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2022-23 Women's Track & Field Roster

Rebecca Craddock

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Brunswick, Ohio
  • High School Brunswick
  • Position Distance
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Biography

NIL Opportunities

2023

Outdoor

  • Ran in the 1500m (4:42.60) at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival

2022

Indoor

  • Fifth in the mile at The Badgers B1G Ten Midwest Invite
  • Second in the 3000m at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invite

Outdoor

  • Personal-best in the 5000m (16:11.64) at the Stanford Invite
  • Third in the 4x1600m relay at the Drake Relays
  • Academic All-Big Ten

2021

Indoor

  • Finished in fifth place at the Big Ten Championships in the 3000 m with a 9:22.82, improving on her already third place standing in school history
  • Won her first race of the year, the 3000 m at the Badger Icebreaker with a time of 9:37.37
  • Won the mile at the Husker Quad with a time of 4:43.86
  • Placed second in the 3000 m at the Hawkeye B1G Invitational with a time of 9:24.95, a personal best and the third fastest time in school history

Outdoor

  • Finished in 30th place in the 5000m at the NCAA West Regional with a time of 16:43.10
  • Took eighth place in the 5000m at the B1G Invite #3 with a 16:18.16, placing her sixth in Illinois history in the event and setting a PR
  • Academic All-Big Ten

2020

Outdoor

  • Outdoor season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar

Indoor

  • Competed at five meets for the Illini, contesting the Mile and the DMR at Big Ten Championships
  • Scored with the DMR at Big Ten Championships, with the Illini relay placing sixth with a finish time of 11:24.80
  • Ran the fifth-fastest mile in program history at the Music City Challenge, clocking a finish time of 4:42.64 to place fourth at the meet
  • Clocked the fifth-fastest 3K finish in program history at the Indiana Relays, timing 9:29.46 to place fifth in the event 
  • Set a PR in the 800m at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invite with a finish time of 2:11.78 to place ninth
  • Finished fourth in the 1000m at the Wieczorek Invite, timing 2:51.05

2019

Outdoor

  • Redshirt Season
  • Academic All-Big Ten

Indoor

  • Ran on the Distance Medley Relay that won the Bronze Medal at Big Ten Championships,
  • B1G Championships DMR clocked a finish time of 11:21.85, the fourth-fastest in Illinois program history
  • Contested the Mile at B1G Championships
  • Set a new personal-best in the 3K at the Iowa State Classic, running the sixth-fastest time in Illini history with a 9:30.97 finish to place second 
  • Placed third in the 800m at the Illini Open, recording a finish time of 2:16.63
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic

2018

Outdoor

  • Qualified for NCAA Prelims in 1500m
  • Competed at Big Ten Championships in both the 1500m and 5K 
  • Ran the sixth fastest 1500m in Illini history, timing 4:21.04 at the Bryan Clay Invite
  • Timed a 2:11.92 800m PR at the Illinois Twilight  
  • Set the eighth-fastest outdoor 5K time in Illinois history, timing 16:30.90 
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic

Indoor

  • Placed eighth at Big Ten Championships in the mile with a time of 4:48.80 in the final
  • Timed the seventh fastest mile at Big Ten Championships in prelims with a finishing time of 4:43.51
  • Ran seventh fastest 3K in Illini history with a time of 9:33.76
  • Set a personal record in the mile with a time of 4:48.92 at Rod McCravy 
  • Won the 800m race at the Illinois Open in her Illini debut, setting a new PR of 2:14.46
  • Timed 9:45.10 in her first collegiate 5K at the Mark Colligan Memorial

High School

  • Ranked No. 4 nationally in the 1600m
  • Two-time medalist at OHSAA State Championships
  • 2017 OHSAA State Track and Field 1600m Runner-Up
  • 2017 OHSAA State Track and Field 3200m 3rd Place
  • 2014 OHSAA State Cross Country 3rd Place
  • 2017 Track and Field Gazette MVP and Athlete of the Year
  • Six-time All-Ohio between cross country and track
  • Seven-time Northeast Ohio All-Conference 
  • Coached by Kerry Hunter

Personal

  • Born April 16, 1999
  • Daughter of Greg and Beth Craddock
  • The second of four children: Sara, Emily and Hannah
  • Chose Illinois for its unique campus and balance of city life, campus life and agriculture for running 
  • Summa Cum Laude 2013-2017
  • National Honor Society Member
  • Credits her dad for pushing her to be her best 

TFRRS Profile

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

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  • 2018-19Sophomore

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  • 2019-20Redshirt Sophomore

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  • 2020-21Redshirt Junior

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  • 2021-22Redshirt Senior

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  • 2022-23Graduate Student

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