Rachel Chenard
Rachel Chenard
Height: 5-8
Year: Senior
Hometown: Saco, Maine
High School: Thornton Academy
Major: Public Health

2015-16 Season: Named to Great Northeast Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... Competed in 11 different events, including four different strokes ... Scored 88 points, including four second-place finishes to rank 15th on the team ... Posted 11 top-five efforts, including four top-four showings in the 500-yard freestyle ... Established four personal-record times, including 12:03.33 in the 1000-yard freestyle and 20:01.43 in the 1650-yard freestyle to place 23rd and 20th, respectively at the New England Intercollegiate Swimming & Diving Association Championship on February 12 ... Finished 11th at the NEISDA Championship in the 400-yard individual medley as part of a 23-point contribution and finished fifth in the 1650-freestyle, while scoring a total of 39 points at the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Championship on December 5 ... Clocked a personal-record time of 33.80 to finish fifth in the 50-yard butterfly vs. Westfield State University on October 24 ... Turned in a pair of second-place efforts in the 500-yard freestyle and 400-yard individual medley at Saint Joseph's College (Maine) on January 10.

2014-15 Season: Tabbed to the Great Northeast Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... Swam in nine different individual events, primarily freestyle races ... Scored 73 points, including four second-place finishes and four third-place efforts ... Scored 32 points with a pair of 11th-place outings at the New England Intercollegiate Swimming & Diving Association Championships on February 13-14 with a time of 2:26.97 in the 200-yard individual medley and a season-best mark of 5:08.06 in the 400-IM ... Scored 14 points at the GNAC Championship on December 6-8, placing fourth in the 200-IM and the 400-IM in addition to finishing sixth in the 1650-freestyle with a season-best time of 20:31.95 and eighth in the 500-freestyle ... Scored seven points vs. Saint Joseph's College (Maine), placing second in the 1000-yard free and third in the 100-breaststroke with a season-best mark of 1:21.06.

2013-14 Season: Named to Great Northeast Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... Scored 41 points on the season and racked up five third-place finishes ... Proved to be a very versatile swimming, competing in 10 different events throughout the season ... Placed 16th in the 200-yard individual medley at the New England Intercollegiate Swimming and Diving Association Championships on February 14 with a time of 2:33.55 after posting a season-best mark of 2:31.48 in the preliminaries.

2012-2013 Season:
Scored 90.5 points...Had 2 first place finishes...Swam in GNAC Championships...

High School/Personal: Three-year letterwinner for Thornton Academy ... Earned All-State and All-Southwestern Maine Activities Association Class A Conference honors as a senior for the Golden Trojans ... Recipient of the Most Improved Award as a junior for TA ... Selected a Captain for Thornton Academy as a senior ... Member of National Honor Society and earned Honor Roll accolades at TA ... Elected to Student Council and was also a member of the Interact Club and Gay-Straight-Transgendered Alliance at Thornton Academy ... Born July 5, 1994 ... Majoring in Public Health with a minor in Biostatistics and Biology at Simmons ... Daughter of Jody Powers and Roger Chenard ... Served as Hall Council Vice President in 2014-15 at Simmons.