Rebecca Mehra Season 2017-18

TFRRS Performance Profile

* Three-Time All-American *

Personal bests (thru 2017):

• 1,500: 4:11.97
• 800: 2:05.81i
• Mile: 4:40.46
• 5,000: 16:23.91
• 3,000: 9:25.48i
• 1,000: 2:43.69i

As a graduate student (2016-17):
Outdoors

• All-America first team (1,500).
• Sixth in 1,500 at NCAA Championships.
• Moved to No. 4 on Stanford's all-time list in 1,500 (4:11.97).
• USTFCCCA All-Academic selection.
• U.S. Championships competitor.
• Set two lifetime bests in the 1,500 within six days of each other.

Indoors

• Anchored Stanford to distance medley relay victory at Penn State National Open.
• Ran 800 personal best of 2:05.81 to finish third at Penn State.
• Set 1,000 best by two seconds while finishing second at the UW Indoor Preview.

Cross country

• Did not compete.

As a senior (2015-16):
Outdoors

• Placed second in the 1,500 at the Pac-12 Championships, running 4:18.38.
• Led coming off final turn before being overtaken by teammate Elise Cranny.
• Set PB of 4:17.04 in finishing second in the second section of the Stumptown Twilight meet on June 23.
• Finished one spot from advancing to the NCAA Championships, by placing third in her section of the NCAA West Prelims.
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
• USTFCCCA All-Academic team.

Indoors

• Anchored Stanford to third in the DMR at the NCAA Championships.
• Ran a personal-best 1,600 split of 4:35.88.
• Anchored Stanford to the nation's No. 1 time in the DMR, to win the Penn State National.
• Her split of 4:36.0 finished off Stanford's 10:54.58, the eighth-fastest time in collegiate history.
• Held off Georgetown's Katrina Coogan to earn the victory in her first anchor leg of any relay at Stanford.
• It was her first anchor leg of any relay at Stanford.
• Won the 1,000 (2:45.28) to open the season at the UW Indoor Preview.

Cross country

• Ran one race, placing 56th at the Pac-12 Championships as the team's No. 9 runner.

Indoors

• Ran one race, placing 12th in her heat of the mile (4:55.19) at the Husky Classic.

Cross country

• Placed 26th at the Pac-12 Championships, as the team's No. 5.
• Was 70th at the NCAA West Regionals, as Stanford's No. 7.
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.

As a sophomore (2013-14):
Outdoors

• Had a breakthrough season, dropping nearly 14 seconds off her 1,500 personal best and earning second-team All-America honors.
• Missed qualifying for the NCAA final by 0.16, placing sixth in her 1,500 semifinal and missing a qualifying spot by two places, finishing 14th overall in 4:21.63.
• Passed five runners on the final lap to nearly qualify.
• Finished third at the Pac-12 Championships, running 4:21.62.
• Set her personal 1,500 best of 4:17.82 while placing 11th in the 'B' race at the Payton Jordan Invitational.
• Was eighth in the NCAA West Prelims (4:19.20).
• Set a four-second PB in the mile by running 4:40.46 to place 10th in the Olympic Development race at the Penn Relays.
• 17th in the Pac-12 5,000 (17:05.60).
• Ran 5,000 PB of 16:23.91 while winning the third section at the Stanford Invitational.
• Third in the Big Meet 1,500.
• Named Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.

Indoors

• Set a personal best in the mile by running 4:44.04 to place seventh at the MPSF Championships on March 1.
• Earlier set a PB with a winning 4:48.84 in the 'B' race of the Husky Classic on Feb. 15.
• Made collegiate indoor debut with a third-place in the 1,000 (2:46.67) and a leg on the runner-up 4x400 at the season-opening UW Indoor Preview on Jan. 18.Cross country

Cross country

• Member of Stanford's 11th-place NCAA team, placing 160th at nationals.
• Placed 33rd at the Pac-12 Championships, as Stanford's No. 3 runner.

As a freshman (2012-13):
Outdoors 

• Ran in only one meet, making her debut by doubling at the Outdoor Opener (March 2).
• Ran 4:31.48 (third) in the 1,500 and 2:16.87 (second) in the 800.

Indoors

• Did not compete.

Cross Country:

• Placed 50th at the Pac-12 meet.

• One of the few in California history to compete in eight state meets -- four in track and four in cross country.
• California state Division III champion in cross country.
• Was second in the state in the 1,600 in 2012 (4:47.33).
• A three time participant in the Nike Cross Nationals with a best finish of 13th in 2009.
• Holds the California state record in the 2,000-meter steeplechase (7:02).
• Set seven school records at Palos Verdes, including the 800 (2:09), 1,600 (4:47.33) and 3,200 (10:25.01), along with the DMR, SMR, 4x400 and 4x1,600.
• Helped Palos Verdes to the Division III state cross-country title in 2011, a second-place finish in 2010 and third place in 2009.
• Coached in high school by Jeff Atkinson, an Olympian and Stanford's mile record holder.
• Also played soccer at Palos Verdes and was the school's Offensive Player of the Year.

Personal:

• Graduated with a bachelor's in international relations.
• Earned her master's in communication with a focus on political communication.
• Received a grant to write her senior paper: "Connecting the Drops: The Negotiation of the Indus Water Treaty,” about a water-distribution treaty signed in 1960 between enemies India and Pakistan that is said to be one of the most successful of its kind, which earned a department award.
• Won a Class of 2016 Award of Excellence.
• Finalist for the James W. Lyons award for service to the University.
• Daughter of Ajay and Jane Mehra.
• Has a younger sister, Monica.

Career results: