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2021-22 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Profile

  • Free/Breast/Fly
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • Sterling, Va.
    Hometown
  • 5'3
    Height
  • Freedom
    High School
Sophie McKinley
Sophie McKinley
Free/Breast/Fly
Position
Senior
Class
Sterling, Va.
Hometown

Summary

Biography

Performance History

HONORS:
  • 2019-2020 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
  • 2020-2021 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
  • 2021-2022 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
2021-22:  Placed 20th in the 400-yard IM (4:33.25), 25th in the 1650-yard freestyle with a season-best time (17:51.36) and 26th in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:26.00) at the 2022 Atlantic 10 Championships held at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio Feb. 16-19… Finished fourth in the 1650-yard freestyle (18:26.95) and sixth in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:33.25) vs. Old Dominion at the Aquatic and Fitness Center Jan. 29… Placed 16th in the 1650-yard freestyle (18:00.72), 18th in the 400-yard IM with a season-best time (4:33.08), 20th in the 200-yard breaststroke with a season-best time (2:25.97) and 42nd in the 500-yard freestyle (5:16.12) at the Patriot Invitational at the Aquatic and Fitness Center Nov. 18-20… Took eighth in the 400-yard IM (4:41.34) and was 14th in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:35.08) at the A-10 Classic held at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio Oct. 30-31… Made the podium with a third-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke with a season-best time (1:11.86) and was fourth in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:31.03) on day one, and made the podium in the 400-yard IM (4:41.95) and finished fifth in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:31.36) on day two vs. Richmond and East Carolina at the Richmond Duals Oct. 22-23… Began the season sixth in both the 100-yard breaststroke (1:14.15) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:35.75) vs. Delaware at the Aquatic and Fitness Center Oct. 9.

2020-21:  Recorded one individual second-place and one individual third-place finish during the season…Placed 14th in the 200-yard IM (4:31.60), 24th in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:26.40) and 26th in the 500-yard freestyle (5:08.17), all season-best times, at the 2021 Atlantic 10 Championships held at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio April 14-17…Placed fourth in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:27.81) and fifth in the 400-yard IM with a season-best time (4:34.63) vs. Delaware, George Washington and William & Mary at the Aquatic and Fitness Center in Fairfax, Va. on Feb. 20…Touched the wall third in the 1650-yard freestyle (18:30.26), fourth in the 400-yard IM (4:48.41), fifth in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:33.80) and placed sixth in the 200-yard butterfly (2:15.70) at the Mason Invitational at the Aquatic and Fitness Center in Fairfax, Va. March 19-20.
                               
2019-20:  Recorded one individual first-place, one individual second-place and two individual third-place finishes during the season…Placed 23rd in the 1650-yard freestyle (17:36.14), 24th in the 400-yard IM (4:31.67) and 32nd in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:25.98) at the 2020 Atlantic 10 Championships held at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio Feb. 19-22…Placed 10th in the 200-yard breaststroke with a season-best time (2:20.52), 11th in the 200-yard IM (2:14.14) and 13th in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:11.70) vs. American, Army and Old Dominion Jan. 25…Made the podium with a second-place finish in the 200-yard IM (2:14.03), placed fourth in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:30.95) and fifth in the 1000-yard freestyle (11:05.77) vs. UMBC Jan. 18…Placed 10th in the 400-yard IM with a season-best time (4:30.61), 18th in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:24.44) and 22nd in the 500-yard freestyle (5:07.84) at the Patriot Invitational Nov. 21-23…Touched the wall second in the 400-yard IM (4:41.5) and took third in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:31.73) vs. Davidson and Duquesne at the Richmond Duals Oct. 18-19…Began the season with a third-place finish in the 1000-yard freestyle with a season-best time (10:59.90), fourth in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:30.37) and sixth in the 400-yard IM (4:41.11) at Delaware Oct. 5.

2018-19:  Recorded one individual first place finish, two individual second place finishes and one individual third place finish during her freshman season…Finished in 13th place in the finals of the 1,650-yard freestyle (17:14.53), while placing 17th in the preliminaries of the 400-yard IM (4:28.33) and 24th in the 500-yard freestyle (5:02.94) at the 2019 Atlantic 10 Championships Feb. 20-23…Placed second in the 400-yard IM (4:37.30), fourth in the 1,650-yard freestyle (18:03.62) and seventh in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:31.61) vs. American, Army and Old Dominion on Jan. 19…Placed 18th in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:25.09), 13th in the 500-yard freestyle (5:04.88) and ninth in the 400-yard IM (4:28.82) at the Patriot Invitational Nov. 15-17…Finished in fifth place in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:27.29), seventh place in the 200-yard IM (2:14.05) and ninth place in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:10.16) vs. Duquesne, while placing second in the 400-yard IM (4:35.58), fifth in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:27.11) and tenth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:59.41) vs. Davidson at the Richmond Duals Oct. 19-20…Won the 400-yard IM (4:36.07), placed third in the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:40.77) and finished fourth in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:28.52) vs. Delaware on Oct. 13.

Prep:  Three-year swimming letterwinner at Freedom High School...Two-time All-State selection, in the 200-yard freestyle and 200-yard medley relay (junior year)…Three-time All-Conference and All-Region selection…Two-time conference champion, in the 100-yard butterfly (junior year) and 500-yard freestyle (senior year)…NCSA qualifier and ISCA finalist in the 200-yard breaststroke, 100-yard breaststroke, 500-yard freestyle and 400-yard IM…All-Loudoun Honorable Mention (2017-2018)…PVS Scholar Athlete…Honor Roll all four years.
 
Personal:  Daughter of Susan and Tim…Has two siblings, Mia and Tim…Sister, Mia, is also a member of Mason’s swim and dive team…Enjoys traveling, the beach, listening to music and hanging out with friends…Also recruited by Butler, Campbell, Mount St. Mary’s and UNCW…Plans to major in Criminology.
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