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2015-16 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Sophie Browne

  • Position Backstroke/IM
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Scarsdale, N.Y.
  • Highschool Eastchester

Biography

Awards and Honors:
-Team Award recipient of the Janet Swanson Award (2015-16 season)


2015-16: Placed fifth in the 50 backstroke (28.90), the 100 backstroke (1:00.80), and the 200 backstroke (2:10.86) against New Hampshire (Oct. 24) ... Finished sixth in the 100 backstroke (1:01.42) against George Mason (Oct. 30) ... Took fourth place in the 100 backstroke (1:01.96) and fifth place in the 200 backstroke (2:12.99) vs. MIT (Nov. 6) ... Placed sixth in the 100 backstroke (1:02.56) and fifth in the 200 backstroke (2:14.27) against Vermont (Jan. 18) ... Finished second in the 100 backstroke (1:01.24) and the 100 IM (1:02.81), third in the 50 backstroke (29.45), and fourth in the 50 backstroke (29.05) vs. LIU Brooklyn (Jan. 30).

2014-15: Placed sixth in the 200 backstroke (2:08.62) against George Mason (Nov. 1) ... Finished third in the 200 backstroke (2:09.60) and fourth in the 50 backstroke (28.55) vs. Vermont (Jan. 17) ... Placed fifth in the 50 backstroke (29.35) and sixth in the 100 backstroke (1:01.74) at the Dartmouth Invitational (Jan. 24).

2013-14: Connecticut Open (Feb. 8) Won two individual first-place finishes in both the 200 backstroke (2:05.21) and the 400 IM (4:31.09) ... Placed second in the 100 backstroke with a time of 59.22 ... Rhode Island Dual (Feb. 1) Finished second in the 200 backstroke after timing in at 2:11.06 ... Dartmouth Invitational (Jan. 24-25) Earned eighth place in the 200 backstroke with a mark of 2:12.75 ... Placed 13th in the 400 IM with a time of 4:48.03 ... Placed 14th in the 200 IM after finishing with a time of 2:16.19 ... Member of the 400 free relay team that placed 12th with a time of 3:50.49 ... Vermont Dual (Jan. 18) Claimed fifth place in the 200 backstroke with a mark of 2:13.96 ... Earned a fourth-place finish in the 400 IM with a time of 4:49.43 ...Drexel Tri-meet (Jan. 11) Placed seventh in the 200 backstroke after timing in at 2:12.87 ... Brown Invitational (Nov. 9) Claimed sixth place in the 200 backstroke with a mark of 2:10.26 ... George Mason Tri-meet (Nov. 1-2) Member of the 400 medley relay team that placed 11th with a time of 4:09.71 ... New Hampshire Dual (Oct. 19) Claimed second place in the 200 IM after timing in at 2:15.26 ... Placed fifth in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:12.04 ... Boston College Dual (Oct. 6) Placed third in the 200 backstroke at the season opener with a time of 2:13.22.

2012-13: Placed sixth in the 1000 free with an 11:11.28 and was a member of the fifth-place 400 free relay team, swimming a 3:44.79 against New Hampshire on Oct. 27...Earned a 12th place finish in the 400 IM (4:48.64), a 15th place finish in the 100 butterfly (1:02.14) and a 12th place finish in the 200 backstroke (2:14.95) in the CAA Pod meet on Nov. 2-3...Placed 15th in the 400 IM (4:37.03) and 22nd in the 200 back (2:08.19) in the Nike Cup in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Nov. 15-17...A member of the fourth-place 200 medley relay quartet (1:53.11), placed eighth in the 100 back (1:03.28), seventh in the 200 back (2:13.90) and ninth in the 100 butterfly (1:02.81) against UMass (Dec. 1)...Seventh-place finish in the 200 medley relay (1:55.10), ninth place in the 1000 free (11:07.00), sixth place in the 200 back (2:14.72) and eighth place in the 100 butterfly (1:01.90) against Drexel and Delaware on Jan. 12.

Before NU: Captained Eastchester High School as a junior ... Competed at divisional, sectional and state level competitions ... named all-league three consecutive years ... Awarded Most Valuable Player in 2010 ... Earned Scholar Athlete Award for three consecutive years ... Awarded high point at championships as a member of Empire Swimming.

Personal: Double major in marketing and psychology ... Previous co-ops at F-Squared Investments, Wayfair.
 

CAREER BESTS
Event Time Before NU Time at NU Meet
50 backstroke - - 28.34 Nov. 20, 2015, at Frank Elm Invitational (Rutgers)
100 backstroke 59.8 58.72 (prelim) Feb. 26, 2016 at CAA Championships
200 backstroke 2:10.0 2:05.51 (prelim) Feb. 27, 2016 at CAA Championships
100 butterfly - - 1:01.06 Feb. 6, 2016, at Husky Open (Conn.)
50 freestyle - - 26.15 Jan. 22, 2016, at Dartmouth Invitational
100 IM - - 1:02.81 Jan. 30, 2016, vs. LIU-Brooklyn
200 IM - - 2:10.30 Nov. 21, 2014 at Frank Elm Invitational (Rutgers)
400 IM 4:39.3 4:34.18 (prelim) Feb. 26, 2016 at CAA Championships

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Freshman

    Freestyle/Backstroke
    5'6"
  • 2013-14Sophomore

    Backstroke/IM
    5'6"
  • 2014-15Junior

    Backstroke/IM
    5'6"
  • C

    2015-16Senior

    Backstroke/IM
    5'6"
    C