2021-22 Swimming & Diving Roster

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Elizabeth Bailey

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool Marist
  • Hometown Brookhaven, Ga.
  • Prev School California

Biography

PERSONAL BESTS
50 Free 24.33 High School
100 Free (relay) 53.02 High School
100 Free (open) 58.26 High School
200 Free 1:51.11 High School
500 Free 4:54.33 Georgia Invitational (11.29.2018)
1000 Free 10:27.47 Southern California (2.1.2019)
100 Back 56.61 Pac-12 Championships (2.26.2021)
200 Back 2:02.32 High School
100 Breast 1:08.93 High School
200 Breast 2:28.02 High School
100 Fly 54.01 Pac-12 Time Trials (2.27.2019)
200 Fly 1:58.92 Pac-12 Championships (3.2.2019)
200 IM 2:02.36 High School
400 IM 4:19.03 Pac-12 Championships (3.1.2019)
 
CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2021-22 (Senior)
BIG EAST Champion 200 Yard Butterfly (2:01.36 prelim) (2:00.28 final)
All-BIG EAST 200 Yard Medley Relay (3rd Leg)
All-BIG EAST 100 Yard Butterfly
All-BIG EAST 400 Yard Medley Relay (3rd Leg)
All-BIG EAST 200 Yard Butterfly
2019-20 (Junior) (California)
Warren Hellman Scholastic Award 2019-20
Golden Bear Award 2019-20 (Highest Team GPA)
Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll 2019-20
2018-19 (Sophomore) (California)
Pac-12 All-Academic Team First Team
CSCAA Scholar All-American Honorable Mention
ACADEMIC HONORS
BIG EAST All-Academic Team (2021-22)
Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2021, Spring 2022)

Villanova Career: Joined the Wildcats in 2021-22 as a graduate transfer from California and became a four-time All-BIG EAST performer in her debut season with Villanova … BIG EAST Champion in 2022 campaign in the 200 Fly, 200 Medley Relay (third leg) and 400 Medley Relay (third leg) … Part of the 200 Medley Relay team that reset the Villanova record at the 2022 BIG EAST Championships with a time of 1:39.64 … Recorded the fastest times for the team in the 100 Fly and 200 Fly in her debut season as a Wildcat … Competes primarily in the butterfly events and was a seven-time scorer at the Pac-12 Championships during her undergraduate career … Named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team in 2021-22 and the Athletic Director's Honor Roll twice ... Prior to Villanova, her career highlights included posting an NCAA “B” cut time in the 200 fly her sophomore year and being a qualifier for the Olympic Trials in 2016 prior to the start of her collegiate career … Graduated with Honors from California with a degree in Mathematics and is pursuing a Master’s in Political Science at Villanova.
 
2021-22: Won gold at the BIG EAST Championships in the 200 Fly (2:00.28), 200 Medley Relay (third leg) and 400 Medley Relay (third leg) … All-BIG EAST performer the 100 Fly, 200 Fly, 200 Medley Relay and 400 Medley Relay … Posted the team’s fastest times in the 100 Fly (54.71) and 200 Fly (2:00.28) at the BIG EAST Championships; BIG EAST Championships (2/23-26): Went wire-to-wire in first place of the 200 Fly prelims (2:01.36) and finals (2:00.28) … Posted a 54.51 split as the third leg of the 400 Medley Relay, helping the team to finish with a winning time of 3:40.16 … Swam a 24.35 as the third leg on the winning 200 Medley Relay squad that finished in 1:39.53 … Earned bronze in the 100 Fly (54.71) after finishing third in the prelims (55.13) … Swam in the consolation final of the 200 IM with the fastest time of 2:04.08, giving her ninth overall; Penn State (1/28): Finished no lower than fifth, going fifth in the 200 Fly (2:03.61) and fourth in the 100 Fly (57.42) while posting a 28.15 opening leg for the fifth-place 200 Medley Relay team; West Virginia/Iowa State (1/22): Part of the winning 200 Medley Relay team in the dual meet, swimming a third-leg split of 25.76 … Landed second in that same meet in the 200 Fly (2:04.86) while touching third in the 100 Fly (57.16); Pittsburgh (1/20): Touched second in both the 200 Fly (2:04.82) and 100 Fly (57.03) and was the third leg for the 200 Medley Relay, posting a 25.28 split to help the group to a third-place finish; Rutgers (1/17): Swam a second-place time of 2:05.86 in the 200 Fly where she also swam third on the 400 Medley Relay second-place team with a split of 58.66; Richmond (1/14): Won the 200 Fly, distancing herself from the rest of the field by nearly three seconds with a time of 2:05.46 … Also helped the Wildcats to a 200 Medley Relay win against the Spiders with a 1:45.56 time, posting a 26.03 split as the third leg; La Salle (11/23): Swept third-place showings in all four races she competed in, including the 100 Back (1:00.18), 50 Fly (26.44), 100 IM (1:03.21) and 200 Free Relay where she swam a 18.58 split as the third leg; WVU Invitational (11/18-20): Finished third in the 200 Fly (2:02.91) and the 100 Fly (56.14) and was the third leg of the 200 Medley Relay with a 24.86 split; Penn (11/10): Swam a 58.73 100 Back that was good enough for third place; Georgetown (10/30): Had two top-three individual swims, winning the 200 Fly (2:07.01) and finishing third in the 100 Fly (58.49) while swimming a 25.92 third-leg on the winning 200 Medley Relay team; UConn (10/16): Won the 200 Fly (2:05.32) in her debut event with the Wildcats where she also touched third in the 100 Fly (57.70) and 200 IM (2:10.87).
 
