- "I made Virginia Wesleyan my top choice because of the track program, the location and the people"
- Selected VWC over King University, the University of Alabama, Randolph-Macon College, George Mason University, University of Mary Washington, Sweet Briar College, Bridgewater College and Eastern Mennonite University
Career Highs
Indoor
Pole Vault: 6’ 11.75” - (Captains Invitational & Combined – January 24-25, 2014)
Statistics
Track & Field
First-Year (2013-14): (Indoor) Set a mark at the Captains Invitational & Combined Events in late January, clearing 6’ 11.75” in the pole vault.
Academic Accomplishments: Presidential Scholarship recipient.
Before VWC: Cleared a season-best height of eight feet in the pole vault as a senior… 2013 outdoor sprints captain… Holds both the indoor and the outdoor pole vault records at Fort Defiance… Academic Award recipient four straight years… National Honor Society member.
Personal: Daughter of Amy and Greg Lambert… Mother attended Blue Ridge Community College… Has one brother, Clayton and a sister, Anna.
Get to Know Rachel
- Enjoys all types of music and spending vacation time in the Bahamas
- Current favorites include the book "Eat Pray Love," the movie "She's The Man" and the TV series "The Big Bang Theory"
- A fan of American vaulter Jennifer Suhr and Bugs Bunny
- Self-description in 10 words or less: "smart, driven, athletic, talkative, outgoing, caring"
- My favorite aspect of being an athlete is: "competing against myself to see what I can do"
- The part of my game I've improved the most is: "height. It clearly improved by an entire foot by senior season."
- My personal athletic goal at VWC is: "to improve another foot, in not more, in the vault"
- If I could spend one day with a famous person from any time period it would be: "President Obama, because he has overcome so much controversy because he has a strong will. I would love to pick his brain about his success and to know what it's like to be the president in such a pressing time"
- It's the year 2030 and: "I'm translating from some type of emergency services in a big city in the south"
- People might be surprised to know: "I grew up living beside cows"
- The most important advice I've received is: "keep laughing and playing" -- Mike Lilly
