After a historic cross country season that culminated in Northwestern’s first national championship berth since 2002, the ‘Cats have enjoyed a winter full of personal bests across the board on the track. As she has throughout the past four years, Rachel McCardell led the way, setting a Northwestern all-time best in the mile on Jan. 17 and in the 3,000 meters on Friday.
Capitalizing on her peak fitness window having prepared for the NCAA Cross Country Championship just two weeks earlier, McCardell kicked off her indoor season by heading to Boston University’s lightning-fast track on Dec. 3 to run the 5,000 meters in the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener.