Girls Winter Athlete of the Season for 2013. Academic: Salutatorian (out of 500+ students) with a 4.0 GPA…2013 AP Scholar Award…2014 National AP Scholar and AP Scholar with Distinction…White Plains High School Scholar Athlete Award from 2010-14…White Plains Certificate of Appreciation for Community (480+ hours) Service from 2010 – 2014…National Honor Society Member…Math Team Senior Scholarship.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Lori and David Okun…Has one sister, Danielle
GETTING TO KNOW RACHEL
Why did you choose Lehigh? The opportunity to be in the Integrated Business and Engineering program and the opportunity to be part of the track team
What’s your favorite thing about Lehigh? Having such amazing friends here
Major & Why: Computer Science and IBE Finance, I love the problem solving that goes along with computer science
Favorite Class at Lehigh: IBE 050 Freshman Workshop
Favorite Food: Pesto Chicken Panini Sandwich
Favorite Color: Purple, maybe
Favorite Movie: Good Will Hunting/The Princess Bride
Favorite TV Show: Bing Bang Theory
Favorite Website: stack overflow
Favorite place to study: My dorm/house or a secluded spot in an academic building
Biggest sports accomplishment: Ran the 400 leg in Lehigh’s DMR when we won the race at the Patriot League championship in Boston (Feb. 21st, 2016)
Hobbies: Reading, hiking, being outdoors, puzzles, playing fetch with my dog, sleeping
Magazine Cover I'd Like To Be On: Time Magazine
Place I'd Like To Visit: Havasupai Falls
Talent I’d Most Like To Have: Photographic memory
Dream Job: Still figuring that out
If I Didn't Run Track, I Would Play: Volleyball
If I Had $1 Billion, I Would: Donate to charity and get some ‘wish list’ items
Volleyball vs. American
Saturday, October 04
Field Hockey vs. Boston U.
Saturday, October 04
Lehigh Sports Central: Men's Cross Country
Wednesday, October 01
Field Hockey vs. LIU
Sunday, September 28
