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2021-22 Swimming & Diving Roster

Cara Smith

  • Position Freestyle
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown San Antonio, Texas
  • High School Claudia Taylor Johnson

Biography

PERSONAL BESTS
100 BACK:
1:04.97 - vs. Rochester (10/11/19)
50 FREE: 25.68 - 2021 MAAC Championships (3/26/21)
100 FREE: 54.44 - 2021 MAAC Championships (3/26/21)
200 FREE: 1:55.82 - 2019 MAAC Championships (2/13/19)
500 FREE: 5:04.98 - 2019 MAAC Championships (2/13/19)
1000 FREE: 10:33.49 - MAAC Spring Invitational (3/28/21)
1650 FREE: 17:23.55 - 2019 MAAC Championships (2/13/19)

2021-22 • SENIOR SEASON
• Competed in all seven meets throughout the season
• Recorded three first place finishes, including one in the 500 free and two in the 1000 free
• Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team 

2020-21 • JUNIOR SEASON
• Competed in both meets during the pandemic-shortened campaign
• Recorded two top-three finishes versus Binghamton and Niagara on March 13 
• Finished first with a personal-best time of 10:33.49 in the 1000 free at the MAAC Spring Invitational
• Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team 


2019-20 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
• Earned second place in the 500 free to open the season against Rochester (Oct. 11)
• Placed second in the 500 and 1,000 free at St. Bonaventure (Nov. 15)
• Finished fifth (17:33.39) in the 1650 free at the MAAC Championships
• Had a sixth-place finish in the 500 free at the MAAC Championships
• Was a member of the MAAC All-Academic Team


2018-19 • FRESHMAN SEASON
• Earned first-place in the 500 free to open the season at Marist (Oct. 12)
• Had four top-three finishes against Colgate (Nov. 3)
• Earned two first-place finishes in the 200 and 500 free against Gannon (Jan. 26)
• Placed fifth in both the 800 free relay and the 1650 free at the MAAC Championships


BEFORE CANISIUS
• Four-year member of the Claudia Taylor Johnson aquatics team
• District, Regional, and TISCA team member 2015-2017
• Served as a team captain from 2016-18
• Named to the all-district team in 2016-17


PERSONAL
• Daughter of Greg and Leane Smith
• Has two sisters, Evelyn and Riley.

• Majoring in political science

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    freestyle
    5'9"
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Freestyle
    5'9"
  • 2020-21Junior

    Freestyle
    5'9"
  • 2021-22Senior

    Freestyle
    5'9"