California: Competed for the Golden Bears from 2017-21 and was a seven-time scorer at the Pac-12 Championships … Her highest career finish at the Pac-12 meet was a 13th place result in the 200 fly her senior year … As a junior was the winner of the Warren Hellman Scholastic Award as well as the Golden Bear Award for having the highest GPA on the team … Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll as a junior … As a sophomore was a first team Pac-12 All-Academic selection and was named an honorable mention CSCAA Scholar All-American … Graduated Phi Beta Kappa with Honors as a Mathematics major.
 
2020-21 (California): Swam in six meets during the abbreviated season of competition and scored in the 100 fly, the 200 fly and the 100 back at the Pac-12 Championships … Recorded a personal best time in the 100 back at the conference meet; Stanford (11/14): Came in fourth in the 200 fly (2:03.09) in the first meet of the season; Stanford Invitational (11/21): Runner-up in the 200 fly (2:03.32) and finished fifth in the 100 fly (55.70); USC (1/29): Came in fourth in the 400 IM in 4:27.89, finished fifth in the 200 fly with a time of 2:02.76 and registered a mark of 57.00 in the 100 fly; UCLA (1/30): Finished fourth in the 200 fly (2:02.65) to go along with times of 1:52.70 in the 200 free and 57.52 in the 100 back; Stanford (2/13): Came in fourth in the 200 fly (2:03.03) and seventh in the 100 fly (56.28); Pac-12 Championships (2/24-2/27): Recorded personal best times in both the prelims and the final of the 100 back at the conference championships … Scored in the 100 back, the 100 fly and the 200 fly … Her best finish was a 13th place result in the final of the 200 fly when she touched the wall in 2:02.68 … Had ranked 12th after the prelims with a time of 2:02.77 … Tallied times of 56.61 in the prelims and 56.65 in the final of the 100 back, with a 23rd place overall finish in the final … Came in 24th in the prelims (55.58) and 22nd in the final (55.40) of the 100 fly.
 
