Sydney Angell - Swimming & Diving - Arkansas Razorbacks

Sydney Angell

Sr | 5-8 | Breast / IM | Bettendorf, Iowa | Pleasant Valley HS / Piranhas Swim Club

Junior (2017-18)
>> 2018 CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention
>> 2017-2018 Winter SEC Honor Roll
>> 2017 Fall Academic Champion
>> 2018 Spring Athletics Director’s List

Set two lifetime bests at the SEC Championships in the 100m breast (1:01.36) and the 200m breast (2:12.32) … beating her previous records from the year before by almost a second in the 100m breast and a little under two seconds in the 200m breast … also posted a lifetime best and improved her time from last year with a 1:59.84 in the 200 IM at the Art Adamson Invite.

Sophomore (2016-17)
» 2017 CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention
» 2017 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll selection

Set two lifetime bests at the Georgia Tech Invitational in the 200 breast (2:13.93 (B) and the 200 IM (2:02.02) … broke another lifetime best in 100 back at the SEC Championships with a time of 55.52, the third fastest on the team … recorded a “B” cut time of 1:02.02 in the 100 breast at the SEC Championships, which was the fourth fastest on the team during the season … member of the first (3:39.06) and third (x3:45.53) fastest 400 medley relay team for Arkansas during the season … notched a total of three “B” cut times.

Freshman (2015-16)
All of her season bests during the 2015-16 season came during the Georgia Tech Invitational where she swam the 50 free (23.79), 100 breast (1:02.40), 200 breast (2:15.40) and the 200 IM (2:02.68) … both her 100 breast and 200 breast were top five times in those events for Razorback swimmers in the 2015-16 season … her 50 free time of 23.79 was a lifetime best … finished first in the 100 breast (1:06.06) and 200 breast (2:20.84) against Nebraska.

High School/Club
Graduated from Pleasant Valley High School in 2015 and lettered sophomore, junior, and senior year … state champion in the 100 breaststroke sophomore and senior year and won the silver junior year … won the gold in the 200 individual medley sophomore and junior year and runner up senior year … broke the 200 individual medley, 100 breaststroke and 100 backstroke records held at Pleasant Valley High School … swam for Piranhas Swim Club and participated in the junior nationals at age 14.

Personal
Born Aug. 23, 1997 … daughter of Heather and Tom Angell … has two siblings, Hannah and Jack … majoring in Elementary Education.

2017-18 Season Bests

EventTimeMeetDate
100 Breast1:01.36SEC Championships02/17/18
200 Breast2:12.32SEC Championships02/18/18
100 Back55.51 Art Adamson Invite11/17/17
200 IM1:59.84Art Adamson Invite11/16/17

2016-17 Season Bests

EventTimeMeetDate
100 Breast1:02.02SEC Championships02/17/17
200 Breast2:13.93Georgia Tech Invitational11/19/16
200 IM2:02.02Georgia Tech Invitational11/17/16
400 IM4:31.09Georgia Tech Invitational11/18/16
100 Back55.52SEC Championships02/16/17

Lifetime Bests

EventTimeMeetDate
50 Free23.79Georgia Tech Invitational11/19/15
100 Breast1:01.36SEC Championships02/17/18
200 Breast2:12.32SEC Championships02/18/18
200 IM1:59.84Art Adamson Invite11/16/17
400 IM4:21.44IA Iowa Swimming Short Course Championship02/27/15
100 Back55.52SEC Championships02/16/17