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Women's Swimming
AS A SOPHOMORE: A quality freestyler for the Irish ... earned three all-BIG EAST accolades ... turned in a third-place finish in both the 500 Free (4:50.32) and 1,650 Free (16:34.68) at the BIG EAST Championships ... member of the BIG EAST and school record- setting 800 Free Relay (7:13.51) tandem for her first league title ... placed sixth in the 200 Free (1:49.30) at the BIG EAST meet ... raced most of the campaign with a shoulder injury that needed surgery during the offseason. AS A FRESHMAN: Swam the 400 Free at the U.S. Olympic Trials ... all-BIG EAST in the 800 Free Relay, taking second in the race ... turned in a 50 Free time of 25.32 at Minnesota ... swam the 100 Free in 54.39 during the Shamrock Invitational, beating her previous season-best result of 54.64 set at the Irish Invitational ... saved her best swim in the 200 Free for the BIG EAST Championships, finishing in 1:51.17 in the final heat ... her top 500 Free performance came during the league meet as well, a 4:51.86 showing in the final round of competition ... went the distance in the 1,000 Free at Minnesota in 9:59.47 ... best mark in the 1,650 Free (16:49.52) came at the beginning of the season during the Husky Invitational, though her 16:52.80 showing at the BIG EAST meet was not far behind ... swam the 100 Back (1:00.91) and 200 IM (2:11.34) at Toledo ... competed in a round of the 100 Fly (1:03.33) against Miami. THE SYLVESTER FILE: Helped set the national 18-under record in the 800 Free Relay ... earned All-America honors all four years as a prep at Germantown (Pa.) ... nationally ranked her sophomore, junior and senior seasons ... team went undefeated all four years of high school ... three-time conference champion ... born Dec. 4, 1988, in Philadelphia, Pa. ... daughter of Cheryl and Frank Sylvester ... oldest of two children ... enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business as a marketing major. Sylvester's Career Bests
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