2019-20 (California): Competed at 12 meets during the season and scored in the 200 fly at the Pac-12 Championships; Queen of the Pool (9/20): Came in 17th in both the 100 fly (58.51) and the 100 IM (1:01.40) in the traditional season opener at Cal Poly ... Tallied a 19th place finish in the 100 back in 1:00.40 to go along with times of 55.49 in the 100 free and 1:15.23 in the 100 breast; Chick-Fil-A Invitational (10/11-10/12): Competed in six events at Fresno State and had her top finish in the 200 fly where she came in 10th with a time of 2:07.76 … Also finished 12th in the 100 fly (57.58), 16th in the 200 back (2:07.13) and 18th in the 500 free (5:09.52) … Posted times of 59.18 in the 100 back and 2:10.00 in the 200 IM … Had a relay 50 back relay split of 27.77 during the meet; Washington State (10/24): Finished fourth in the 200 fly with a time of 2:06.35 … Recorded a time of 5:09.94 in the 500 free and had a 100 free relay split of 54.39; UC San Diego (11/11): Placed fourth in the 200 fly in 2:22.28 and posted a time of 1:04.14 in the 100 fly; Minnesota Invitational (12/4-12/7): Qualified for the final in both the 100 fly and the 200 fly … Came in 20th in the final of the 200 fly in 2:01.35 after finishing with a time of 2:02.00 in the prelims … Placed 26th in the final of the 100 fly in 55.70 after ranking 30th overall in the heats in 55.86 … Posted a time of 4:58.83 in the preliminaries of the 500 free and touched the wall in 1:51.83 in the prelims of the 200 free; Minnesota Invitational Long Course Time Trial (12/8): Competed in a long course time trial at Minnesota and registered a time of 2:23.31 to finish third in the 200 fly; San Jose State (12/21): Posted a time of 1:31.23 in the 150 fly; Arizona State (1/25): Recorded times of 2:05.93 in the 200 fly and 5:12.39 in the 500 free; USC (1/31): Finished third in the 1000 free with a time of 10:40.35; UCLA (2/1): Came in fifth in the 200 fly in 2:05.27 and was sixth in the 100 fly with a time of 57.34; Stanford (2/15): Came in fifth in the 100 fly (56.74) and sixth in the 200 fly (2:04.36); Pac-12 Championships (2/26-2/29): Scored in the 200 fly at the conference championships with an 18th place finish in the final … Posted a time of 2:00.30 and moved up a spot from the prelims when she was 19th overall in 2:02.65 … Recorded a time of 55.46 in the prelims of the 100 fly and recorded a time of 54.88 in a preliminary swim-off … Tallied a time of 4:59.66 in the preliminary heats of the 500 free.
 
2018-19 (California): Recorded an NCAA “B” cut time in the 200 fly during the Pac-12 Championships … Her PR of 1:58.92 was good for a 16th place finish at the conference meet … Also scored in the 400 IM at the Pac-12 Championships … Recorded PRs in the 500 free and the 100 back earlier in the season … Competed at a total of 13 meets during the year; Queen of the Pool (9/20-9/21): Her best finish in four events at the season opener was a ninth place result with a time of 58.81 in the 100 back … Came in 16th in the 100 IM (1:01.83), 23rd in the 100 free (55.40) and 29th in the 100 breast (1:13.99); Chick-Fil-A Invite (10/5-10/6): Registered a PR of 58.03 in the 100 back at Fresno State … Recorded top-eight finishes in both the 400 IM (4:27.73, sixth) and the 200 fly (2:04.93, seventh) to go along with finishing ninth in the 200 back (2:06.51) and 11th in the 500 free (5:07.09) … Recorded a time of 56.98 in the 100 fly and 2:07.72 in the 200 IM; Utah (10/10): Came in fifth in the 200 back (2:05.29), sixth in the 200 fly (2:04.62) and posted a time of 4:27.17 in the 400 IM; Washington State (11/3): Tallied a fourth place finish in the 200 fly (2:05.04) and recorded a time of 5:10.17 in the 500 free; Texas (11/10): Posted a sixth place finish in the 200 fly in 2:03.04 and came in seventh in the 500 free with a time of 5:03.88; Georgia Invitational (11/29-12/1): Recorded a personal best time of 4:54.33 in the final of the 500 free … Came in 21st in the final and moved up five spots from the preliminaries when she was 26th in 4:59.63 … Came in 17th in the prelims (4:24.47) and 14th in the final (4:24.72) of the 400 IM … Recorded a time of 2:02.95 in the 30th; San Jose State (12/19): Came in third in the 150 fly (1:31.17); Arizona State (1/25): Registered a fifth place finish in the 200 fly (2:02.27) and was eighth in the 500 free (5:06.87); Arizona (1/26): Finished fourth in both the 200 fly (2:02.86) and the 400 IM (4:32.06); USC (2/1): Came in fourth in the 1000 free (10:27.47) and eighth in the 200 IM (2:07.80); UCLA (2/2): Finished fourth in the 200 fly (2:04.35) and eighth in the 500 free (2:08.87); Stanford (2/16): Placed seventh in the 200 fly (2:01.43) and eighth in the 500 free (5:08.87); Pac-12 Championships (2/27-3/2): Recorded an NCAA “B” cut in the 200 fly with a personal best time of 1:58.92 at the conference championships … Broke two minutes in both the preliminaries and the final while notching a 16th place overall finish in the event … Touched the wall in 1:59.39 in the prelims and lowered the mark to a lifetime best of 1:58.92 in the final … Scored in the 400 IM with a 22nd place finish and a time of 4:19.03 in the final … Moved up three spots after ranking 25th in the prelims in 4:22.44 … Posted a time of 4:55.56 in the preliminary heats of the 500 free … On the opening day of the meet tallied a time of 54.01 in a 100 fly time trial.
 
