Awards/Accolades:
USA Swimming Scholastic All-American 2020& 2021
NISCA All-American 2017
Troy Heye Memorial Sportsmanship Award 2015
Top-Five Career Finishes:
2019 Olympic Cut – 100 Breast 1:10.57
100 Breast Olympic Team Trials – 1:11.73 (2021)
Sectionals 2021 100 Breast long-course – 2nd place 1:10.16
59.76 – 100 Breast in 2021 SEC Championship
As A Junior (2023)
Smith spent the first half of the season at Texas A&M.. during her time at Arkansas she clocked a personal-best in the 100-butterfly with a time of 55.55 at the SEC Championships… posted an NCAA B-Cut time in the 100-breaststroke at the SEC Championship with a time of 1:00.48…
Prior To Arkansas (Texas A&M)
Aided the 400 medley relay team to a top 15 finish with a time of 3:32.64 and clocked in at 1:00.67 in the 100-breaststroke at NCAA Championship…Finished first in the 100 breast B-final lowering her season-best time of 59.76 and aided the 200 medley relay team to a top-five finish (1:37.49) at the SEC Championship… Aided the 200 medley relay team to a second-place finish with a time of 1:40.57 at the Art Adamson Invite… Swam season-best times in the 50-freestyle (24.95), 100-breaststroke (1:00.86), and 200-breaststroke (2:18.26)
Reason For Choosing Arkansas:
” The team is very welcoming and fun to hang around. Also, this is my home state. I missed the state’s natural beauty, seeing and enjoying nature, the trees, and the wildlife.”
