2012 Women's Cross Country Roster

Rebecca Konieczny

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    West Yellowstone HS
  • Hometown:
    West Yellowstone, MT

Summary

Biography

Cross Country

2010: Finished 14th at the Alaska Nanook Cross Country Invitational in the 6K with a time of 25:24.4.

Nordic Skiing

2012-13 as a senior: Started off the season strong placing 2nd in the 5K Classic with a time of 17:12 and finished 7th in the 10K Freestyle with a time of 36:50:00 at the Nordic Cup...Finished in 10th place in the 15K Classic with a time of 48:37:00 at the Supertour...With two top ten performances at the CCSA Championships, Konieczny finished in 9th place in the 5K Classic with a time of 15:33 and in 6th place in the 15K Freestyle with a time of 51:01:00...Helping Alaska Caputre the Central Region Title Konieczny finished in 6th place in the 10K Freestyle with a time of 31:33:00 at the NCAA Central Region Championships to finish her season...Named CCSA female Skier of the week.


2011-12: Finished fourth in the 5K Classic in early November with a time of 17:25 and finished sixth in the 5K Freestyle with a time of 18:19 in the Nordic Cup...During the US Nationals, Konieczny sprinted to a 20th place finish in the 1.4K with a time of 3:16.31 as well as finishing 33rd in the 30K with a time of 1:12:26.5...Helped the Nanooks claim a Hilltop Invitational Title in January with a 3rd place finish in the 1.4K Sprints...Earned USCSCA All-Academic Team Honors.

2010-11: Helped the Nanooks claim their fifth straight Nordic Cup with her 6th place finish in the 6K with an 18:31.6 and her 5th place finish in the 5K Classic with a 17:10.4; at the US National Championships she was the top Nanook finisher in the 1.4K Freestyle Sprint with her 21st place in a time of 4:14.27; in the 10K Classic she finished 34th with a time of 35:48.8; her 58:28.1 in the 20K Freestyle landed her a 41st place finish; at the CCSA Championships Konieczny finished 24th in the 5K Freestyle with a time of 19:21.1 and 7th in the 15K Classic with a 50:48.1; she finished out this season with a 15th place finish in the 5K Freestyle at the NCAA Central Regional Championships with a time of 19:21.1 and was the top Nanooks finisher with her career-high 2nd place finish in the 10K Classic; earned USCSCA All-Academic Team Honors and was recognized for Academic Honors by the Athletic Department. 

2009-10: Named Most Improved Skier.

2008-09: Finished 12th in the 5K Freestyle at the Alaska Nordic Cup; raced to a 16th place finish at Camp Ripley in the 10K freestyle; represented Team Alaska at the Junior Olympics

Prior to Alaska: Skied four seasons with West Yellowstone High School; finished 13th in 5K Classic at 2007 Junior Olympics; placed 10th in the Classic Sprints at 2008 Junior Nationals; finished 20th at 2007 Junior Nationals; also ran four seasons of track and played three years of volleyball for the Wolverines; placed 6th in 100 meter hurdles in 2007 Montana State Track Meet; set high school record for 300 hurdles as a sophomore with a time of 48.57.

Personal: Daughter of David and Diane Konieczny; currently majoring in Wildlife Biology with a minor in Education.

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  • 2010Junior

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  • 2012Senior