- Rebecca Rainer
Back/IM
- CLASS
- SO
- Hometown
- Richmond, Va. (Deep Run)
- Experience
- School
Top Times
(Yards)
200 Free:
1:55.57 (LSU, 10/15/11)
500 Free: 5:05.63 (2011
All-Florida Invitational)
100 Breast: 1:02.48 (Tennessee,
1/28/12)
200 Breast: 2:12.52 (2012
Bulldog Invitational)
100 Fly: 57.53 (FAU,
1/14/12)
200 Fly: 1:59.09 (2012
Bulldog Invitational)
200 IM: 2:00.50 (2012
Bulldog Invitational)
400 IM: 4:14.19 (2012
SEC Championships)
(Meters)
100 Breast:
1:14.86 (Georgia, 10/28/11)
200 Breast: 2:37.82 (Georgia,
10/28/11)
200 IM: 2:23.58 (Michigan
& Stanford, 2011)
400 IM: 4:57.70 (Georgia,
10/25/11)
National/International
Competition: A
member of the USA Junior National Team…Qualified for the 2012 Olympic Trials in
the 100 and 200 breast and 400 IM…The 2010 short-course yard NCSA junior
national champion in the 100 and 200 breast and 400 IM…The only 14 year old to
qualify for the 2008 Olympic Trials, qualifying in the 400 IM… Chosen to attend
the 2008 National Select Camp…Selected to the 2007 Eastern Zones Select Camp.
2011-12: Finished 13th
in the 200 breast (2:!2.71), 15th in the 400 IM (4:16.29) and 18th
in the 100 breast (1:02.48), making two of three of her event’s consolation
final in her first ever SEC Championship performance…Was the fastest freshman
in both breast and IM events ranked second in the 200 breast, third in the 100
breast and fourth in both the 200 and 400 IM events…Had a career performance at
the 2012 Bulldog Invitational (UGA Last Chance Meet) where she recorded
career-low swims in three different events: 200 breast (2:12.52), 200 fly
(1:59.09) and 200 IM (2:00.50)…Finished third in the 200 breast (2:12.81) and
fourth in both the 100 breast (1:03.38, personal best) and 200 IM (2:03.80) in
the season finale against Tennessee…Took third in the 200m breast
(2:39.75), fourth in the 200m IM (2:22.89)…Recorded three top-10 finishes at
the Georgia Tech Invitational touching third in the 200 breast (2:15.08), fifth
in the 200 IM (2:02.30) and sixth in the 400 IM…Claimed the 200 breast title in
2:15.53 to help Florida win it’s double dual against Michigan and Stanford…Won
the 200 breast (2:15.76) and finished third in the 100 breast (1:04.35) in the
victory over FSU…Finished fourth in the 200m breast (2:37.82) and fifth in both
the 100m breast (1:14.56) and 400m IM (4:57.70) against Georgia…Took home the
400 IM title (4:20.44) at the Dallas Classic and added a runner-up finish in
the 200 breast (2:15.44)..Won the 200 breast against Arkansas, touching in
2:15.63…Swam a career-low 200 free (1:55.57) against LSU…Won her first
collegiate victory at the All-Florida Invitational, touching first in the 200
breast (2:14.68), and added a second- and third-place effort in the 400 IM
(4:19.20) and 100 breast (1:04.04), respectively.
Prior to Florida: Attended Deep Run high
School…Trained with NOVA of Virginia under head coach Geoff Brown…One of only
five, six-star recruits by Swimming World Magazine…Rated the No. 7
women’s swimming recruit in the country by CollegeSwimming.com…Three-time
Virginia State Female Swimmer of the Year…Broke a total of 35 Virginia-state
records entering her senior season…Chose Florida over Texas, Georgia, Arizona,
Virginia and Tennessee.
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