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Emily Cornell

  • position Freestyle/Backstroke
  • class Junior
  • Hometown West Chester, Pa.
  • High school Villa Maria HS
  • position Freestyle/Backstroke
  • class Junior
  • Hometown West Chester, Pa.
  • High school Villa Maria HS

Emily Cornell Bio

CORNELL’S TOP TIMES
Event Time Date Meet Location
50 Freestyle 23.65p  11/22/19 Georgia Tech Invite Atlanta, Ga.
100 Freestyle 51.66 1/11/20 at East Carolina Greenville, N.C.
200 Freestyle 1:45.66 2/21/19 SEC Championships Athens, Ga.
100 Backstroke 53.47p! 2/21/20 SEC Championships Auburn, Ala.
200 Backstroke 1:52.93! 2/23/19 SEC Championships Athens, Ga.
100 Breaststroke 1:06.56 1/24/20 SC College Invite Columbia, S.C.
100 Butterfly 56.76 1/24/20 SC College Invite Columbia, S.C
200 IM 2:02.01 11/16/17 Georgia Tech Invite Atlanta, Ga.


! = School Record  |  p = Prelims  |  t = Time Trial  |  # = Leadoff Split/Split

AWARDS/HONORS

  • CSCAA All-American (200 freestyle 2020)
  • 4x CSCAA Scholar All-American (1st team 2018, 2019, 2020; Honorable Mention 2017)
  • 3x SEC Academic Honor Roll (2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20)


IN THE RECORD BOOK

  • 1st — 100 backstroke
  • 1st — 200 backstroke
  • 2nd — 200 freestyle
  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 7th, 8th — 800 freestyle relay
  • 2nd, 3rd, 4th 7th — 200 medley relay
  • 1st, 2nd, 4th, 10th — 400 medley relay
  • 1st, 3rd, 5th, 6th — 400 free relay

 

2019-20 (SENIOR)

  • Garnered All-America honors in the 200 freestyle in her final season for Carolina
  • Notched five event wins on the season
  • Broke her own program record in the 100 backstroke, swimming a 53.47 at SECs
  • Reached the C-final of all three of her individual events at SECs


2018-19 (JUNIOR)

  • Lowered her own school record in the 200 back at this year’s SEC Championships (1:52.93)
  • Swam the leadoff leg of the Gamecocks school record-setting team in the 200 medley relay (1:37.88) at the SEC Championships
  • Qualified to compete in both the 200 freestyle and 200 backstroke at the NCAA Championships
  • She earned second swims in the 200 free, 100 back and 200 back at SEC’s, finishing 10th (B-final: second-place) in the 200 free and eighth in the 200 back
  • Had three first-place finishes in both the 100 and 200 backstroke during her third season at Carolina
  • Set a new PR in the 200 free (1:45.66) at the SEC Championships in Athens, Ga.


2017-18 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Continued to break her own records in both the 100 and 200 backstroke events
  • Won the 200 backstroke in five different meets during the regular season
  • Placed top-three in the 100 backstroke seven times during the regular season, winning the event twice (vs. East Carolina, SC College Invite)
  • Set a PR in the 200 backstroke (1:54.66) during prelims at the SEC Championships before finishing the event in 14th
  • Reached a personal best in the 100 backstroke (53.50) at the SEC Championships to finish 18th in the event
  • Won the 200 freestyle twice during the regular season and finished 17th at the SEC Championships (1:46.51)
  • Had three top-five finishes during the regular season in the 100 freestyle


2016-17 (FRESHMAN)

  • Swam in four events as a freshman (100 backstroke, 200 backstroke, 200 IM, 200 freestyle)
  • Finished 15th in the 200 backstroke (1:56.58) and 16th in the 100 backstroke (53.92) at the SEC Championships
  • Tallied 16 top-five finishes throughout the regular season
  • Finished first, season bests, in the 200 backstroke at the Duke dual meet and the SC College Invite
  • Finished first, season bests, in the 100 backstroke at the Arkansas dual meet and the Tennessee dual meet


PRE-COLLEGE

  • Graduated from Villa Maria High School
  • Four-time High School All-American
  • 2016 Athlete of the Year
  • State champion in 200m freestyle
  • Member of Suburban Seahawks Club