Rachel Goh Season 2008-09

Rachel Goh Season 2008-09

PositionBACKSTROKE
ClassSenior
HometownMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
Previous SchoolMonash University

Eight-time All-American
Two-time NCAA Champion (100 back)
Five-time SEC Champion (100 back, 200 MR, 400 MR)
Senior Season (2007-08)

Red-shirted to train for Australian Olympic Trials... Swam in three events at the 2008 Telestra Australian Swimming Championships in Sydney, Australia - the selection meet for the 2008 Australian Olympic Team... Her top finish came in the 50m back as she touched in third with a time of 29.42... Also finished seventh in the 100m back with a time of 1:02.41 and swam on the 400m free relay team that finished third with a time of 3:51.59... Swam as part of the Australian National Team at the FINA World Short Course Championships in Manchester, England... Won a silver medal as part of the runner-up Australian 400m medley relay team that finished in 3:52.01... Almost earned an individual medal as she finished fourth in the 100m backstroke with at ime of 57.83... Also competed in the 50m back at short course World Championships, finishing 17th with a time of 28.39.

Junior Season (2006-07)
Earned four All-America honors at the NCAA Championships in the 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay, 100 back and 200 back... Repeated as NCAA champion in the 100 back with an Auburn record time of 51.97... Finished 10th in the 200 back with a time of 1:55.76 and 34th in the 50 free with a time of 22.93... Swam the leadoff backstroke leg (24.43) on the third-place 200 medley relay team that finished in 1:38.06... Also swam the leadoff backstroke leg on the sixth-place 400 medley relay team... At the SEC Championships, Goh repeated as champion in the 100 back with a time of 52.34... She also finished fourth in the 200 back (1:56.99) and 16th in the 50 free (23.41)... Goh also earned a pair of SEC relay titles, swimming the leadoff backstroke leg (24.73) on the winning 200 medley relay team that finished with a time of 1:38.97, following up with a 52.46 leadoff performance on the winning 400 medley relay team that touched in at 3:36.57.

Sophomore Season (2005-06)
Earned Auburn[apos]s first NCAA title in the 100 back ... Swam a 52.35 in the 100 back finals at the NCAA Championship to grab the national title ... Time was just three one-hundredths of a second off the Auburn record ... Finished fifth in the 200 back and had a personal best time in the prelim, 1:55.61 ... Swam the back leg on both the 200 and 400 medley relay[apos]s that finished fifth ... Split a championship field best 24.60 and 52.50 in 50 and 100 back on the relay[apos]s, also season high[apos]s ... Extended Auburn[apos]s win streak at the SEC Championship in the 100 back to seven years ... Swam a then-personal best 53.25 in the finals to grab her first SEC title ... Finished third in the 200 back with a finals time of 1:57.05 ... Had a personal best 23.24 final in the 50 free to take eighth at SEC[apos]s ... Swam the leadoff leg on the winning 400 medley relay and split 53.07 in the back, the fastest first leg of the A final field ... Was the leadoff leg on the 400 free relay that finished second, split 50.70 ... Swam a 25.66 50 back split on the 200 medley relay that ended up fourth at SEC[apos]s ... Did not lose in the 100 back during entire season.

Prior to Auburn
Graduated from Firbank Girls Grammer ... Attended Monash University before transferring to Auburn.

Personal
Full name is Rachel Chiewyin Goh... Parents are Raymond and Mun Goh... Has two brothers, Andrew (23) and Damien (27).