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2018-19 Women's Track & Field Roster

Jose Juarez

Rachel Liegel

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool River Valley
  • Hometown Plain, Wis.

Biography

2018-19 Season
2019 Outdoor: One again finished on the podium in both events at the Horizon League Championships, taking seventh in shot put and eighth in hammer throw, with season bests in both events ... started her final outdoor season taking ninth in shot put at the Joey Haines Invite Mar. 30 ... one week later, finished seventh in the same event at the Jack Shaw Classic ... came in 10th in hammer throw with a toss of 44.25m (145-2) at Louisville April 20 ... just four days later, placed sixth in shot put and seventh in hammer at Marquette ... capped her four-year Panther career at La Crosse May 10.

2019 Indoor: 
Finished on the podium in both of her events at the Horizon League Championships, taking sixth in weight throw and seventh in shot put ... had a season-best toss of 11.92m (39-1 1/4) in shot put at the league meet ... started the season taking sixth in weight throw (15.54m) and eighth in shot put (11.66m) at the Badger Icebreaker Jan. 12 ... one week later, was fifth in weight throw and sixth in shot put at the Tierney Classic ... had a season-best weight throw toss of 15.62m (51-3) to finish runner-up at the Panther Tune-Up Feb. 16 ... that mark now ranks her fifth in program history.


2017-18 Season
2018 Outdoor: Earned her way to the podium in both events at the Horizon League Championships, taking fourth in hammer and sixth in shot put ... had big PRs in both events at the league meet, with a toss of 12.05m (39-6 1/2) in shot put and a throw of 47.26m (155-1) in hammer ... that hammer throw mark now ranks fifth in Milwaukee history ... opened the outdoor season Mar. 31 at the Bill Cornell Classic, taking eighth in hammer at 45.66m and 19th in shot put at 11.35m ... came in third in hammer throw (46.90m) and ninth in shot put (11.03m) at DePaul April 21 ... one week later, finished sixth in hammer (45.93m) at the Drake Alternative ... named to the Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll.


2018 Indoor: Finished 11th in shot put and 13th in weight throw at the Horizon League Championships ... started the season taking sixth in weight throw and seventh in shot put at the season opening Karl Schlender Invite Jan. 13 ... had a season-best weight throw toss of 14.58m (47-10) at the home Tierney Classic Jan. 20 ... came in sixth in weight throw and eighth in shot put at the Parkside Classic Feb. 3 ... was fifth in weight throw and sixth in shot put at the Panther Tune-Up Feb. 17 ... named to the Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll.

2016-17 Season
2017 Outdoor: Came in seventh in shot put and ninth in hammer throw at the Horizon League Championships ... hammer throw mark of 42.95m (140-11) at the league meet is a new PR and ranks seventh in program history ... finished third in shot put at the season opener Mar. 25 ... sixth in shot put and ninth in hammer at Marquette April 7 ... cleared 42.57m (139-8) in hammer throw to take 11th at the Benedictine Invite April 15 ... named to the Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2017 Indoor: Scored in both events as a sophomore at the league indoor championships ... turned in a PR mark of 15.23m (49-11 3/4) in weight throw at the league meet, now ranking sixth in Milwaukee history ... kicked off the year taking fifth in shot put and sixth in weight throw at Whitewater Jan. 14 ... was sixth and ninth in the same events at the Tierney Classic one week later ... placed third in weight throw and fifth in shot put at the Parkside Classic Feb. 4 ... finished third in shot put and fourth in weight throw at the Panther Tune-Up Feb. 18 ... named to the Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll.

2015-16 Season
2016 Outdoor: Finished eighth in shot put, ninth in hammer throw and 11th in discus at the Horizon League Championships ... started the season as runner-up in shot put at the Billiken Kickoff Mar. 19 ... one week later, was fifth in shot put, fifth in hammer and ninth in discus at the Edmonds Invite ... came in fourth in hammer, seventh in shot put and 11th in discus at the Warrior Invite April 16 ... was fifth in shot put, sixth in hammer and 15th in discus one week later at the St. Norbert Invite ... toss in hammer throw of 42.19m (138-5) at St. Norbert now ranks seventh in UWM history.

2016 Indoor: Came in sixth in shot put and 11th in weight throw at the Horizon League Championships as a freshman ... posted PR marks in both events at the league meet, including toss of 13.28m (43-7) in shot put, moving her into eighth place in school history in the event ... made collegiate debut Jan. 16 at the Karl Schlender Invite, taking eighth in shot put and 11th in weight throw ... one week later, was seventh in weight throw and eighth in shot put at the Tierney Quad ... placed third in both events at the Parkside Green & White Jan. 30 ... came in third in shot put and fourth in weight throw - with a mark of 14.02m (46-0) for seventh in program history - at the Panther Tune-Up Feb. 19.


Personal
Daughter of Larry and Pam ... participates in a variety of volunteer opportunities at home church and school ... born Dec. 21, 1996.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

  • 2016-17Sophomore

  • 2017-18Junior

  • 2018-19Senior