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Grace Rainey

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Junior
  • High School William Amos Hough
  • Hometown Davidson, N.C.
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Biography

Olympic Experience
2024 Olympic Experience
Date Event Result
6/16/24 Heat: 100 breast 59th - 1:11.13
Career Accolades
  • 2024-25 CSCAA First-Team Scholar All-American 
  • 2024-25 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
  • 2023-24 CSCAA Scholar All-American (2nd Team)
  • 2023-24 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll 
2024-25 (Sophomore)
  • Set one of Florida Women's All-Time Top-10 Times 
    • 200-yard Breaststroke | 7. - 2:09.51
SEC Championships
  • Member of the SEC Championships second-place team
  • Competed in the 100 breast, 200 breast and 200 IM
  • Contributed to 14 points 
  • Advanced to the 200 breast B Final and earned 13th overall (2:10.83) 
  • Placed 38th in the 100 breast (1:02.50)
  • Finished 42nd in the 200 IM (2:01.37)
Regular Season 
  • Competed in four dual meets, two Invitationals and one tri meet
  • Tallied six top-five finishes 
  • Raced in 23 events 
  • Recorded a career-best time of 2:09.51 in the 200y breast at the Florida Invitational (2/27-3/1)
  • Swam in two events in Florida's road win at Texas A&M (1/17)... Anchored Florida's 400y free relay B team in 53.61 to help the squad finish fourth with an overall time of 3:33.56... Finished seventh in the 100y breast (1:04.89)
  • Finished eighth in both the breast events in Florida's home win against Indiana (1/3)... Clocked a 1:05.85 in the 100y breast and a 2:21.22 in the 200y breast... Swam the breast leg in 30.62 for Florida's 200y medley relay C Team that earned seventh in 1:45.93
  • Competed in five events at the Georiga Fall Invitational (11/20-22)... Clinched third place in the 200y breast with a 2:09.87 time... Went a 1:01.58 in the 100y breast B Final for 14th overall... Advanced to the 400y IM B Final after a career-best time of 4:19.29 to earn 16th overall... Placed third in the 200y IM C Final to earn 19th overall after recording a career-best time of 2:01.20... Swam the breast leg in 1:00.84 in Florida's 400y medley relay C Team that earned seventh in 3:36.10
  • Swam in two individual and two relay events in the Gators road win at Georiga (11/1)... Tied for sixth in the 100y breast (1:05.07) and finished seventh in the 400y IM (4:31.46)... Swam the third leg in 55.90 for Florida's 400y free relay B Team that earned fifth in 3:35.43... Clocked a 29.70 breast split for Florida's 200y medley relay C Team that earned sixth in 1:45.20
  • Finished in the top five in her three events in Florida's tri meet against Rollins College and Tampa (10/25)... Placed second in the 100y breast after touching the wall in 1:04.33... Went 2:23.22 in the 200y breast for fifth... Placed fifth in the 200y IM (2:13.42)
  • Earned fourth place in both breaststroke events in Florida's season opener at Virginia (10/18)... Recorded a 1:08.56 in the 100m breast and a 2:26.98 in the 200m breast 
2023-24 (Freshman)
  • Set two of Florida Women’s All-Time Top-10 Times
    • 100-yard Breaststroke | 10. 1:00.78
    • 200-yard Breaststroke | T7. 2:10.73
SEC Championships
  • Member of the SEC Championships winning team
  • Competed in 200 IM, 100 Breaststroke and 200 Breaststroke
  • Advanced to the C-Final in the 100 and 200 Breaststroke
    • 18th place in the 200 Breaststroke with a 2:11.36 time
    • 19th place in the 100 Breaststroke with a 1:01.01 time
  • Placed 42nd in the 200 IM (2:02.18)
Regular Season
  • Competed in five dual meets, three Invitationals (Auburn Invite, Georgia Invite & Florida Invite) and one tri-meet (Tennessee, Kentucky)
  • Swam in 22 events
  • Won the 100 and 200 Breaststroke events in her first collegiate dual meet win against Vanderbilt
  • Placed in the top-5 14 times during regular season
  • Was a member of at least one relay team in the 200-yard Medley Relay and 400-yard Medley Relay,
Career-Best Times at Florida:
100y Breaststroke 1:00.78 Florida Invitational Feb. 2, 2023
200y Breaststroke 2:09.51 Florida Invitational  March 1, 2025
200y IM 2:01.20 UGA Fall Invitational Nov. 20, 2024
400y IM 4:19.29 UGA Fall Invitational  Nov. 21, 2024

Prior to Florida:
  • Three-time North Carolina 4A State Champion - 100 breast
  • Three-time Scholastic All-American
  • High School All-American
  • Olympic Trial Wave 2 qualifier  - 100 breast, 200 breast

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

  • 2024-25Sophomore

    Breast/IM
    5'8"

  • 2025-26Junior

    Breast/IM
    5'8"

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