Performance History
HONORS
- Fall 2015 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Fall 2016 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Spring 2017 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
2016-17: Finished 29th in the 1650-yard freestyle (18:38.51), 49th in the 500-yard freestyle (5:20.00) and 52nd in the 200-yard freestyle (2:01.74), all season-best times, Feb. 15-18 at the 2017 Atlantic 10 Conference Championships…Recorded a 13th place finish in the 500-yard freestyle (5:37.71) and a 15th place finish in the 200-yard freestyle (2:06.05) Jan. 21 vs. Army and Boston University…Posted a sixth place finish in the 100-yard freestyle (1:00.84) Jan. 16 vs. La Salle…Registered a sixth place finish in the 500-yard freestyle (5:45.43) and an eighth place finish in the 50-yard freestyle (27.00) Jan. 14 vs. George Washington…Placed 22nd in the 50-meter freestyle (30.71), 23rd in the 100-meter freestyle (1:09.78) and 24th in the 400-meter freestyle (5:07.18) Jan. 3 at the Orange Bowl Classic in Key Largo, Florida…Swam in two events Nov. 17-19 at the Patriot Invitational, finishing 76th in the 50-yard freestyle with a season-best time (26.30) and 60th in the 100-yard freestyle (56.34)…Finished sixth in the 500-yard freestyle (5:31.07) and was eighth in the 200-yard freestyle (2:06.77) Oct. 15 vs. Delaware…Began the season with a 10th place finish in the 1000-yard freestyle with a season best time (5:31.07) and an 11th place finish in the 500-yard freestyle (5:40.40) Oct. 7 vs. Navy and UMBC.
2015-16: Finished 29th in the 1650-yard freestyle with a season-best time (18:32.88), 43rd in the 500-yard freestyle with a season-best time (5:18.51) and 52nd in the 200-yard freestyle with a season-best time (1:59.71) Feb. 17-20 at the 2016 Atlantic 10 Championships…Recorded a 10th place finish in the 500-yard freestyle (5:29.31) Jan. 22 vs. Army and American…Placed fourth in the 1650-yard freestyle (18:55.56), fifth in the 500-yard freestyle (5:34.64) and eighth in the 200-yard freestyle (2:05.45) Jan. 18 vs. George Washington…Earned a 16th place finish in the 50-meter backstroke (35.75) Jan. 3 at the Orange Bowl Classic in Key Largo, Florida…Was 22nd in the 1650-yard freestyle (18:55.53) and was 38th in the 400-yard IM with a season-best time (4:56.54) Nov. 19-21 at the Patriot Invitational…Registered a fifth place finish in the 200-yard freestyle (2:03.24) and a sixth place finish in the 1000-yard freestyle (11:21.58) Nov. 13 vs. La Salle…Posted a 14th place finish in the 500-yard freestyle (5:24.80) and a 15th place finish in the 1650-yard freestyle (18:36.86) Oct. 30-31 in quad meet vs. Drexel, Towson and Northeastern…Finished sixth in the 1000-yard freestyle with a season-best time (11:14.99), seventh in the 500-yard freestyle (5:36.32) and seventh in the 100-yard backstroke with a season-best time (1:08.92) Oct. 24 vs. Delaware…Recorded an eighth place finish in the 1650-yard freestyle (18:57.58), 15th in the 100-yard freestyle (59.75) and 16th in the 200-yard freestyle (2:07.48) Oct. 16 at the Richmond Duals…Finished sixth in the 1000-yard freestyle (11:18.02), and eighth in both the 200-yard freestyle (2:08.50) and 500-yard freestyle (5:35.51) Oct. 9 vs. Navy.
2014-15: 200-yard freestyle in 1:59.16 at the Patriot Invitational...5:11.88 in the 500-yard freestyle a tthe Patriot Invite...Best 1000-yard free time of 11:02.51...1650-yard freestyle top time of 17:57.12...400-IM in 4:50.27.
2013-14: Season-best times of 2:00.95 in the 200 freestyle...5:14.76 in the 500 freestyle... 11:04.79 in the 1000 freestyle...18:10.67 in the 1650 freestyle...4:46.41 in the 400 IM.
Prep: Four-year letter winner as a swimmer...Placed 6th in both the 200 and 500 Free at the 2013 IAAM Conference Championships...2009 and 2013 IAAM conference champion... Received a 4-year varsity award at the Student Athletic Award Ceremony...Also recruited by Loyola University and St. Mary's College of Maryland.
Personal: Daughter of William and Anne Purnell...Has one brother, Matthew... Has swam for North Baltimore Aquatic Club and Eagle Swim Team...Sang in high school choir and a capella group... Enjoys singing, listening to music and watching TV...Majoring in community health with a concentration in health education.
