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Sammie Grant

  • position Freestyle
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Takoma Park, MD
  • Major Sports and Entertainment Management
  • High school Montgomery Blair
  • position Freestyle
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Takoma Park, MD
  • Major Sports and Entertainment Management
  • High school Montgomery Blair

Sammie Grant Bio

GRANT’S TOP TIMES
Event Time Date Meet Location
50 Freestyle 23.53 2/29/20 UGA Last Chance Athens, GA
100 Freestyle 50.64 11/19/21 GC Aquatics Invitational Columbia, SC
200 Freestyle 1:50.26 11/19/21 GC Aquatics Invitational Columbia, SC
500 Freestyle

100 Butterfly

5:07.97

56.36p

1/21/21

11/19/21

vs. Gardner-Webb

GC Aquatics Invitational

Columbia, SC

Columbia, SC

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

AWARDS/HONORS

  • 4x SEC Academic Honor Roll (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)

2021-22 (SENIOR)

  • Earned a career best first place in the 200 free at the Gamecock Aquatics Invitational
  • Added the 100 butterfly to her list of events and placed 5th during her first time competing the event
  • Set new personal best times in three events during her senior season

2020-21 (JUNIOR)

  • Set a new personal best in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:07.97 at the meet versus Gardner-Webb
  • Placed in the top-10 at least once in the season in the 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle, and 500 freestyle

2019-20 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Set a new personal best in the 50 free, 23.53, at the UGA Last Chance meet
  • Placed seventh in the 200 free at the UGA Last Chance meet, swimming a 1:52.46
  • Added the 500 freestyle to her event list in her second year

2018-19 (FRESHMAN)

  • Competed in the 50, 100 and 200 freestyle during her first season at Carolina
  • Finished sixth in the 50 free against Georgia, clocking a 24.18
  • Posted season-best times 50 free (24.06), 100 free (52.22), and 200 free (1:52.01) at the SEC Championships

PRE-COLLEGE

  • Attended Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Md.
  • Competed for Nation’s Capital Swim Club
  • Owns school records in the 50 free and 200 medley and holds a state record in the 200 free relay
  • Individual best times:
    • 50 free 23.88
    • 100 free 52.02
    • 200 free 1:53.60