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Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges

2021-22 Women's Swimming and Diving

Rachel Wander

  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Highland Park, IL
  • High School Highland Park
  • Events Breaststroke
  • Major Computer Science and Mathematics

Biography



At CMS
Completed her senior season as a member of the CMS women's swimming and diving team, where she competed primarily in the breaststroke events ... Ended her career ranked No. 5 in CMS history in the 100 breast (1:04.19) and eighth in the 200 breast (2:22.34) ... Also part of the second-fastest 200 medley relay team in CMS history (1:43.26). 

2021-22 (Senior)
Honorable Mention All-America (200 medley relay) ... All-SCIAC (100 breast, 200 medley relay) ... CSCAA Scholar All-America Team ...
SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Helped the 200 medley relay team win the consolation final in 1:43.55 at nationals to earn honorable mention All-America honors ... Finished second at the SCIAC Championships in the 100 breast with a time of 1:04.98 ... Also qualified for the finals in the 200 breast and finished seventh in 2:24.65 ... Part of a 200 medley relay team that earned All-SCIAC honors with a second-place finish at the league championships in 1:43.26, the second-fastest time in program history ... Helped the CMS B team win its heat of the 400 medley relay in 3:50.25. 

2020-21 (Junior)
SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Athenas did not compete due to COVID-19.

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.  

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Breaststroke
    4'11"
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Breaststroke
    4'11"
  • 2020-21Junior

    Breaststroke
    4'11"
  • 2021-22Senior

    Breaststroke