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2014-15 Women's Swimming and Diving

Sarah Sumner

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Calgary, Alta.
  • High School National Sport School
  • Event Freestyle
  • Concentration Psychology
  • House Kirkland

Biography

Harvard Women''s Swimming and Diving
Personal Records
50 Free:
23.46 (HYP, 2/4/12)
100 Free: 51.03 (Ivy League Championships, 2/23/12)
200 Free: 1:50.19 (Ivy League Championships, 2/23/12)
100 Breast: 1:09.19 (ECAC Championships, 3/2/13)

Senior 2014-15
Finished ninth in the 200 free (1:55.26) and sixth in the 200 breaststroke (2:28.46) against both Dartmouth and Cornell … Grabbed fifth place finishes in both the 50 free (24.86) and the 100 free (53.24) in the dual meet with Columbia … Was a 67th place finisher in the 50 free at the Texas Invite; placed 45th in the 200 free (1:51.39) and in the 100 breaststroke (1:07.24) … Took 11th in the 200 free (1:55.99) and sixth in the 100 free (53.67) against nonconference foes in South Carolina and Duke … Came in ninth in the 100 breaststroke (1:09.03) and in the 100 free (53.80) in the tri-meet with Penn and Brown … Took 12th in the 200 free (1:53.21) and 10th in the 100 breaststroke (1:08.10) at HYP … Swam to a third place finish in the championship final of the 100 free (52.37) and in the 200 free (1:52.47) at the Ohio State Invite; also placed seventh in the 50 free (24.46).

Junior 2013-14
Placed seventh in the 200 freestyle (1:54.90), seventh in the 50 freestyle (24.89), eighth in the 100 freestyle (53.52) and part of the 400 freestyle relay (3:27.25) that came in first against Columbia Nov. 9 … Raced on the 200 medley relay (1:50.28) that finished seventh, came in fifth in the 100 breaststroke (1:08.35), fifth in the 100 freestyle (53.00) and was part of the 400 freestyle relay (3:32.86) that finished fourth against Dartmouth and Cornell Nov. 16 … Swam the 50 free at the Texas Invite (23.73) … Raced in the 100 breast (1:08.97) and took third in the 100 free (52.96) against Brown … Placed fourth in the 50 free (24.47) and raced in the 400 free relay (3:29.55) … Took fourth in the 200 free (1:51.09), sixth in the 100 free (51.67) and seventh in the 50 free (24.14) at HYP … Swam a 23.86 in the 50 free prelims, placed 12th in the 200 free (1:50.11; clocked in at 1:49.46 in prelims) and 16th in the 100 free (51.37; swam a 51.24 in prelims) at the Ivy League Championships.

Sophomore · 2012-13

Member of the 200 freestyle relay team that placed fifth and 200 medley relay team that finished third, both at the ECAC Championships (Mar. 2).

Freshman · 2011-12
Finished third in the 100 and 200 free in times of 52.68 and 1:53.93, respectively, against Cornell and Dartmouth ... Won the 100 free with a time of 52.65 and placed second in the 200 free with a time of 1:53.26 against Brown ... Took fifth in the 100 free in 52.34 against Iowa and Northwestern ... Was a member of the record setting 200 medley relay team which finished first at HYP, and also claimed second place in the 50 free (23.46) and 100 free (51.05) ... Finished sixth in the 200 back in 51.11 and seventh in the 200 free in 1:50.19 at the Ivy League Championships.

Before Harvard
Attended National Sport School from 2009-11 and Western Canada High School during 2008-09 academic year … Alberta provincial record-holder in the 400-meter freestyle … Member of junior national team and competed at the North American Challenge Cup where she won gold in 50, 100 and 200-meter free events, along with relays … 2009 Canada Summer Games team member … 2010 Pepsi Athletic Scholarship recipient … Ranked in the top 10 in four events in Canadian under-18 division … Helped club team, Cascade Swimming, to Canadian age group championship in 2010 … Captured three golds and a silver at the 2009 Paul Bergen International Swim Meet in Portland, Ore. … Took home a gold, two silvers and a bronze at the 2010 Western Canadian Championships … Four-year honor roll member … Alexander Rutherford Scholarship recipient in 2011 … Volunteered for Joe’s Team Triathlon … Enjoys music and playing the piano … Mother, Kate Wiley ’85, ran track and cross country at Harvard … Aunt, Alison Wiley, ran track and cross country at Stanford.

Historical Player Information

  • 2011-12First-Year

    Freestyle
  • 2012-13Sophomore

    Freestyle
  • 2013-14Junior

    Freestyle
  • 2014-15Senior

    Freestyle