Rafaela Averbeck

Position:
Freestyle
Height:
5-6
Class:
Freshman
High School:
DHG Wuerzburg
Hometown:
Pfaffenhofen, Germany

2019-20: Opened the home portion of the schedule with a pair of season best finishes against Ohio … recorded season bests in four events at the Magnus Cup, including an 18^th place finish in the 1650 freestyle … collected fifth place finishes in the 200 freestyle (Davenport), 1000 freestyle (Miami), and 1650 freestyle (Marshall) … swam a season best in the 500 freestyle at the MAC Championships.

Personal/Prior to BGSU: Daughter of Glenn and Jutta Averbeck ... has two siblings, Cyrill and Nadja ... born on May 21, 2001 ... majoring in Architecture and Environmental Design ... attended SGP Pfaffenhofen and DHG Wuerzburg ... earned 7th place in the 400 freestyle and 8th place in the 800 freestyle at the 2018 Open Water German National Junior Championships.

Personal Bests
100 Freestyle: 57.87 (2019 Magnus Cup)
200 Freestyle: 1:59.32 (2019 Magnus Cup)
500 Freestyle: 5:19.36 (2020 MAC Championships)
1000 Freestyle: 11:07.88 (vs. Ohio, 10/25/20)
1650 Freestyle: 18:13.58 (2019 Magnus Cup)
200 IM: 2:18.87 (vs. Ohio, 10/25/19)
400 IM: 4:44.78 (2019 Magnus Cup)