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2021-22 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Sophia Smith

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Olathe East
  • Hometown Olathe, Kansas

Biography

ACCOLADES

  • Earned membership into Chi Sigma Alpha
2021-22
  • Placed seventh in the 200 backstroke at the Navy Invitational
  • Placed fifth in the 500 freestyle vs. VMI

2019-20:

  • Competed in three finals at 2020 America East Championships (100, 200 back, 200 IM)
  • Earned a third-place finish in the 200 IM and a fourth-place effort in the 100 backstroke vs. Howard

2018-19:

  • Against East Carolina, finished sixth in the 500 free (5:27.09) and 200 free (2:03.02).
  • In her collegiate debut against Johns Hopkins and Delaware, finished 10th in the 200 free with a time of 2:02.96.

BACKGROUND:

  • Was a second-team State Champion at the 2018 Kansas Girls 6A State Championships
  • Finished eighth in the 500 free (5:23.70) and seventh in the 200 IM (2:14.59)
  • Swam for Kansas City Blazers Swim Club
  • Helped the Blazers finish second at the 2017 Missouri Valley Swimming LCM Championships

PERSONAL:

  • Daughter of Thomas and Wendy Smith
  • Has one brother, Connor MacWherter
  • Majoring in financial economics 

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Back/IM
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Back/IM
  • 2020-21Junior

    Back/IM
  • 2021-22Senior

    Back/IM
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