Rachel Wander
Rachel Wander
  • Height:
    4-11
  • Year:
    So.
  • 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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Athenas Place 12 Student-Athletes on CSCAA Scholar All-America Teams

CLAREMONT, Calif. - A total of 12 members of the CMS women's swimming and diving team earned selections to the College Swimming and Diving Coaches...

July 8, 2020

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CMS Women's Swimming and Diving Wins SCIAC Title; Lewis Repeats as Swimmer of the Year

COMMERCE, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's swimming and diving took a lead into the final day of competition and dominated the...

February 24, 2020

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Sealander, Lewis Set Meet Records as CMS Women's Swimming and Diving Extends Lead on Day Three of SCIACs

COMMERCE, Calif. - Sophomore Augusta Lewis broke her own SCIAC meet record in the 400 IM and sophomore Ava Sealander set a new SCIAC record in the...

February 22, 2020

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CMS Women's Swimming Opens SCIAC Championship with Close Relay Win

COMMERCE, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's 200-yard medley team won by two-tenths of a second over Pomona-Pitzer in the first event of...

February 20, 2020

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CMS Women's Swimming and Diving Aims to Win Back SCIAC Title This Weekend

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's swimming and diving team will try to earn back the SCIAC title this weekend when it heads...

February 19, 2020

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CMS Women's Swimming and Diving wins Nine Events in Final Regular Season Meet

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's swimming and diving team had its final tuneup before the SCIAC Championships at Axelrood...

February 9, 2020

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CMS Women's Swimming and Diving Goes 8-0 in SCIAC with Dual Sweep of Occidental, Whittier

WHITTIER, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's swimming and diving team completed a perfect regular season in SCIAC competition by...

February 1, 2020

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CMS Women's Swimming and Diving Defeats Redlands for Sixth SCIAC Win

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's swimming and diving team, ranked No. 11 nationally in Division III, swept every swimming...

January 18, 2020

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CMS Women's Swimming and Diving Moves to 5-0 in SCIAC with 244-45 Win at La Verne

LA VERNE, Calif. - One day after battling Division I California Baptist down to the final relay, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's swimming and...

January 11, 2020

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CMS Women's Swimming and Diving Cruises Past Caltech in First SCIAC Meet

PASADENA, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's swimming and diving team won 14 of its 16 events as it captured a 230-54 win over Caltech in...

November 10, 2019

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CMS Women's Swimming and Diving Earns No. 15 Spot in Preseason Division III Poll

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's swimming and diving team was ranked No. 15 in the nation in Division III by the College...

October 17, 2019