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2022-23 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Rachel Blackwell

  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Holton-Arms School
  • Hometown Silver Spring, Md.

Biography

2022-23: ECAC Championships qualifier … Competed in three individual events at ECACs … Took 20th place in the 100 breast with a time of 1:06.37 … Finished 26th in the 100 free with a season-best time of 53.78 … Took 37th in the 50 free with a season-best time of 25.02 … Part of the 400 free relay that took the bronze medal with a time of 3:32.68.

2021-22: Competed in three meets for the Quakers … Swam a season best time of 1:06.47 in the 100 breast in a tri-meet with Cornell and Princeton.

2020-21: All 2020-21 Ivy League winter sports were canceled on November 12 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.

High School: Letter winner and captain of her swim team … Helped Holton-Arms win four Independent School League (ISL) and Washington Metropolitan Prep School Swim Dive League (WMPSSDL) championships as well as a Metro title her junior year … NISCA All-American in 200 medley relay as a junior … Three-time All-WMPSSDL and two-time All-ISL in the 200 medley relay … President of Black Student Union as a junior and senior … Four-year PVS Scholar-Athlete Award recipient … Head’s Letter of Commendation at graduation for school involvement.
 
Personal: Daughter of Roxanne and Melvin Blackwell … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

SwimCloud Bio -> https://www.swimcloud.com/swimmer/404495/

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Breast/IM
    5'7"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Breast
  • 2022-23Junior

    Breast