Sydney Connor

Class:
Junior
Height:
5-2
High School:
Hopkins Academy
Hometown:
Hadley, Mass.

2015-16 (Junior):
Swam her top times of the season at the Atlantic 10 Championships (2/18-20) highlighted by a 12th-place finish in the 100 breast (1:04.60) ... Also had her top times of the season in the 200 breast (2:23.21) and in the 200 individual medley (2:09.11) ... Against Fordham (1/30), took second in the 200 individual medley and third in the 200 breast ... Placed sixth in the 100 breast at the Dartmouth Invitational (1/23) ... Against Boston University (10/24), placed second in the 200 individual medley and was fifth in the 100 breast ... Had three top-10 finishes at the Colgate Invitational (10/9-10) taking fifth in the 200 fly, seventh in the 100 fly and eighth in the 100 breast.

2014-15 (Sophomore):
Swam the 200 Butterfly prelim (2:18.59), 100 Butterfly prelim (58.86), and 100 Breaststroke prelim (1:09.82) at the Atlantic 10 Championships (2/18-2/21) ... Took first in the 100 Butterfly (59.85) vs. Bryant (1/17) ... Posted a time of 59.79 in the 100 Butterfly vs. Brown (11/8), finishing fifth ... Also finished fifth in the 100 Butterfly (1:00.68) at Binghamton (10/31) ... Took sixth in the 100 Butterfly (1:00.92) vs. Army (10/18) ... Finished seventh in the 100 Butterfly (1:00.74) at Boston University (10/25) ... Came away with an eighth place finish in the 100 Butterfly (1:00.95) at the Rhode Island Invitational (1/9) ... Also participated in the 100 Butterfly (1:01.55) at the Dartmouth Invitational (1/23) ... Took third in the 200 Butterfly (2:12.91) vs. Bryant (1/17) ... Finished fourth in the 200 Butterfly vs. Army (2:13.82, 10/18), vs. Brown (2:15.55, 11/8), and at Binghamton (2:16.14, 10/31) ... Placed fifth in the 200 Butterfly (2:16.88) at Boston University (10/25) ... Swam the 200 Butterfly (2:13.61) at the Rhode Island Invitational (1/9), finishing sixth ... Also participated in the 200 Butterfly at the Dartmouth Invitational (2:14.80, 1/23) and at the Terrier Invitational (2:12.39, 11/14) ... Set a personal best in the 100 Breaststroke (1:07.30) with a ninth place finish at the Terrier Invitational (11/14) ... Also swam the 100 Breaststroke at Binghamton (1:10.58, 10/31), finishing fourth ... Took sixth in the 100 Breaststroke (1:10.48) at the Rhode Island Invitational (1/9) ... Finished tenth in the 100 Breaststroke (1:10.71) at the Dartmouth Invitational (1/23) ... Also took part in the 500 Freestyle (5:33.40) at the Dartmouth Invitational (1/23) ... Swam the prelim in the 50 Freestyle (26.41) at the Terrier Invitational (11/14) ... Fall 2014 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2013-14 (Freshman):
Named Most Improved at team awards banquet ... Posted the eighth-fastest 100 Fly in school history with a 57.33 in the prelims of the Atlantic 10 Championship meet (2/19/14) ... Registered the ninth-fastest 100 Fly at UMass with a 2:07.88, tying teammate Katie Sieracki in the A-10 prelims ... Also swam the 100 Breast at the A-10 meet, touching in 1:07.92 ... Swam the 50 Free at the Terrier Invitational (11/22/13) in 25.09 ... Top 100 Free time of 57.51 came in a dual at Army (10/4/13) ... Fall 2013 & Spring 2014 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

Before UMass:
Swam for the Amherst Tritons Swim Team and coach Jennifer Yankowski ... Holds club records in the 100 and 200 fly, 100 breast, and the 200 and 400 IM.

Personal:
Full name is Sydney Lawson Connor ... Born on Aug. 22, 1995 in Springfield, Mass. ... Daughter of Kate and John Connor ... Her father is an attorney who graduated from UMass in 1989 and mother is a kindergarten paraprofessional ... Has a sister, Josselyn (16) ... Enjoys skiing and going to the beach ... Kinesiology major.