Rachel Snyder

	Class: Sophomore
	Hometown: Arvada, Colo.
	High School: Ralston Valley Senior High School

	Position: Fly
	Experience: 1L

02/26/2012

KU Swimmers & Divers Leave Columbia with Plenty of Top Times, Confidence

A grand total 22 KU swimmers and divers help put up 423 points on the board for the Jayhawks

02/25/2012

Jayhawks `Go the Distance' on Big 12 Championships Final Day

Milers and 200 flyers provide plenty of points as Jayhawks comfortably claim fourth place

02/25/2012

Kansas Swimmers in Good Position Following Day #4 Prelims

Fifteen swimmers qualify for night swims including six in the 200 fly

02/24/2012

Kansas Starts Fast, Finishes Strong in Day #3 Prelims

Eight swimmers earn top times as a total of 16 will be competing in finals tonight

02/24/2012

Payne & Filatova Give Kansas Boost in Day #3 of Big 12 Championships

Pair combines for 24 points, while a total of 13 KU swimmers score give their team 115 points on the night

Top Times
500 Free: 5:06.15 (2012 Big 12 Championships)
100 Fly: 57.65 (2012 Big 12 Championships)
200 Fly: 2:06.41 (2012 Big 12 Championships)

High School (Ralston Valley): Qualified for U.S. Open during time at Ralston Valley... Swam for North Jeffco Swim Team under Coach Brett Stoyell.

Personal: Parents are Craig and Lesley Snyder... Rachel is a second generation Jayhawk as her mother attended KU.

Getting to Know Rachel:
Reason you chose KU: It was the one place that had everything I was looking for in a school/swimming program!

Favorite KU tradition: Rock Chalk chant

Favorite sport to compete in other than swimming: Soccer (played until I was 12 years old)

Favorite TV show: Vampire Diaries

Favorite food: New England clam chowder

Website you visit the most: Facebook (several times a day)

Songs at the top of my I-Pod playlist: Super Bass (Nicki Minaj), Man Who Can't Be Moved (The Script), Leavin' (Jesse McCartney)

Farthest you have ever traveled: Disney World in Orlando by plane

Time your alarm clock is set for during swimming season: One hour before I have to be at practice

Describe yourself in one word: Motivated