Bella Snyder

Class:
Junior
High School:
Ursuline Academy
Hometown:
St. Louis, Mo.

Junior (2021-22): Swam in the 100, 200, and 500 yard freestyles during the preliminary round of the Atlantic 10 Championships (2/16-2/19) Placed second in the 1650 yard freestyle and third in the 500 yard freestyle at the Justin Jennings Invitational (10/8-10/9) … Took home a pair of wins against BU (10/30) in the 500 and 1000 yard freestyles… Helped win the 200 yard medley relay against Mount Holyoke College (12/4).

Sophomore (2020-21): Finished 12th in the 1650 Free at the Atlantic 10 Championships (4/14-4/17) with a swim of 17:14.49 … Also competed in the 200 Free, 500 Free and 800 Free Relay at the league meet … Runner-up in the 1000 Free at Boston University (3/20) with a time of 10:37.79 … Took third in the 500 Free at BU.

Freshman (2019-20): Finished fourth in the 1650 Free at the Atlantic 10 Championship (2/19-2/22) with a swim of 16:54.85 to rank second-fastest all-time at UMass … Also competed in the 200 and 500 Free at the conference meet … Finished third in both the 500 and 100 Free against Fordham (2/1) … Runner-up in the 1650 Free to go along with a third-place finish in the 500 Free at the Tate Ramsden Invitational (1/24-1/25) … Finished third in the 1650 Free with a swim of 17:04.84 at the Terrier Invitational (11/22) … Also took eighth in the 500 Free at the Terrier … Finished third in the 500 Free at Rhode Island (11/9) … Won the 1000 Free with a time of 10:33.27 and finished third in the 500 Free against Boston University (11/2) … Finished first in the 500 Free against Vermont (10/19) … Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week (10/15) … Won the 200, 400, 500, 800 and 1000 Free on the road at Fairfield (10/12) … Finished second in the 500 Free at Army (10/11) … Won both the 500 and 1650 Free and finished runner-up in the 200 Free in the season opener at Colgate (10/5).

Before UMass: Placed second at the state meet in the 500 Free for Ursuline Academy … Posted a sixth-place finish in the 1000 Free at the Speedo Championships … Two-time finalist at the Speedo Championships, finishing fourth in the 1650 Free and eighth in the 1000 Free … Holds personal-best times of 1:53.74 in the 200 Free, 5:00.64 in the 500 Free, 10:13.03 in the 1000 Free and 17:14.26 in the 1650 Free … Member of the National Honor Society and Hispanic Honor Society … Earned the Principals Award.