Rachel Wander
Rachel Wander
  • Height:
    4-11
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Highland Park, IL
  • High School:
    Highland Park
  • Events:
    Breaststroke
  • Major:
    Computer Science and Mathematics
  • College:
    Harvey Mudd

Bio

At CMS
Entering her junior season as a member of the CMS women's swimming and diving team, where she competes primarily in the breaststroke events ... Ended her sophomore season ranked No. 5 in CMS history in the 100 breast (1:04.19) and seventh in the 200 breast (2:22.45) ... Also has the fourth-fastest 50-yard breaststroke relay split in school history (29.09) and the eighth-fastest 100 split (1:04.44).

2019-20 (Sophomore)
All-SCIAC (100 breast) ... CSCAA Honorable Mention Scholar All-America ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Came in second place in the 100-yard breaststroke at the SCIAC Championships, finishing in 1:04.19 to move up to fifth in CMS history ... Added a fourth-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:22.45, which moved her into seventh place in CMS annals ... Scored 36 points in the two breaststroke events to help CMS to the team championship ... Also helped the 200 medley and 400 medley B teams to wins in their heats to add 40 more points to the CMS total ... Won five regular season races, including the 200 breast against Caltech, the 100 breast against La Verne, the 200 breast against Redlands, and both events in the CMS Invitational.  

2018-19 (First-Year)
SCIAC All-Academic Team ... 
Qualified for the finals in the 100 breast at SCIAC Championships with a 1:05.31, earning a seventh-place finish ... Also made the finals in the 200 breast with a 2:25.02 and came in ninth ... Won the 100 breast in her first career SCIAC event, a dual with Chapman, and also won it in a dual with Whittier. 

Prior to CMS
Attended Highland Park High School in Illinois, where she was a member of the swimming team ... Also competed for the Highland Park Aquatics Club ... A three-time all-conference selection ... Salutatorian of her high school class ... Participated in the Science Olympiad while in high school. 

Personal
Attends Harvey Mudd, where she majors in computer science and mathematics ... Lists "Math 65: Linear Algebra/Differential Equations" as her favorite course that she has taken in college so far ... Sarah J Maas is her favorite author.  

News Mentions

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Championship Memories Saturday: 2020 Women's Swimming and Diving Takes Back SCIAC Title

CLAREMONT, Calif. - After coming in a close second place for the previous two years, the CMS women's swimming and diving team earned back the...

November 14, 2020