"To come out in your first year and win the Ivy title is just amazing," distance Coach Ed Sheehan said.

What is even more amazing is that she is going to improve.

"I don't know when she'll stop improving, that's the scary part," women's track Co-Captain Erin Sugrue said. "Every time she goes out, it's as if she sets a personal best."

Rainey's early training under Thompson may have been instrumental to her improvement. Haggerty feels that she has acquired an ability to visualize his suggestions and incorporate them into her running.

Rainey can also clearly visualize her goals for next season. "I want to get in the nationals," she said without hesitation.

With such a difficult goal--only two women at Easterns qualified for nationals this year--Rainey must start training early.

"Next year, I'll train through the fall and I'll come into winter track in better shape," she said.