NEW ROCHELLE, NY — Former Iona College women’s cross country & track and field runner Maya Rehberg competed in the 2016 Olympic Games and the 3,000-meter steeplechase at Estádio Olímpico João Havelange this morning. Rehberg did not advance to Monday’s final after her 15th place performance in the third of three heats in the event.
Rehberg’s time of 9:51.73 ranked 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) are among the 15 qualifiers for the medal heat Monday morning.
Two other former Gaels compete in Rio with Leonard Korir in the men’s 10,000-meter final at 8:25 pm ET tonight (Saturday, Aug. 13) and Anna Holm Baumeister in the women’s marathon tomorrow (Sunday, Aug. 14) at 9:30 am ET. Live coverage can be found on NBC and NBCOlympics.com.
| RK | NAME | COUNTRY | HEAT | RESULT | QUALIFIED |
| 1 | Ruth Jebet | Bahrain | 1 | 09:12.6 | Qualified |
| 2 | Beatrice Chepkoech | Kenya | 2 | 09:17.6 | Qualified |
| 3 | Emma Coburn | United States | 2 | 09:18.1 | Qualified |
| 4 | Habiba Ghribi | Tunisia | 2 | 09:18.7 | Qualified |
| 5 | Sofia Assefa | Ethiopia | 1 | 09:18.8 | Qualified |
| 6 | Gesa Felicitas Krause | Germany | 1 | 09:19.7 | Qualified |
| 7 | Lalita Shivaji Babar | India | 2 | 09:19.8 | Qualified |
| 8 | Colleen Quigley | United States | 1 | 09:21.8 | Qualified |
| 9 | Madeline Heiner Hills | Australia | 2 | 09:24.2 | Qualified |
| 10 | Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi | Kenya | 3 | 09:24.6 | Qualified |
| 11 | Genevieve Lacaze | Australia | 3 | 09:26.3 | Qualified |
| 12 | Courtney Frerichs | United States | 3 | 09:27.0 | Qualified |
| 13 | Lydia Chebet Rotich | Kenya | 1 | 09:30.2 | Qualified |
| 14 | Genevieve Lalonde | Canada | 3 | 09:30.2 | Qualified |
| 15 | Fabienne Schlumpf | Switzerland | 2 | 09:30.5 | |
| 16 | Mariya Shatalova | Ukraine | 1 | 09:30.9 | |
| 17 | Peruth Chemutai | Uganda | 1 | 09:31.0 | |
| 18 | Charlotta Fougberg | Sweden | 1 | 09:31.2 | |
| 19 | Xinyan Zhang | China | 3 | 09:31.5 | |
| 20 | Ozlem Kaya | Turkey | 1 | 09:32.0 | |
| 21 | Anna Emilie Moller | Denmark | 3 | 09:32.7 | |
| 22 | Sviatlana Kudzelich | Belarus | 1 | 09:32.9 | |
| 23 | Fadwa Sidi Madane | Morocco | 1 | 09:32.9 | |
| 24 | Etenesh Diro | Ethiopia | 3 | 09:34.7 | |
| 25 | Hiwot Ayalew | Ethiopia | 2 | 09:35.1 | |
| 26 | Matylda Kowal | Poland | 2 | 09:35.1 | |
| 27 | Sanaa Koubaa | Germany | 2 | 09:35.2 | |
| 28 | Aisha Praught | Jamaica | 3 | 09:35.8 | |
| 29 | Victoria Mitchell | Australia | 2 | 09:39.4 | |
| 30 | Sudha Singh | India | 3 | 09:43.3 | |
| 31 | Diana Martin | Spain | 1 | 09:44.1 | |
| 32 | Salima Elouali Alami | Madagascar | 3 | 09:44.8 | |
| 33 | Ingeborg Lovnes | Norway | 1 | 09:44.9 | |
| 34 | Kerry O’Flaherty | Ireland | 1 | 09:45.4 | |
| 35 | Eliane Saholinirina | Madagascar | 3 | 09:45.9 | |
| 36 | Juliana Paula Dos Santos | Brazil | 1 | 09:45.9 | |
| 37 | Sara Louise Treacy | Ireland | 3 | 09:46.2 | |
| 38 | Ancuta Bobocel | Romania | 3 | 09:46.3 | |
| 39 | Michelle Finn | Ireland | 2 | 09:49.5 | |
| 40 | Tigest Getent | Bahrain | 2 | 09:49.9 | |
| 41 | Tugba Guvenc | Turkey | 3 | 09:49.9 | |
| 42 | Maria Bernard | Canada | 2 | 09:50.2 | |
| 43 | Meryem Akdag | Turkey | 2 | 09:50.3 | |
| 44 | Maya Rehberg | Germany | 3 | 09:51.7 | |
| 45 | Belen Casetta | Argentina | 3 | 09:51.8 | |
| 46 | Erin Teschuk | Canada | 1 | 09:53.7 | |
| 47 | Sandra Eriksson | Finland | 2 | 09:56.8 | |
| 48 | Luiza Gega | Albania | 2 | 09:58.5 | |
| 49 | Anju Takamizawa | Japan | 1 | 09:58.6 | |
| 50 | Anastasiya Puzakova | Belarus | 2 | 10:14.1 | |
| 51 | Lennie Waite | Great Britain | 3 | 10:14.2 | |
| 52 | Amina Bettiche | Algeria | 2 | 10:26.9 |