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Ashton Rakow

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lincoln, Neb
  • Highschool Lincoln Northeast

Biography

2015: Added to her All-Conference total with four additional awards as a junior in 2015 … the GPAC runner-up in the 60 hurdles at the GPAC Indoor Championships … qualified for the 100 hurdles at the GPAC outdoor championships and placed 8th … ran on two relay teams that earned All-GPAC .. 4x100 team was 4th and 4x400 team placed 5th … a Daktronics/NAIA Scholar Athlete and was a Pflieger-Olson Scholar Athlete.

2014: An NCAA qualifier in the hurdles during the indoor and outdoor season … was 11th in the 60 hurdles at the NCAA III Indoor Championships in Lincoln … qualified for the 100 and 400 hurdles at NCAA III Outdoor Championships … was 16th in 100H and 21st in 400H … picked up six All-GPAC awards … was GPAC Champion in the 400 hurdles at outdoor meet … ran on runner-up 4x400 relay and 4th place 4x100 relay … finished 8th in the 100 hurdles after falling in the finals … GPAC Champion in 60 hurdles at indoor meet … placed third in the 4x400 relay … also qualified for GPAC Indoor meet in the 200 … moved up to 2nd all-time in 60 hurdles with a time of 8.83 at the NCAA III Championships … is third all-time in 400 hurdles and fourth in 100 hurdles … improved her hurdle personal best time in every race … a Pflieger-Olson Scholar Athlete.

2013: Had a standout freshman season competing in the hurdles for the Prairie Wolves … a four-time All-GPAC performer … earned her first All-Conference honor placing fourth in the 60 hurdles at GPAC Indoor Championships … won three All-GPAC awards at the outdoor meet … was fifth in the 100 hurdles and ran on the third place 4x100 team and seventh place 4x400 team … ran 14.86 at Concordia Twilight in 100 hurdles to rank eighth all-time … her time of 1:05.81 in the 400 hurdles is sixth all-time … has her name on three different indoor top 10 charts … named a USTFCCAA All-Academic selection.

Academic: Health & Fitness Studies major.

In High School: A four-year letterwinner in track & field at Lincoln Northeast H.S. … was Class A State Runner-up in the 100 hurdles at the 2012 State Track Meet … placed third in the 300 hurdles at State Track as a senior … had personal best times of 14.76 in 100 hurdles and 45.0 in 300 hurdles … four-year letterwinner in softball … an All-Conference and All-City selection in softball … member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Born 3/27/94, daughter of Kelly and Pam Steckelberg … is married to Kyle Rakow.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014Sophomore

  • 2015Junior

  • 2016Senior