Rachel Kou
Personal records
| Event | Course | Best | Cut | Date | Meet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 Freestyle | SCY | 25.34 | AA+0.35s to AAA | 2026-04-02 | 2026 YMCA SCY Time Trials venue |
| 100 Freestyle | SCY | 53.43 | AAA+1.74s to AAAA | 2025-12-12 | 2025 MR CIY FLY Holiday Invitational |
| 100 Backstroke | SCY | 59.45 | AA+0.96s to AAA | 2026-04-01 | 2026 YMCA SCY Time Trials venue |
| 200 Backstroke | SCY | 2:10.19 | AA+3.20s to AAA | 2024-12-13 | 2024 MR CIY FLY Holiday Invitational |
| 100 Butterfly | SCY | 58.32 | AA+0.13s to AAA | 2026-03-31 | 2026 YMCA Short Course Nationals fast pool |
| 50 Backstroke | LCM | 33.00 | AA+0.51s to AAA | 2024-08-01 | 2024 YMCA Long Course Championships fast pool |
| 100 Backstroke | LCM | 1:11.35 | AA+2.96s to AAA | 2024-08-02 | 2024 YMCA Long Course Championships fast pool |
| 50 Butterfly | LCM | 35.89 | BB+2.50s to A | 2018-08-08 | EZ LC AG Championship |
Cuts are USA Swimming single-age motivational standards (B → AAAA) at age 17.
Pool tags are a venue speed heuristic (median deviation of all swims there vs each swimmer's typical time) — see the venue page for the method.
IMX / IMR
IMX 17-18 · SCY
765 points (1/6 events — incomplete)
| Event | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 200 BK SCY | 2:10.19 | 765 |
| 500 FR SCY | — | 0 |
| 200 BR SCY | — | 0 |
| 200 FL SCY | — | 0 |
| 200 IM SCY | — | 0 |
| 400 IM SCY | — | 0 |
IMR 17-18 · SCY
1638 points (2/5 events — incomplete)
| Event | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 100 BK SCY | 59.45 | 791 |
| 100 FL SCY | 58.32 | 847 |
| 200 FR SCY | — | 0 |
| 100 BR SCY | — | 0 |
| 200 IM SCY | — | 0 |
Scored against AAAA motivational base times: ordering is exact, absolute points run ~25% above the official USA Swimming scale.
PR splits
100 Backstroke SCY 59.45 RT 0.66s
Front half 28.62s · back half 30.83s
100 Butterfly SCY 58.32 RT 0.75s
Front half 27.16s · back half 31.16s
100 Backstroke LCM 1:11.35 RT 0.86s
Front half 34.05s · back half 37.30s
Reaction time
From electronically-timed starts only (~2% of corpus swims carry a reaction time). PRs with a recorded reaction show an RT chip in the splits section above.
Progression
Faster times are higher. One card per event, all courses & history.