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2011-12 Women's Swimming and Diving

Catherine Zagroba

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Ridgewood, N.J.
  • High School Ridgewood
  • Event Distance Free
  • Concentration Psychology
  • House Leverett

Biography

Harvard Women''s Swimming and Diving
Career Highs
50 Free: 25.02 (Georgia Invitational, 12/3/10)
100 Free: 52.14 (Georgia Invitational, 12/4/11)
200 Free: 1:48.59 (HYP, 2/4/12)
500 Free: 4:49.35 (Harvard Invitational, 11/20/09)
1000 Free: 10:02.17 (HYP, 1/28/11)
1650 Free: 16:53.49 (Ivy League Championships, 2/23/12)
100 Breast: 1:08.26 (Brown, 1/23/10)
100 Fly: 1:00.86 (Brown, 1/14/12)
200 Fly: 2:09.95 (Brown, 1/14/11)

Senior · 2011-12
Named to the CSCAA Scholar All-America honorable mention... Finished first in the 500 free with a time of 4:55.64 againstCornell and Dartmouth ... Took third in the 500 free (4:56.65) and1,000 free (10:11.52) against Columbia and Penn ... Was therunner-up in the 1,650 free with a time of 17:11.68 and finishedfifth in the 100 fly with a time of 1:00.86 against Brown ...Placed second in the 200 free (1:50.77) and 500 free (4:54.40)against Iowa and Northwestern ... Placed first in the 200 free(1:48.59), second in the 500 free (4:50.41) and was a member of thesecond-place finishing 400 free relay team at HYP ... Was a memberof the 800 free relay team that took first (7:15.92) at the IvyLeague Championships and also placed fifth in the 200 free(1:49.31), fifth in the 500 free (4:50.60) and seventh in the 1,650free (16:53.51) ... Competed in the 400 free at the 2012 OlympicTeam Trials ... Earned CSCAA Scholar All-America honorable mentionaccolades.

Junior · 2010-11
Won the 500-yard freestyle in 4:59.95 against Columbia Nov.19 ... Swam with the 10th-place 800 free relay team at the GeorgiaInvitational ... Took ninth in the 1,000 and 200 free events andearned All-Ivy League first-team accolades as part of the winning800 free relay squad at the 2011 Ivy Championships.

Sophomore · 2009-10
Part of runner-up 800 free relay team at Ivy Championshipswith NCAA provisional time of 7:17.25 … Named to All-Ivysecond team … Won the 1,000 free event in season-openingCornell-Dartmouth tri-meet Nov. 14.

Freshman ·2008-09
CSCAA Scholar All-American Honorable Mention …Finished fifth in the 1,650 freestyle and third in the 200 free atIvy League Championships ... Helped the 800 free relay team takefirst, set a school record and provisionally qualify for the NCAAChampionships (7:13.71) at Ivy League Championships …Provisionally qualified for NCAA Championships in the 500 free atIvy League Championships … Won the 200 free against Columbia… Made collegiate debut in season opener against Cornell andDartmouth.

Before Harvard
Class valedictorian ... National Honor Society ... National LatinHonor Society ... Member of New Jersey Wave club team.

Personal
Enjoys hanging out with friends and baking.

Historical Player Information

  • 2008-09First-Year

    Distance Free
  • 2009-10Sophomore

    Distance Free
  • 2010-11Junior

    Distance Free
  • 2011-12Senior

    Distance Free