Rachel Grove  -  
    Rachel Grove

    Class:
    Sophomore
    Hometown:
    West Des Moines, Iowa
    High School:
    Lakota East
    Position:
    Back

    02/04/2012

    Vikings Defeat UIC on Senior Day

    Next Up: Horizon League Championships (Feb. 22-25)

    11/29/2011

    Cleveland State Sweeps Cleveland Dual Meet Invitational

    Vikings Win 11 of 13 Events to Finish 3-0

    11/18/2011

    Records Fall as Vikings Impress on Day One of TRY Invitational

    Sommerville and Olsson Break Individual School Records

    11/16/2011

    Vikings to Compete at TYR Invitational

    Three-Day Event Begins on Friday (Nov. 18)

    11/16/2011

    Vikings to Compete at TYR Invitational

    Three-Day Event Begins on Friday (Nov. 18)

    2011-12 - FRESHMAN SEASON
    Had team's fifth best time on the season in both the 50-yard (29.04) and 200-yard backstroke (2:09.85)...Had team's fourth best time in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:00.69)... Swam her best times of the season in both the 100 and 200 backstroke in February in a home meet against UIC

    HIGH SCHOOL
    Four-year varsity member for Lakota East High School in Liberty Township, Ohio...earned second team All-Greater Miami Conference honors as a freshman...was a district qualifier all four seasons...swam a personal best of 1:01.28 in the 100 backstroke, and a 2:13.24 in the 200 backstroke...best times of 1:03.26 in the 100 fly and 2:00.43 in the 200 free.

    PERSONAL
    Born October 12, 1992, in West Des Moines, Iowa...daughter of Sharon and Jeff Grove...has an older sister, Natalie Plunkett, who swam at the University of Cincinnati from 2007-09...older brother Stephen was a member of the Cleveland State team from 2006-10...earned honor roll honors in high school and is a member of the National Honor Society...member of Mu Alpha Theta, a math honor society...civil engineering major.