Rachel Smith (runner)

Rachel Smith (née Schneider, born July 18, 1991) is an American middle- and long-distance runner. She competed collegiately for Georgetown University. Smith represented the United States at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha and at the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo.

Career
Born and raised in Sanford, Maine, Smith began running track in junior high, while attending St. Thomas High School in Dover, New Hampshire. She went on to attend Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where she became a Big East Conference champion, school-record holder, and earned multiple All-American honors. After completing a graduate degree at Georgetown, she moved to Flagstaff, Arizona, to compete professionally for Under Armour. In 2021, she switched sponsorship to Hoka One One, with coaching by Mike Smith.

In 2019, Smith competed in the women's 5000 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar, where she did not advance to the final. In April 2021, she won the USATF road mile championship, ahead of Shannon Osika and Heather Kampf. On June 21, 2021, she finished third in the 2020 US Olympic Trials in the 5000 m, qualifying for the 2020 Summer Games. At the Olympics, she competed in a preliminary round but did not advance to the final.

, Smith has run several of the fastest times ever by an American woman: sixth-fastest mile (4:20.91 in Monaco), the 13th-fastest 5000 m (14:52.04 at Irvine, California), and the tenth-fastest 10000 m (31:09.79 at San Juan Capistrano, California).

Personal
Smith is married to athletics coach Mike Smith, the director of cross country and track and field at Northern Arizona University. They met when he coached her at Georgetown University.

Achievements
Results sourced from athlete's profile on World Athletics.

NCAA
Results sourced from athlete's profile on Track & Field Results Reporting Service (TFRRS).