Rachel Dildine Season 2026-27

2025-26 -- Swam second leg on school record-setting 200 free relay (1:29.68) that placed ninth and third leg on school record-setting 400 free relay (3:17.94) that placed 10th at B1G Championships... swam third leg on team-leading 800 free relay that placed 11th in 7:12.78 at B1G Championships, which ranks seventh all-time at Iowa... swam third leg on team-leading 400 medley relay that placed 12th at B1G Championships in 3:38.28, which ranks seventh all-time at Iowa... swam third leg on 200 free relay that clocked 1:30.21 and second leg on 400 free relay that posted 3:18.82, which each ranks second all-time at Iowa... swam third leg on 200 medley relay that clocked 1:39.37, which ranks sixth all-time at Iowa... swam collegiate bests in 50 free (22.80) and 200 free (1:49.58) at Hawkeye Invite, and in 100 free (49.75) and 100 fly (53.43) at B1G Championships... the 100 free and 100 fly time rank fifth, and the 50 free time ranks seventh all-time at Iowa... competed at FISU Games in Lima, Peru... swam on nine relay-winning teams, while winning two individual titles... Academic All-Big Ten... Dean's List student (Spring 2025)... letterwinner.

2024-25 -- Won 50 free (22.90), 100 free (49.91), and 100 fly (54.35) with season-best and team-leading times at Hawkeye Invite and B1G Championships... posted a collegiate-best 56.89 in 100 back at Hawkeye Invite... swam third leg on a team-leading 200 medley relay (1:40.15) and first leg of team-leading 200 free relay (1:32.67) at B1G Championships... won five individual races (three 50 free and two 100 fly) and swam on four winning relays (one 200-free, two 200-medley, and one 400-medley)... letterwinner.

High School -- Six-time conference champion (100 butterfly three times, 200 IM twice, 200 free)... two-time all-conference... team MVP as a junior... three-time team conference champion... team finished third at state while a freshman... holds the pool record in the 1oo butterful and 200 IM at Valporaiso high school... Indiana age group state champion in 2018 in the 200 meter IM... coached by Mathew Pavlovich... scholastic All-American as a freshman.

Personal -- Born September 23, 2005... parents are Carolyn Dildine and Theodore Kutscher... step-father, Theodore, played football at Benedictine University... has brother, Evan, and two step siblings, Sebastian and Juliana... human physiology major with a pre-med track.

Dildine's Collegiate Bests

Event	Time	Meet	Date
50 Free	22.80	Hawkeye Invite	11/19/25
100 Free	49.75	at B1G Championships	2/21/26
200 Free	1:49.58	Hawkeye Invite	11/20/25
100 Back	56.89	Hawkeye Invite	11/22/24
100 Fly	53.43	at B1G Championships	2/19/26