Iona Alum Maya Rehberg Competes In 3K Steeplechase At Rio

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- Former Iona College women's cross-country and track and field runner Maya Rehberg competed in the 2016 Olympic Games and the 3,000-meter steeplechase at Estadio Olimpico Joao Havelange on Aug. 13.

Iona College alumna Maya Rehberg competed in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
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Donna Christopher

08/23/2016 3:00 p.m.

Rehberg did not advance to the final after her 15th-place performance in the third of three heats in the event.

Her time of 9:51.73 ranked her 44th among the 52 competitors.The third heat produced the slowest times among the three with just one additional runner outside of the three automatic qualifiers advancing. Six competitors from heat two and five from heat one moved on to the final.

Rehberg's German teammate Gesa Felicitas Krause and all three American performers (Emma Coburn, Colleen Quigley and Courtney Frerichs) were among the 15 qualifiers for the medal heat.

Two other former Gaels compete in Rio -- Leonard Korir in the men's 10,000-meter final Aug. 13 and Anna Holm Baumeister in the women's marathon Aug. 14.

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