Maureen Rakovec, a senior at Hawken High School in Gates Mills, Ohio, has given a verbal commitment to Columbia University’s class of 2019.*
Rakovec placed fifth in the 500 free and eighth in the 200 free at the 2014 Ohio State High School Swimming and Diving Championships.
Rakovec trains with Lake Erie Silver Dolphins in Shaker Heights, Ohio. She is a Winter Juniors qualifier in the 200 fly and her best times over the last two seasons are:
| 100y fly: 57.44 | 100m fly: 1:05.16 |
| 200y fly: 2:04.06 | 200m fly: 2:18.21 |
| 500y free: 4:58.04 | 400m free: 4:26.64 |
| 1000y free: 10:32.84 | 800m free: 9:09.74 |
| 1650y free: 17:09.59 | 1500m free: 17:34.58 |
| 400y IM: 4:30.55 | 400m IM: 5:08.07 |
Rakovec is joined by fellow commits:
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*DISCLAIMER: Rakovec has not yet been officially accepted to Columbia. As is true with all Ivy League schools, Columbia’s Admission Office will not send its acceptance letter until the beginning of December, along with those of all Early Decision candidates. The procedure for a recruited athlete like Rakovec is for Admissions to review her transcript and SAT scores, “support (her) application for admissions in the fall,” issue a Likely Letter, then offer her acceptance into the class of 2019.