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2024 Cross Country Roster

Nikoleta Rafailaki

  • Position Distance
  • Class SR
  • Highschool Second High School
  • Hometown Agios Nikolas, Greece

Biography

Career ResultsĀ 

2022-2023: CROSS COUNTRY - Placed 15th in her season debut at UTA Gerald Richey XC with the time of 18:54.6 for the 5k distance… Placed 50th in the AAC Championship recording a time of 22:49.7 for the 6k distance… Earned AAC All-Academic Team Recognition.

2021-2022: CROSS COUNTRY - Placed 34th in the Aggie Opener...INDOOR - DNP....OUTDOOR - Ran a time of 4:47 in the 1500 and 2:24.73 in the 800 at TCU forĀ the season opener...Placed second in the steeplechase with a time of 11:00.27 at the Mike Fanelli Track Classic...Placed 30th in the 5000 at the AAc Outdoor Championship...

Rafailaki comes from Agios Nikolaos in Greece. Rafailaki won the u-20 national championships in the steeplechase. In 2020, she ranked in the top-15 in the world in the 2000m steeplechase, thanks to her personal best posted in July of 2020. Nikol's best time in the 3k steeplechase is 10:48.19 which she posted this May. Rafailaki competed at Second High School in AgiosĀ Nikolaos on Crete and was coached by her father, Eleftherios, a former national champion. Rafailaki signed with SMU because of the school's excellent combination of athletics and academics.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021FR

  • 2022SO

  • 2023JR

  • 2024SR

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