Orange City, Iowa —Rebekah Muilenburg (Orange City, Iowa) has signed a letter of intent to continue her track and field career at Northwestern College next year.
Muilenburg has earned seven letters for the MOC-Floyd Valley High School cross country and track and field teams heading into her senior track season. Muilenburg is a three-time state and Drake Relays qualifier in multiple events, winning the state championship as a member of the 4×400 relay as a sophomore and junior, setting a new record time for class 3A as a junior. She also was part of a state runner-up 4×200 and distance medley along with a 4×200 that won the Sioux City Relays with a record time. In total, Muilenburg has placed in the top five at the state meet seven times and earned all-conference honors eight times. She has personal bests of 12.6 in the 100m, 25.6 in the 200m and 56.1 in the 400m. A member of the National Honor Society and academic all-conference team in both track and cross country, Muilenburg plans to major in biology at Northwestern. She is the daughter of Mark and Lisa.
“We are thrilled to have Rebekah join our women’s track and field team,” commented head coach Scott Bahrke. “She is a very talented 400m runner who has performed well at big meets helping her team set the state record in the 4x400m relay. Rebekah brings great attributes to Northwestern College. She is kind, intelligent and extremely competitive. We look forward to see how God uses Rebekah on campus for the next four years.”
