Raquel Powers

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Newport Beach, Calif.
High School:
Corona Del Mar
Position:
Distance
Major:
Biopsychology, Cognition & Neuroscience

Last Updated: June 8, 2021

Senior (2020-21)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Ran 34:47.21 in the 10,000 meter run for 12th at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships (May 14-16)
• Ran a career-best 16:31.28 in the 5000 meter run for 10th at the B1G Billy Hayes Invitational (April 30-May 1)
• Ran 4:33.23 in the 1500 meter run for 16th at the B1G Indiana Invitational #3 (April 16)

Indoor Track & Field
• Ran a career-best 16:30.96 in the 5000 meter run for 6th at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (Feb. 25-27)
• Ran a career-best 16:51.38 in the 5000 meter run for 8th at the SPIRE B1G Invitational (Feb. 12-13)
• Ran a career-best 9:54.45 in the 3000 meter run for 5th at the Gladstein Invitational (Jan. 23)
• Ran a career-best 4:53.53 in the mile for 6th at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational (Jan. 16)

Cross Country
• Ran 21:40.8 over 6 kilometers (3.73 miles) to finish 10th at the Florida State Winter Last Chance Invitational (March 5)

Junior (2019-20)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Due to the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the 2020 outdoor season was not contested. To help prevent the spread of the virus, the University of Michigan suspended all athletic activities, including practices, effective March 12.

Indoor Track & Field
• Ran a career-best 17:05.58 in the 5000 meter run for 18th at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 28-29)
• Ran a career-best 4:54.76 in the mile for 20th at the Vanderbilt Music City Challenge (Feb. 14-15)
• Ran a career-best 17:10.96 in the 5000 meter run for 4th at the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational (Feb. 7-8)
• Ran 10:05.20 in the 3000 meter run for 13th at the Power Five Invitational (Jan. 31-Feb. 1)
• Ran 10:11.31 in the 3000 meter run for 10th at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational (Jan. 18)
• Ran 10:12.98 in the 3000 meter run for 6th at the Wolverine Invitational (Jan. 11)

Cross Country
• Ran 21:32.7 over six kilometers (3.73 miles) to finish 5th at the Pre-National Invitational (Oct. 19)
• Ran 21:50.63 over six kilometers (3.73 miles) to finish 28th at the Big Ten Preview (Sep. 28)
• Ran 17:55.1 over five kilometers (3.11 miles) to finish 45th at the John McNichols Invitational (Sep. 21)
• Ran 17:55.1 over five kilometers (3.11 miles) to finish 45th at the John McNichols Invitational (Sep. 21)
• Ran 18:15.3 over five kilometers (3.11 miles) to finish 12th at the Michigan Open (Aug. 30)

Sophomore (2018-19)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Ran 36:49.86 in the 10,000 meter run for 43rd at the NCAA East Preliminaries (May 23-25)
• Ran a career-best 34:39.34 in the 10,000 meter run for 16th at the Big Ten Championships (May 10-12)
• Ran a career-best 9:40.11 in the 3000 meter run for the win at the Len Paddock Open (May 3)
• Ran a career-best 17:08.76 in the 5000 meter run for 2nd at the Virginia Challenge (April 19-20)
• Ran a career-best 9:44.29 in the 3000 meter run for 8th at the Louisville Invitational (April 12-13)
• Ran 17:40.13 in the 5000 meter run for 29th at the Stanford Invitational (March 29-30) in section three.

Indoor Track & Field
• Ran a career-best 4:59.44 in the mile for 27th at the Music City Challenge (Feb. 8-9)
• Ran a career-best 17:24.09 in the 5000 meter run for 4th at the Power Five Invitational (Feb. 1-2)
• Ran 9:56.25 in the 3000 meter run for 15th at the Simmons-Harvey Big Ten Invitational (Jan. 19)
• Ran a career-best 5:07.06 in the mile for 21st at the Wolverine Invitational (Jan. 12)

Cross Country
• Ran 17:43.8 over five kilometers (3.11 miles) to finish 7th at the Eastern Michigan Fall Classic (Oct. 19) , scoring for the team as the Wolverines' No. 3 runner.
• Ran 21:57.1 over six kilometers (3.73 miles) to finish 11th at the Pre-National Invitational (Oct. 13) in the unseeded Gray Race.
• Ran 17:45.1 over five kilometers (3.11 miles) to win the individual title at the Greater Louisville Classic (Sept. 29) in the open race.
• Ran 18:27.2 over five kilometers (3.11 miles) to finish 13th at the Michigan Open (Aug. 31)

Freshman (2017-18)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Redshirted

Indoor Track & Field
• Redshirted

Cross Country
• Running unattached she clocked 17:57.3 over six kilometers (3.73 miles) to finish 2nd at the Eastern Michigan Fall Classic (Oct. 20)
• Running unattached she clocked 19:15.9 over five kilometers (3.11 miles) to finish 25th at the Michigan Open (Sept. 1) in her first collegiate race

Prep

Track and Field: Finished seventh at the 2017 CIF-Southern Section Division 3 Championships over 3,200 meters in 11:14.06 after running a season's best 11:14.06 to qualify for the final … Finished third at 1,600 meters at the 2016 CIF SS-D3 Championships in a career-best 5:06.96 and fifth at 3,200 meters in a career-best 10:59.08 … Finished fifth at 3,200 meters at the 2015 CIF-SS D3 Championships in 11:01.34

Cross Country: Finished 19th overall at the 2016 CIF State Cross Country Championships in 18:29.7 over the 5K course after finishing fourth in the Southern Section Division Finals … Finished 22nd at the 2015 CIF State Championships in 18:26.1 after finishing 12th at the Southern Section Finals … Finished 38th at the 2014 CIF State Championships in 19:12.0

HIGH SCHOOL PERSONAL BESTS
3200m (outdoor) -- 10:59.08
1600m (outdoor) -- 5:06.96
5K (XC) -- 18:26.1
3 Miles (XC) -- 17:27.9

Career-Best Performances (College)

Event	Time	Date
1500m (O)	4:33.23	4-16-21
Mile (I)	4:53.53	1-16-21
3000m (I)	9:54.45	1-23-21
3000m (O)	9:40.11	5-3-19
5000m (I)	16:30.96	2-27-21
5000m (O)	16:31.28	4-30-21
10,000m (O)	34:39.34	5-10-19