Oakland's Rachel Waite Earns Olympic Trial Cuts at Speedo Sectionals

Oakland women's swimmer Rachel Waite earned a pair of Olympic Trials qualifying times last week at the 2015 Speedo Sectionals in Columbus, Ohio in the 100 and 200-meter breaststroke events.

Waite, a rising junior from Tecumseh, Mich., placed runner-up in the 200 breast with a time of 2:31.97, breaking the trial cut time by almost three seconds. In the 100 breast, she earned her Olympic Trial cut time in the prelims with a 1:10.77 and later finished fourth in the championship final with a time of 1:10.83.

The 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials will take place June 26-July 3, 2016, in Omaha, Nebraska, at the CenturyLink Center Omaha for a chance to represent the United States at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.