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THIS SEASON: A strong freestyler across the board, 2008 junior Rachael Waller is a two-time NCAA Championships participant looking to make bigger contributions in her third year with the team. A versatile freestyler, she is USC's top returning swimmer in the 200y free and is also a key on relays. 2007: Waller raced in the 200y and 500y free for the second year in a row at the 2007 NCAA Championships and also competed in all five of the Trojan relays ... At the 2007 Pac-10 Championships, Waller was 19th in the 500y free (4:51.47), 35th in the 200y free (1:51.67) and 42nd in the 100y free (53.60) ... Her Pac-10 exhibition swim in the 50y free (23.50) was a personal best ... At the 2007 U.S. Summer Nationals, she swam in the 100m fly. 2006: Waller was among a strong freshman class that made its debut at the 2006 NCAA Championships as she raced in the 100y, 200y and 500y free ... She competed in the same trio of races at the Pac-10 Championships, highlighted by an 11th-place in the 200y free (1:48.46). She was 17th in the 500y free in a personal best 4:49.07 ... She also swam at the 2006 U.S. Spring Nationals in four events, topped by a 42nd-place finish in the 100m free. HIGH SCHOOL: Waller of Liberty (Mo.) High is a three-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American and four-time Missouri Valley Swimming All-Academic team member. A five-year veteran of the KC Blazer national team, she was a four-time 200 free Central Sectional winner and was the high-point runner up each year ... Waller was a member of the National Honor Society and her student council, was a two-year PTSA Co-President, earned her school's Academic Achievement award three years and won the USAA National Science Merit Award. PERSONAL: She was born Dec. 18, 1986 ... She is a psychology major ... Her uncle Bart Evans pitched for the Kansas City Royals. WALLER'S PERSONAL RECORDS:
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