Rachel Darden

Class:
Junior
High School:
Mansfield Legacy
Hometown:
Mansfield, Texas

Rachel Darden TFRRS Profile

CAREER HONORS
• ACC Indoor Bronze Medalist, Triple Jump (2025)
• All-ACC Indoor First Team, Triple Jump (2025)
• ACC Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2024, 2025)

2024-25
Indoor:
• Competed at seven meets in the long jump and triple jump
• Claimed the bronze medal in the women's triple jump at the ACC Indoor Championships, leaping to a personal-best mark of 12.77m (41-10.75) in the process, the third-best mark in program history
• Also set a personal-best long jump mark of 5.88m (19-3.5) at the ACC Indoor Championships
• Placed ninth in the triple jump at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational with a mark of 12.44m (40-9.75)
• Posted triple-jump marks of 12.39m (40-7.5) to place sixth at the Crossroads of America Invitational and 12.37m (40-7) to finish fourth at the Rod McCravy Memorial Invitational

2023-24
Indoor:
• Competed in six meets in the long jump and triple jump
• Set a new personal-best of 12.33m (40-5.5) in the triple jump to place fifth at the Eagle Elite Invitational
• Leapt to a personal-best mark of 5.36m (17-7) in the long jump at the Rod McCravy Memorial Invite
• Rounded out the top-three in the triple jump at the Bellarmine Open with a mark of 11.95m (39-2.5)

Outdoor:
• Competed at six meets in the long jump and triple jump
• Placed eighth in the triple jump at the ACC Outdoor Championships with a mark of 12.49m (40-11.75)
• Moved into a tie for sixth in school history in the triple jump with a personal-best mark of 12.51m (41-0.5), good for third place at the Bobcat Invitational
• Finished third at the Clark Wood Invitational in the triple jump with a wind-aided leap of 12.57m (41-3)
• Recorded a wind-aided mark of 5.90m (19-4.25) to finish fifth in the unseeded section of the long jump at the Bobcat Invitational

2022-23
Indoor:
• Competed in four meets in the long jump and triple jump
• Recorded a season-best mark of 5.30m (17-4.75) in the long jump at the Commonwealth College Opener

Outdoor:
• Competed in four meets in the long jump and triple jump
• Set a new personal-best of 5.47m (17-11.5) in the long jump at the Clark Wood Invitational

2021-22
Indoor:
• Competed in five meets in the triple jump and one in the long jump
• Registered a mark of 12.22m (40-2) in the triple jump at the ACC Indoor Championships for a ninth-place finish
• Established a season-best long jump of 5.20m (17-0.75) at the Hokie Invitational.

Outdoor:
• Competed in five meets in the triple jump
• Posted a pair of top-two finishes
• Notched a season-best in the triple jump of 12.47m (40-11) in a runner-up finish at the Louisville Invitational
• Placed second in the Clark Wood Invitational with a mark of 12.02mw (2.1)
• Finished eighth in the ACC Outdoor Championships with a leap of 12.10m (39-8.5)

2020-21
Indoor:
• Did not compete in any indoor events

Outdoor:
• Competed in four meets in the long jump or triple jump
• Registered a season-best long jump of 5.28m (17-4) at the UF Tom Jones Invitational
• Opened the outdoor season with a triple jump of 11.94m (39-2.25) to win the Louisville Invitational

Prep/High School Honors:
• Helped Mansfield Legacy High School to the 2019 5A State Championship

Personal:
• Daughter of Rhea Darden and Aaron Brown
• Birthdate is July 31, 2002
• Has two siblings: Michael Darden and Danielle Walters
• Intends to major in psychology