Riad Rababeh

Photo by: Robert Barclay

Riad Rababeh, Mark Beckmann, Zachary Sleeman

Photo by: Robert Barclay

XC Class:
Sophomore
ITF Class:
Sophomore
OTF Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Dearborn, Mich.
High School:
Dearborn

PERSONAL RECORDS
5K: 15:32.0
8K: 24:51.7
5 Mile: 25:10.0
10K: 31:51.3

Outdoor
5000: 15:46.94
10,000: 31:26.36

Indoor
3,000: 8:56.84
5,000: 14:55.66

2021 (Cross Country): Set 8K and 10K personal-bests in the final month of the season … led the Chippewas with a 31:51.3 10K at the 2021 NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships in Evansville, Ind., good for 85^th overall (Nov. 12) … runner-up in the Central Michigan lineup at the 2021 Mid-American Conference Championships with a 25:41.1 in 33^rd (Oct. 30) … set 8K personal-best at Bradley Pink Classic with a 35^th-place 24:51.7 (Oct. 15) … finished 14^th in CMU’s season-opening 5k Jeff Drenth Memorial (Sept. 3)

2020 (Outdoor): Redshirted

2020 (Indoor): Placed ninth (14:59.93) in the 5000 meters at the Mid-American Conference Championships (2/28-29) in Akron, Ohio … placed second in the 5000 meters (14:55.66) in the GVSU Big Meet Invitational (2/14).

2019 (Cross Country): Placed 70^th in a career-best 10K time of 32:08.1 at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (11/15) in Madison, Wis. … finished 27^th (8K, 26:25.0) in the Mid-American Conference Championships (11/2) in DeKalb, Ill. … placed 53^rd (8K, 26:04.7) in the Pre-National Invitational (10/19) in Terre Haute, Ind. … placed 36^th (8K, 25:56.0) at the Loyola Lakefront Collegiate Invitational (9/28) … finished 13^th (8K, 26:45.2) at the NIU Huskie Classic (9/6) … finished 12^th (5K 15:34.0) at the CMU Jeff Drenth Memorial (8/30).

2019 (Outdoor): Set a personal best (31:26.36) in the 10,000 meters at the Virginia Challenge (4/19-20) … placed eighth and set a personal best (15:46.94) in the 5000 meters at the Oakland Golden Grizzlies Invitational (4/12-13).

2018 (Cross Country): finished 35th (8K, 25:38.9) at the Mid-American Conference Championships (10/27) in Toledo, Ohio ... was the first Chippewa and placed 20^th overall (8K, 25:43.0) at the Michigan State Spartan Invitational (9/14), helping CMU to a seventh-place finish in a 25-team field … finished 17th (5 miles, 25:09.92) and was the second Chippewa at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational (9/28), helping lead CMU to a fourth-place finish in a 19-team field.

High School: Four-year letterwinner in both cross country and track & field ... cross country and track & field team captain senior year ... holds the Dearborn HS cross country 5k record (15:20.56) and the school track & field mark in the 3,200 meters ... possesses the indoor track junior class state record in the 5,000 meters (15:16) ... top 5K time (cross country): 15:17.7 ... personal records in track: 1,600 meters (4:19.32), 3,200 meters (9:08.97), 5,000 meters (15:08.1) ... 2016 MHSAA Division 1 Cross Country State champion ... two-time all-state in cross country, finishing eighth in 2015 and first in 2016 ... three-time all-region honoree in cross country, placing 13th in 2014, second in 2015 and first in 2016) ... four-time all-league and all-cit (Dearborn Press and Guide) honoree in cross country ... 2015 and 2016 WWAC Cross Country champion ... 2016 MHSAA Region 5 Champion in cross country ... placed 12th at the 2016 Foot-Locker Midwest Regionals, earning Second Team All-Midwest recognition ... Wayne County Championship cross country course record holder (15:20.56) ... named State of Michigan Mr. Cross Country by MITCA (2016) ... honored as Detroit Runner of the Year by MLive Sports ... all-state in track & field ... three-time all-region in Track, finishing seventh in the 1,600 meters in 2013, fourth in the 1,600 in 2014 and first in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters in 2015 ... three-time all-conference and all-city in track ... 2015 MHSAA D1 Region 4 1,600 and 3,200 meters champion ... 2015 WWAC Conference Champion in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 meters ... placed sixth at MITS Indoor Track State Meet in the 3,200 meters (9:39.3) ... third at MHSAA D1 State Finals in the 3,200 (9:10.84)... finished 13th in the 5,000 meters at New Balance Indoor Nationals (15:16), placed 15th in the 5,000 meters at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals (15:08) ... also earned a varsity letter in swimming.