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2021-22 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

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  • Free/Fly/IM
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • Blacksburg, Va.
    Hometown
  • 5'4
    Height
  • Blacksburg
    High School
Art Pittman/George Mason Univ.
Art Pittman/George Mason Univ.
Art Pittman/George Mason Univ.
Art Pittman/George Mason Univ.
Rafael Suanes/George Mason Univ.
Rafael Suanes/George Mason Univ.
Rafael Suanes/George Mason Univ.
Rafael Suanes/George Mason Univ.
Rafael Suanes/George Mason Univ.
Laura Hodge
Laura Hodge
Free/Fly/IM
Position
Senior
Class
Blacksburg, Va.
Hometown

Summary

Biography

Performance History

HONORS:
  • 2018-2019 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
  • 2019-2020 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
  • 2020-2021 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
  • 2021-2022 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
  • 2022 Provost Scholar
2021-22:  Recorded five top-three performances with two individual first place finishes, two individual second place finished and one individual third place finish… Ranked sixth on the team in points (56.00)… Placed 11th in the 200-yard butterfly (2:03.17), 15th in the 200-yard freestyle (1:51.15) and 23rd in the 500-yard freestyle (5:01.72), all season-best times, at the 2022 Atlantic 10 Championships held at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio Feb. 16-19… Won both the 200-yard freestyle (1:53.87) and 500-yard freestyle (5:15.55) vs. Old Dominion at the Aquatic and Fitness Center Jan. 29… Placed 11th in the 200-yard butterfly (2:06.35), 12th in the 200-yard freestyle (1:54.12) and 15th in the 500-yard freestyle (5:07.09) at the Patriot Invitational at the Aquatic and Fitness Center Nov. 18-20… Finished seventh in the 500-yard freestyle (5:19.41), eighth in the 200-yard freestyle (2:11.62) and 10th in the 100-yard butterfly (59.39) at the A-10 Classic held at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio Oct. 30-31… Took second in both the 100-yard butterfly with a season-best time (59.13) and 200-yard butterfly (2:12.11) on day one, and third in the 200-yard butterfly (2:11.54) and fourth in the 100-yard butterfly (59.78) on day two vs. Richmond and East Carolina at the Richmond Duals Oct. 22-23… Began the season fourth in both the 200-yard freestyle (2:00.72) and 500-yard freestyle (5:33.95) vs. Delaware at the Aquatic and Fitness Center Oct. 9.

2020-21:  Recorded two individual first-place finishes, three individual second-place finishes and two individual third-place finishes during the season…Placed seventh in the 200-yard butterfly (2:02.96), 16th in the 200-yard freestyle (1:52.72) and 18th in the 500-yard freestyle (5:00.63), all season-best times, at the 2021 Atlantic 10 Championships held at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio April 14-17…Made the podium with a second-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle (1:53.72) and touched the wall fourth in the 200-yard butterfly (2:09.24) vs. Delaware, George Washington and William & Mary at the Aquatic and Fitness Center in Fairfax, Va. on Feb. 20…Won the 200-yard butterfly (2:06.60), and placed third in both the 200-yard IM (2:08.84) and 200-yard freestyle (1:54.99) at the Mason Invitational at the Aquatic and Fitness Center in Fairfax, Va. March 19-20.

2019-20:  Recorded seven top-three performances, with three individual first-place, one individual second-place and three individual third-place finishes during the season…Placed 12th in the 200-yard freestyle (1:50.59), 13th in the 500-yard freestyle (4:57.71), both season-best times, and finished 17th in the 200-yard butterfly (2:05.67) at the 2020 Atlantic 10 Championships held at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio Feb. 19-22…Won the 200-yard freestyle (1:54.65), took third in the 500-yard freestyle (5:11.10) and was fifth in the 200-yard IM (2:11.18) vs. American, Army and Old Dominion Jan. 25…Touched the wall second in 200-yard freestyle (1:56.36), fifth in the 200-yard butterfly (2:14.79) and seventh in the 100-yard butterfly (1:01.12) vs. UMBC Jan. 18…Placed sixth in the 200-yard butterfly with a season-best time (2:05.44), 11th in the 200-yard freestyle (1:53.44), and 16th in both the 500-yard freestyle (5:11.17) and 200-yard IM with a season-best time (2:09.36) at the Patriot Invitational Nov. 21-23…Took the top spot on the podium in the 200-yard butterfly (2:08.38), fourth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:56.60) and fifth in the 200-yard IM (2:10.03) at the Atlantic 10 Classic Nov. 2-3…Made the podium in all three of her events, winning the 200-yard freestyle (1:56.71), second in the 200-yare butterfly (2:10.48) and third in the 500-yard freestyle (5:17.04) vs. Davidson and Duquesne at the Richmond Duals Oct. 18-19…Began the season with a third-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle (5:16.93), fourth-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle (1:57.34) and seventh-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly (2:15.95) at Delaware Oct. 5.

2018-19:  Completed her freshman season with four individual first place finishes, three individual second place finishes and one individual third place finish…Made the podium nine times, tied for the second-most on the team while her four first-place finishes tied for second on the squad…Finished ninth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:50.67), 16th in the 200-yard butterfly (2:05.64) and 19th in the 500-yard freestyle (5:01.52) at the 2019 Atlantic 10 Championships Feb. 20-23…Placed second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:56.49), seventh in the 500-yard freestyle (5:18.72), and eighth in the 200-yard butterfly (2:12.79) vs. American, Army and Old Dominion on Jan. 19…Won both the 200-yard freestyle (1:54.78) and the 200-yard butterfly (2:07.26) while placing third in the 200-yard IM (2:08.87) vs. Duquesne, and finished second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:56.31), fourth in the 200-yard butterfly (2:10.10) and seventh in the 500-yard butterfly (5:17.31) vs. Davidson at the Richmond Duals Oct. 19-20…Made the podium three times, taking the top spot with first place victories in both the 200-yard freestyle (1:55.02) and the 500-yard freestyle (5:09.43) while placing second in the 200-yard butterfly (2:08.17) vs. Delaware on Oct. 13.

Prep:  Four-year swimming letterwinner at Blacksburg High School…Named Most Outstanding Female Athlete her senior year (2018)…Four-time recipient of Most Outstanding Female Swimmer on the Blacksburg High School swim team…Was Second Team All-Timesland Girls Swimming (2017, 2018)…Selected 2016 First Team All-Timesland Girls Swimming…Recipient of the Lucy Gilmore Award for outstanding discipline, leadership and character on H20kie Aquatics…Holds school records in six events at Blacksburg High School and multiple events on H20kie Aquatics…Was a three-time Junior National Qualifier…On the Honor Roll all four years…Two-year member of the national Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society…AP Scholar.
 
Personal:  Daughter of Tim and Julie…Has one sibling, Robert…Laura loves her sleep, hanging out with her friends and traveling…Plans to major in Bioengineering.
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