2011-12: Selected as Eastern's Individual Sport Rookie-of-the-Year in May of 2012... swam the breaststroke on the record-setting (4:08.39) 400 medley relay team at the NEISDA Championships and the breaststroke on the 200 medley relay which earned All-New England honors with a fourth-place finish in a time of 1:53.95 which was .28 off the program record... also contributed to the 200 medley relay which gained All-Little East recognition with a second-place finish at the conference championships... swam her fastest breaststroke times at the NEISDA meet, with times of 33.59 and 2:34.43, respectively, in the final of the 50 and 200 and a mark of 1:13.07 in the preliminaries of the 100... picked up 32.5 points in those three events with finishes of 14th (tie), 13th and 19th, respectively... recorded five first-place finishes in the breaststroke in dual meets during the regular season, three times at 100 yards and twice at 50... was 14th overall (second freshman) in a field of 36 with a total time of 6:09.09 at the Saint Joseph (CT) Pentathlon... improved her times in every regular-season meet in both the 50 and 100 breaststroke... swam the fastest times of the season among all swimmers in the 100 and 200 breaststroke and the second-fastest time in the 50 breaststroke...
High School: Participated in the swim program all four years… earned all-conference accolades… helped program qualify for the states every year… swam the freestyle leg of the program-record 200 medley relay… senior captain… primary events included the 200 IM, 100 breaststroke and 50 freestyle...
PERSONAL: Born Rachael Lynn Thatcher September 16, 1993… Mother: Christine… Father: Robert… Major: Communication… Residence: Newington, CT…
RACHAEL... REVEALED
Favorite athlete of all time: Michael Phelps
Favorite professional sports team: Red Sox
Favorite subject in school: English
A class you’ve taken that you’ll never need to use: Geography
Most beneficial aspect of college life: Freedom
Favorite Smart Phone application: Twitter
Biggest problem facing the world: Poverty
Choice for a last meal: Mexican
If you could go to any sporting event in the world, which would it be?: Olympics
Last movie you’ve seen: Finding Nemo 3D
Favorite musical artist: Ke$ha
Favorite Olympic sport to watch: Swimming
Best advice you’ve ever received: Follow your dreams and never give up
Eastern’s biggest rival: Roger Williams
Your biggest rival: Myself
Pet peeve: People who ask too many questions
Your goals for the upcoming season: Improve in the breaststroke events
If you could travel anywhere in the world, it would be to: Europe
Favorite pizza topping: Veggies
2012/13
100 Back
1:10.84 12th (48) USJ Pent./Oct. 20
50 Breast
34.04 4th (23) UMD Invite/Nov. 10
34.81 1st (5) USJ/Nov. 17
33.79 Ex. RIC/ Feb 2
33.45 Prelims NEISDA/Feb. 8
32.80 9th (26) NEISDA/Feb. 8
100 Breast
1:14.55 2nd (37) USJ Pent./Oct. 20
1:14.20 6th (18) UMD Invite/Nov. 10
1:12.36 5th (27) Little East/Dec. 1
1:14.08 Ex. St. Joe (CT)/Jan. 18
1:14.74 2nd (6) UM Dart/Jan. 19
1.13.43 5th (6) RWU/Jan 26
1.13.25 1st (5) RIC/ Feb 2
1:11.28 12th (32) NEISDA/Feb. 9
200 Breast
2:41.28 3rd (4) USJ/Nov. 17
2:35.84 5th (19) Little East/Dec. 1
2.36.62 5th (6) RWU/Jan 26
2:30.64 Prelims NEISDA/Feb.10
2:29.60 5th (26) NEISDA/Feb.10
100 Fly
1:14.89 16th (36) USJ Pent./Oct. 20
100 Free
1:00.50 10th (49) USJ Pent./Oct. 20
1.00.08 3rd (6) WNEU/ Jan 30
200 Free
2:10.67 4th (6) UM Dart/Jan. 19
2.09.72 2nd (6) WNEU/ Jan 30
500 Free
6:07.48 19th (30) Little East/Dec. 1
5:53.82 3rd (6) Bridgewater/Dec. 8
100 IM
1:10.00 6th (42) USJ Pent./Oct. 20
