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2016-17 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Rachel Stoddard

Rachel Stoddard

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    Hillsborough
  • Hometown:
    Hillsborough, N.J.

Summary

Biography

2016-17 (Senior): Collected victories in the 100 and 200 breaststroke events and contributed to a first-place result in the 400 medley relay against Cincinnati and Virginia Tech (Jan.23-24) ... finished second in the 100 breaststroke against Penn State and Yale (Jan. 13) ... had five NCAA B cuts, three first-place individual finishes and set a pool record in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:13.67 during the Bruno Invitational (Dec. 2-4) ... collected five NCAA B cuts, Collected a first-place finish and NCAA B standard in the 100 breastroke 1:01.87) and finished second with a NCAA B cut of 2:14.95 during the Frank Elm Invitational (Nov. 18-20) ... competed at the Big Ten versus Team USA College Challenge (Nov. 12-13), where she produced a NCAA B cut in the 200 breaststroke (2:14.00) ... had four event titles, including wins in the 100 breaststroke (1:04.27), 200 breaststroke (2:18.70), 200 IM (2:03.49) and the 400 medley relay (3:45.51) during quad meet with Georgetown, Seton Hall and Villanova (Nov. 4-5) … finished first in the 100 breaststroke (1:03.91) and second in the 200 breaststroke (2:19.49) against Illinois and Northwestern (Oct. 29) … hit the wall third in the 200 breaststroke and fourth in the 100 breaststroke and 200 medley relay against Miami (Fla.), Notre Dame and Purdue (Oct. 28) ... finished second in the 100 breaststroke and placed first in the B-Final of the 200 breaststroke at the Florida Gulf Coast University Classic in Fort Myers, Florida (Oct. 7-8).

2015-16 (Junior): Set two program records in the 100 breaststroke (1:00.82) and the 200 breaststroke (2:11.02) at the ECAC Championships ... helped Rutgers secure a program record in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:39.57 at the 2016 Big Ten Women's Swimming and Diving Championships ...  produced two NCAA "B" cuts in the 100 breast (1:02.20) and 200 breast (2:15.32) and helped RU to a win in the 200 medley relay during dual meet with New Hampshire (Jan. 30) ... picked up a pair of second-place finishes in the 100 breast (1:02.62) and 200 breast (2:17.11) during tri-meet with Penn State and Yale (Jan. 15-16) ... finished first in the 100 (1:03.85) and 200 breast (2:19.80) during tri-meet with Kansas and Miami (Fla.) (Jan. 9) ... recorded a 2016 Olympic Trials cut in the 100 breast with a time of 1:10.82 at the AT&T Winter Long Course Championships in Federal Way, Wash. (Dec. 4) ... produced NCAA 'B' qualifying and first-place times in the 100 breast (1:01.70) and 200 breast (2:12.70) while helping RU secure two meet records in the 200 medley relay (1:41.29) and 400 medley relay (3:43.10) during Frank Elm Invite (Nov. 20-22) ... had first-place times in the 100 breast (1:03.24) and 200 breast (2:20.76) and helped Rutgers to wins in the 200 and 400 medley relay events during quad meet with Georgetown, Seton Hall and Villanova (Nov. 6-7) ... hit the wall first in the 100 breaststroke (1:05.08) and 200 breststroke (2:22.07) against Wagner (Oct. 23) ... collected first-place times in the 100 breaststroke (1:08.53) and 200 breaststroke (2:25.38) during the Sonny Werblin Invite (Oct. 16-17) ... produced career-best time in the 100 IM (59.98) during the Florida Gulf Coast University Invitational (Oct. 2-3).

2014-2015 (Sophomore): Recorded personal bests in both the 100 breaststroke (1:02:12) and the 200 breaststroke (2:13:89) at the NCAA Qualifying Meet (March 1)… competed in the 200 IM at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 18-21)… finished second in the 100 breaststroke (1:05.68) and helped RU place second in the 200 medley relay (1:49.16) during tri meet with Providence and Georgetown (Feb. 7) … contributed to first-place finish in the 200 free relay (1:36.45) against New Hampshire (Jan. 24) … achieved a personal best (24.68) in the 50 free against Penn State (Jan. 16-17) … finished second in the 100 breaststroke (1:05.32) and 200 breaststroke (2:21.28) during tri meet with Miami (Fla.) and Tulane (Jan. 10) …  placed second in the 100 breaststroke (1:06.42) and 200 breaststroke (2:22.86) during quad meet with Georgetown, Seton Hall and Villanova (Nov. 17-18) … helped RU finish first in the 200 medley relay (1:48.34) and hit the wall second in the 100 breaststroke (1:07.23) during Sonny Werblin Invite (Oct. 17).

2013-14 (Freshman): Claimed ninth in the 200 breaststroke at the American Athletic Conference Championships ... also posted a 12th-place finish at AACs in the 200 I.M. ... won the 100 breaststroke (1:07.29) at the Sonny Werblin Invitational, and finished second in the 200 breaststroke (2:25.66) ... posted strong performances at the quad meet against Georgetown, Seton Hall and Villanova, claiming second in the 200 I.M. (2:08.75) and third in the 100 breaststroke (1:05.85).

High School: Four-year member and captain of the Hillsborough High School Varsity swim team ... two-time Athlete of the Month at Hillsborough ... recipient of the Paul Robeson Youth Achievement Award ... garnered All-American times in the three relay events ... named All-Skyland Conference First Team ... earned a spot on the USA Swimming Scholastic All-America squad ... swam for Somerset Valley YMCA in Sommerville, N.J., for 11 years under head coach Matt Donovan ... National Champion in the 50 breast.

Personal: Daughter of Ellen and Sean Stoddard ... has four siblings: Elizabeth, David, Deborah and Daniel ... majoring in Psychology.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Sophomore

    Breast/I.M.
  • 2015-16Junior

    Breast/I.M.
  • 2016-17Senior

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