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2019-20 Women's Swimming Roster

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Rachel Samson

Rachel Samson

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Position:
    Individual Medley/Butterfly
  • Height:
    5-6
  • Hometown:
    Newtown, Pa.
  • Highschool:
    Council Rock North
  • Major:
    Sport Psychology / Pre-Physical Therapy

Summary

Biography

2019-20: Led the Knights to a silver medal in the 800-yd freestyle relay and bronze in the 200-yd and 400-yd freestyle relays at the 2020 MAC Championships… Earned Arcadia Athletics Award of Merit... Placed sixth in the 400-yd IM (4:49.58) and eighth in the 200-yd butterfly (2:14.92) and 200-yd IM (2:15.03) at the conference meet… Raced to a pair of first-place finishes in the 200-yd fly and 200-yd IM in the season-opening meet at Hood (10/12)… Won the 100-yd backstroke and 100-yd breaststroke in the Immaculata/Wilkes tri-meet (10/19)… Won three events in the Albright meet (11/2), coming in the 200-yd back, 200-yd fly, and 200-yd IM… Also won three events against King’s (11/16) - the 100-yd and 200-yd free and the 200-yd IM… Won the 100-yd free, 200-yd free, and 400-yd IM against Stevenson (1/25) … Won the 100-yd IM and placed second in the 500-yd free at Elizabethtown (1/31)... Named to MAC Honor Roll.

2017-18: Captured silver medal in the 800-yd freestyle relay and bronze medal in the 200-yd and 400-yd freestyle relays at the MAC Championships... Earned First-team All-MAC in 800 freestyle relay and Third-team All-MAC in 400 IM... Helped the 200 medley relay team to a winning time (1:56.42) and took first in her individual events including 200 freestyle (2:05.09), 100 freestyle (57.39) and 200 IM (2:21.24) at Hood (10/14)… Helped earn the top spot in the 200 medley relay (1:59.27) and picked up a win in the 100 breaststroke (1:14.97) against Wilkes (10/20)… Claimed the top spot in the 200 butterfly (2:23.07) and 200 IM (2:20.96) at Ramapo (10/21)… Took first place in the 200 freestyle relay (1:44.18), the 200 butterfly (2:22.47), the 200 breaststroke (2:21.05) and the 200 IM (2:20.96) in a double dual meet with Misericordia and FDU – Florham (10/28)… Helped set a new Lenox Pool record in the 400 freestyle relay (3:47.40), took first in the 200 IM (2:20.06) and finished second in the 200 freestyle (2:01.98) and the 200 breaststroke (2:42.07) against Albright (11/4)… Took the 400 IM (4:53.42) at Franklin and Marshall (11/10)… Helped the team to a first place finish in the 800 freestyle (8:13.99) and finished third in the 200 butterfly (2:24.87) at the Diamond City Invitational (11/18)… Helped the 800 freestyle relay team post the best non-conference championship time in school history (7:59.30), took first in the 200 breaststroke “B” final (2:15.24), and took third in the 200 butterfly (2:19.52), finishing with 49 points at the TCNJ Invitational (12/1)… Registered second place points in the 200 freestyle (2:02.62) and finished third in the 200 IM (2:20.55) in a double dual sweep of Messiah and King’s (1/12)…Picked up three second place finishes in the 200 butterfly (2:23.34), the 100 butterfly (1:04.15), and the 200 IM (2:19.60) at Widener (1/20)… Swam the program’s first ever 100 IM (1:04.61) and finished second in the 100 freestyle (56.67) at Division I La Salle (1/26)… Helped set a new program record in the 800 freestyle relay (7:52.41) coming in second on day one of the MAC Championships (2/15)… Claimed the bronze in the 400 IM (4:45.59) on day three of the MAC Championships (2/17)... Named to MAC Honor Roll and ECAC Academic Honor Roll.

2016-17: MAC Bronze Medalist as a member of the program record-setting 200 Freestyle Relay (1:39.50) and 800 Freestyle Relay (7:55.75), and the 200 Medley Relay (1:48.80)… Second-Team All-MAC as a member of the fourth-place 400 Freestyle Relay (3:37.62)… Received All-MAC Honorable Mention with a seventh-place finish in the 200 Freestyle (2:00.64)… Also placed ninth in the 200 IM (2:15.23) and 14th in the 200 Backstroke (2:18.30) at MACs… Placed in four individual events and two relays as Arcadia placed 7th of 14 teams and was first among Division III programs at the ECAC Winter Championships… Placed in three individual events and three relays as Arcadia won the Diamond City Invitational.

High School: 2016 graduate of Council Rock High School North, where she was coached by Ted Schueller and Tori Hall… Served as team captain as a senior… Received the team’s Unsung Hero and Most Consistent awards… was a four-year district qualifier and a two-year state championship qualifier… Helped lead her team to four consecutive league titles.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17First-Year

    Freestyle/Individual Medley
    5'6"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Freestyle/Individual Medley
    5'6"
  • 2018-19Junior

    Individual Medley/Butterfly
    5'6"
  • 2019-20Senior

    Individual Medley/Butterfly
    5'6"