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2016-17 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Tom Killips
Tom Killips
Cooper Lou '20
Tom Killips
Tom Killips
Tom Killips
Tom Killips
Tom Killips

Siena Sara

  • Position Breaststroke/Freestyle
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Queensbury
  • Hometown Queensbury, NY

Biography

2016-17: Swam 100 breast, 200 breast, and 400 IM ... Twelve first place finishes, five second pace finishes and four third place finishes for a total of 328 points ... Top times were 1:06.76 (100 breast), 2:22.91 (200 breast), and 4:41.54 (400 IM) ... 

2015-16:  Swam in 100 free, 500 free, 1000 free, 100 breast, 200 breast, 100 fly, 200 IM, and 400 IM ... Top times were 58.18 (100 free), 5:17.60 (500 free), 11:09.04 (1000 free), 1:06.66 (100 breast), 2:22.50 (200 breast), 1:07.16 (100 fly),  2:18.11 (200 IM), and 4:40.77 (400 IM) ... Swam with second place Liberty League Championship 400 medley relay team (3:55.16) ... Swam with Liberty League Championship 200 medley relay champion team (1:48.17) ... Third place Liberty League Championship 100 backstroke (1:06.66) ... Second place Liberty League Championship 200 backstroke (2:22.50) ... Swam with UNYSCSA Championship 200 medley relay team (1:46.22) ... Swam with UNYSCSA Championship 400 medley relay champion team (3:54.04) ... Third place UNYSCSA Championship 200 backstroke (2:22.72) ...

2014-15: Sixth at Liberty League Championships in 100 breast ... 8th at Liberty League Championships in 200 breast ... Personal record in 100 back (1:07.50) against Vassar ... Set personal record in 200 IM (2:24.84) at New England Invitational ... All-Liberty League Second Team in 200 and 400 Medley Relay ... Liberty League All-Academic ...

2013-14: Personal record in 50 free (26.50) at New England Invitational (11/2) ... 100 free PR (59.01) at Liberty League Championship (12/6) ... Personal best in 1000 free (11:13.55) vs. Union (1/17) ... Five personal records at New York State Championship (2/19): 200 free (2:00.52), 500 free (5:17.42), 50 breast (31.85), 100 breast (1:07.89) and 200 breast (2:17.05) ... 

High School: Swim team ... Bob Jones Award ... National Honor Society ... 

Personal: Mathematics major ... Dean's List ... Olympia ... Seven years with YMCA Gators swim team ... Daughter of Maureen and Bill Sara ... Sister, Shannon '13, swam at Vassar ...

Olympia (Rensselaer Athletics Student-Athlete Honor Society): “Siena, a captain and school record holder, has been a versatile, reliable, and hard-working swimmer on our team. Her desire to push herself and her teammates to improve is one of the reasons why we have improved as a team each of her four years.” - Head swimming coach, Shannon O’Brien

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

    Breaststroke/Freestyle
    5'7"
  • 2014-15Sophomore

    Breaststroke/Freestyle
    5'7"
  • 2015-16Junior

    Breaststroke/Freestyle
    5'7"
  • C

    2016-17Senior

    Breaststroke/Freestyle
    5'7"
    C