2018-19 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster
Roster
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/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Free/Breast
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Diving
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Diving
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Fly/Back/Free
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Diving
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
I.M./Breast
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Fly/Free
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Diving
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Fly/I.M.
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Diving
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Fly
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Free
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Fly/I.M.
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Back
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Back/Free
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Free
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Back
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Free
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Free/Back/I.M.
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Back/Fly/I.M.
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Fly
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Fly/I.M.
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Fly/Free
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Free/Back/Fly
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Free/Back
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Diving
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Breast/I.M.
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Free/Back
/ Women's Swimming & Diving
Rachel Byrne
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Bedford
- Hometown:
- Bedford, N.H.
2018-19 (Senior)
2017-18 (Junior)
2016-17 (Sophomore)
2015-16 (Freshman)
High School
Personal
- Claimed her first career diving event win with the 3-meter diving title at the Justin Jennings Colgate Invitational (10/6)
- Won the 1-meter diving title at Michigan State (10/26)
- Finished first in 1-meter diving at Oakland tri-meet between Rutgers, Toledo, and Oakland (10/27)
- Claimed the 1-meter diving title at the Frank Elm Rutgers Invitational (11/30)
- Won the 1-meter diving title on Senior day against Princeton (1/11)
2017-18 (Junior)
- Named Academic All-Big Ten
- Placed 31st in the nation in platform diving and 40th on 1-meter at the 2018 NCAA Championships (3/15-17)
- Qualified for the NCAA Championships with her runner-up finish in platform at the Zone A Championships at Rutgers (3/7) while also posting a B standard qualifying finish of eighth in the 1-meter competition
- Runner-up in 1- and 3-meter diving in the dual meet against Yale (1/12)
- Qualified for the finals in all three events at Princeton's Big Al Open (Dec. 1-3), scoring runner-up finishes in platform and 1-meter, while taking fifth on the 3-meter
- Made the finals in all three events at Rutgers' Frank Elm Invitational (Nov. 17-19), highlighted by a third place finish in 3-meter diving
- Placed third in three consecutive meets on the 3-meter board to start the season
2016-17 (Sophomore)
- Named to the Academic All-Big Ten Team
- Qualified for the NCAA Division I Championships in platform diving, finishing 29th in the nation (March 18)
- Booked a trip to the National Championships with a fifth place finish and score of 434.35 on the platform at the Zone A Diving Championships (March 8)
- Qualified for the 3-meter dive consolation final and also finished 19th in the 1-meter dive at the 2017 Big Ten Swimming and Diving Championships (Feb. 16-17)
- Recorded two Zone qualifying marks in the 1-meter and 3-meter event and finished second and fourth, respectively, during meet with Richmond (Jan. 28)
- Finished sixth with a NCAA Zone mark of 280.60 in the 3-meter dive against Cincinnati and Virginia Tech (Jan. 20-21)
- Added a Zone score of 287.50 in the 3-meter dive against Penn State and Yale (Jan. 13-14)
- Recorded NCAA Zone qualifying marks in the 1-meter dive (275.35) and 3-meter diver (280.75 at the Bruno Invitational (Dec. 2-4)
- Placed fourth in the platform dive (237.35) at the H2Okie Fall Invitational (Nov 17-19)
- Finished third in the 1-meter dive (294.5) and 3-meter dive during quad meet with Georgetown, Seton Hall, and Villanova (Nov. 4-5)
- Placed sixth in both the 1-meter and 3-meter dives in road meet with Miami (Fla.), Notre Dame and Purdue (Oct. 28)
2015-16 (Freshman)
- Competed in the 2016 Big Ten Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
- Finished second in both 1-meter and 3-meter diving events during dual meet with New Hampshire (Jan. 30)
- Participated in the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events during tri-meet with Penn State and Yale (Jan. 15-16)
- Competed in the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events during tri-meet with Kansas and Miami (Fla.) (Jan. 9)
- Produced NCAA Zone qualifying scores in both the 1-meter (267.50) and 3-meter (292.35) dives during Frank Elm Invite (Nov. 20-22)
- Secured NCAA Zone qualifying scores in the 1-meter (265.50) and 3-meter (280.80) dives against Wagner (Oct.23) ...
- Made career debut in both the 1-meter and 3-meter dives during Sonny Werblin Invite (Oct. 16-17)
High School
- A member of Charles River Diving
- Three-time national team member
- Competed in the 2014 USA Diving Zone A Championships and the 2014 AAU National Diving Championships
- Finished two consecutive years as the undefeated New Hampshire State Diving Champion (2013 and 2014)
- A 2012 pole vaulting qualifier
- A Level 9 Junior Olympic gymnast
- A member of the National Honor Society and the National Spanish Honor Society
Personal
- An environmental and business economics major
- Plans on a career in medical sales
- Daughter of Pam and David
- Has one sister, Casey
- A Dean's List honoree
- Proudest sports moment was qualifying and competing in the 2016 NCAA Championships
- Greatest sports influence is Tom Brady
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