Rutgers-Camden Athletics

Kaci Draves has earned three letters with the Rutgers-Camden cross country program and one apiece during the indoor and outdoor track season, despite battling several injuries that have kept her from competing during several seasons. During her first indoor season (2019-20), she ran both the 1,000-meter run and mile events.
 
Academics: ECAC 2018 Spring Semester Academic Honor Roll; Rutgers-Camden Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the 2017 Fall,  2018 Spring and 2020 Spring semesters…Dean’s List student and one of 47 athletes on the 171-member 2020 Spring AD Honor Roll to post a perfect 4.0 GPA. Indoor Track 2019-20: Competed in seven meets, running the mile on six occasions and the 1,000-meter run twice…Ran both events at the Fastrack Season Opener (Dec. 6), setting her PR at 1,000 meters (finishing 13th of 16 in a time of 3:53.06) and placing 29th of 33 in the mile (6:11.46)…Finished fourth of five at 1,000 meters (3:56.04) at the Wagner Seahawk Shootout (Dec. 13)…Ran the mile in her last five meets, including the Dutchmen Invitational (Jan. 17, placing eighth of nine in a 6:49.77 clocking), the Frank Colden Invitational (Feb. 8, 51st of 54, 6:59.45) and the Susquehanna Invitational (Feb. 15, 36th of 41, 7:03.94)…At the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships on Feb. 24, finished 14th of 18 in the mile (6:44.29)…Set her mile PR of 6:31.63 at the ECAC Championships (March 7), finishing 13th of 14.
 
Cross Country 2019: Competed in eight invitationals during the season (three 5K and five 6K events), running second on the team at all meets…Posted 5K times of 25:07.16 and 25:06.9 at the Bryn Mawr Invitational (Aug. 30) and Philadelphia Metro Invitational (Sept. 7), respectively, while finishing 59th of 116 overall and 67th of 105…Placed 126th of 210 (29:48.94) at the 6K NJAIAW Championships (Sept. 21)…Finished 77th of 123 at the Jack Saint Clair Memorial meet (Oct. 12) and 207th of 224 at the Inter-Regional Border Battle (Oct. 19) with 6K times of 30:04.2 and 27:29.1, respectively…Finished 78th of 106 at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships (Nov. 2) in a time of 28:34.9…In her final 5K event of the year, posted a PR of 22:48.05 at the Nick Russo Halloween run (Nov. 10), placing sixth of 14 athletes overall…Closed her season at the NCAA Atlantic Regionals (Nov. 16), finishing 234th of 274 runners in a 28:49.7 clocking.
 
Cross Country 2018: Ran in six meets, including the season-opening 5K Bryn Mawr Invitational (Aug. 31), finishing second on the Raptors and 37th of 102 overall (23:39.7)…Placed fourth on the team in all five of her 6K races, beginning with the Delaware Invitational (Sept. 15), when she was 43rd of 60 overall in a time of 29:56.0…Finished 50th of 117 at the NJAIAW Championships (Sept. 22) with a time of 28:02.44…Was 266th of 357 (31:59) at the Paul Short Run (Sept. 29)…Finished 324th of 347 (27:48.8) at the Inter-Regional Border Battle (Oct. 13)…Closed her season finishing 80th of 97 runners at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships (Oct. 27), posting a 29:34.81 time.
 
Outdoor Track 2018: Ran the 200-meter dash (three times), 400-meter dash (twice) and 800-meter run (once) at six outdoor meets…Posted her top 200-meter time (32.45 to finish 23rd of 24) in her first meet, the Oscar Moore Open (April 6)…Placed 24th of 25 at 400 meters (1:21.57) at the Mid-Week Twilight Invitational (April 11), held at Gwynedd Mercy University…Notched her PR of 1:15.57 at 400 meters (finishing 28th of 32) at the Osprey Open (April 14)…Ran 800 meters (3:04.39, 96th of 97) at the Widener Invitational (April 21)…Closed the season with back-to-back races in the 200-meter dash at the Lions Invitational (April 28) and the New Jersey Athletic Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May 5), placing 60th of 64 (32.64) and 27th of 27 (33.01), respectively.
 
Cross Country 2017: Led the Scarlet Raptors in one race and finished second on the team in her other three invitationals during her collegiate athletic debut season…Was Rutgers-Camden’s top runner and placed 11th of 34 overall at the season-opening 5K Wilmington University Invitational (Sept. 2), posting a 23:10.30 time…Ran her best 6K time and finished second on the team and 188th of 239 overall at the Inter-Regional Border Battle (Oct. 14)…Finished 58th of 100 overall, and second on the team, at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships (Oct. 28), notching a 27:14.07 clocking…At the NCAA Atlantic Regionals (Nov. 11), finished second on the Raptors and 233rd of 285 overall (27:40.5).
 
High School: Earned four varsity letters in field hockey at Audubon High School…Also played on the Audubon Hotshots travel soccer team…Graduated in 2016.
 
Personal: Born August 7, 1997…Enjoys working out, cooking and spending times with friends…Health Sciences major at Rutgers-Camden who plans to travel and pursue a career in nursing or nutrition…Kaci is the daughter of Theresa and Frank Draves of Audubon.