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2017-18 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Rachel Munger

  • Position Breaststroke/Individual Medley
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Major Business (Leonard N. Stern School of Business)
  • Hometown Oreland, PA
  • High School Springfield Township

Biography

2016-17: Studied abroad during fall semester…competed in the 100-yard breaststroke (fourth, 1:09.11), 200-yard IM (second, 2:11.72) and 200-yard breaststroke (second, 2:25.11) at the NYU Winter Invitational (2/3-4…IAAC Spring Honor Roll.

2015-16: Set a program record in the 200-yard IM (2:07.23) and set a season best in the 400-yard IM (4:38.77) at the UAA Championships (2/17-20)…won the 200-yard IM at the University of Rochester Invitational (10/23-24) and at the NYU Fall Invitational (11/6-7) with respective times of 2:15.23 and 2:14.14…swam a personal best in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:23.62) and a season best in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:07.00) at the MIT Invitational (12/4-6)…UAA Winter Sport All-Academic.

2014-15: Swam personal best in the 100-yard breaststroke (fifth place, 1:06.16) and season best in the 200-yard breast (second place, 2:23.84) at the ECAC Championships (12/5-7)…finished 10th in the 100-yard breast (1:06.20) at the UAA Championships (2/11-14)…made her collegiate debut as a member of the Violets’ second-place 200-yard medley relay team vs. SUNY Cortland (10/11)…won the 100-yard breast and the 200-yard breast at the Rochester Invitational (10/24-25)…member of the Violets’ winning 400-yard medley relay team at the NYU Fall Invitational (11/7-8)… Intercollegiate Athletic Advisory Committee Fall Honor Roll.

High School: Four-year team member…captain as a senior…state qualifier all four years…All-State honoree as a sophomore, junior and senior…class salutatorian…National Honor Society member…Harvard Book Award recipient…volunteered as a swim coach and for the Philadelphia Treats for Troops…also a four-year water polo team member and a swimmer for the Upper Dublin Aquatic Club.

Personal: Enjoys eating, traveling and going to the beach…father played water polo and swam for the University of Richmond.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    Breaststroke/Individual Medley
    5'7"
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    Breaststroke/Individual Medley
    5'7"
  • 2017-18Senior

    Breaststroke/Individual Medley
    5'7"