2020-21 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster
Biography
California
- Enters the 2020-21 year rated among Cal’s all-time top 10 IMers – 200 IM (7th, 1:54.50) and 400 IM (2nd, 4:03.00)
- Her best times for the 2019-20 season were 1:57.65 in the 200 fly, 1:56.75 in the 200 IM and 4:09.26 n the 400 IM - all from the Minnesota Invitational in December
- Had three top 5 finishes at the 2019 Pac-12 Championships - 200 IM (3rd, 1:54.91), 400 IM (3rd, 4:05.55) and 200 fly (5th, 1:55.55)
- Earned All-America honors in two events at the 2018 NCAA meet, finishing eighth in the 400 IM (4:04.44) and 16th in the 200 IM (1:56.15). She also took 29th in the 200 fly (1:56.89)
- Had an outstanding 2018 Pac-12 Championships, taking second to teammate Kathleen Baker in the 200 IM in 1:54.50 and finishing fourth in the 400 IM in 4:03.00; also won the B final of the 200 fly in 1:55.26
- Co-recipient (with Robin Neumann) of Cal's Karen Moe Humphreys Coaches Award in 2018
- Named a 2018 CSCAA Scholar All-American and honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic in 2019; also selected for the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll in 2020
International
- Swimming for her native Canada at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, earned a silver medal in the 200m IM (PR 2:11.14) and took fifth in the 400m IM (4:39.43)
- Competed at the World University Games in Taipei in 2017, finishing fourth in the 400m IM (4:42.07), fifth in the 200m IM (2:13.18) and reaching the semifinals of the 200m breast and 200m fly
- Swam in three IM events at the 2016 FINA World Short-Course Championships, with a best of sixth in the 200m IM (2:08.59); also swam in the prelims of the 200m free relay that later won a gold medal
- Captured a gold medal in the 400m IM at the 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Championships (4:39.83); also earned silver medals on Canada’s 400m free relay and 400m medley relay, and was fourth in the 200m IM and seventh in the 200m fly
- At the 2016 Canadian Olympic Trials, placed fourth in the 200m IM and fifth in the 400m IM, while also competing in backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly events
High School
- Received her high school’s Outstanding Achievement Award in five subjects, as well as the Principal’s Award
- Served as team captain
- In addition to swimming, also participated in volleyball, track & field, and hockey, and has run the Grande Cache Canadian Death Race
Personal
- Integrative biology major
- Born May 25, 1999
- Parents are Keith and Sylvia Darcel
- Lists snowboarding, surfing and photography among her interests
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