2017-18 (California): Competed in 13 meets during her freshman collegiate season and was a Pac-12 scorer in the 400 IM with a 21st place finish at the conference meet … Posted a then-personal best time in the 500 free during the season; Queen of the Pool (9/29): Made her collegiate debut at Cal Poly and swam in five events during the annual season opener … Her top finish was a 14th place result in the 100 fly (57.80) … Came in 17th in the 100 back (1:00.09), 20th in the 100 IM (1:01.52) and 24th in the 100 free (54.89) in addition to registering a time of 1:13.73 in the 100 breast; Fresno State Invitational (10/6-10/7): Placed seventh in the 200 fly with a time of 2:05.53 at the two-day tournament … Also came in 11th in the 200 IM (2:08.91) and 16th in both the 200 back (2:09.32) and the 400 IM (4:35.19) … Swam the 100 back and registered a time of 1:00.24; Oregon State (11/3): Runner-up in the 1000 free with a time of 10:34.57 and also recorded a time of 5:09.58 in the 500 free; North Carolina State (11/4): Tallied fifth place finishes in both the 100 fly (58.03) and the 200 fly (2:04.98); Nevada (11/17): Came in fourth in the 400 IM (4:28.37) and posted a time of 5:08.60 in the 500 free; Georgia Invitational (12/1-12/3): Recorded then-personal best times in both the prelims and the final of the 500 free … Ranked 25th after the preliminary heats when she touched the wall in 4:56.91 and then moved up one spot to place 24th with a time of 4:56.43 in the final … Qualified for the final in the 100 fly, the 200 fly and the 400 IM … Placed 12th in the 400 IM with a time of 4:21.46 after cutting nearly seven full seconds off her time from the prelims … Added 21st place finishes in the 100 fly (55.58) and the 200 fly (2:01.12); San Jose State (12/20): Recorded times of 1:30.72 in the 150 fly and 2:58.73 in the 300 free; Arizona State (1/19): Tallied a sixth place finish in the 1000 free (10:48.19) and had a time of 4:32.75 in the 400 IM; Arizona (1/20): Notched a time of 2:03.35 in the 200 fly; USC (1/26): Came in fifth in the 200 fly in 2:02.84 and finished 11th in the 500 free in 5:03.40; UCLA (1/27): Finished sixth in the 200 fly in 2:03.45 while posting times of 57.51 in the 100 fly and 4:29.33 in the 400 IM; Stanford (February 10): Finished eighth in the 200 fly (2:04.35) and touched the wall in 2:08.14 in the 200 IM; Pac-12 Championships (2/21-2/24): Scored in the final of the 400 IM with a 21st place overall finish … Had a time of 4:21.79 in the prelims and moved up four spots in the ‘C’ final with a time of 4:19.58 … Swam in the prelims of both the 200 fly (2:01.53) and the 500 free (4:56.76) at the conference championships.
 
Marist High School: Competed on the swimming & diving team during her scholastic career.
 
Personal: Born 5/20/99 in Atlanta, Ga. … Younger of two daughters of Mitchell and Jennifer Bailey … Has an older sister, Catherine (23) … Enjoys cooking in her spare time … Graduated from California in 2021 and is pursuing a Master’s in Political Science at Villanova … Chose to continue her academic and athletic careers at Villanova because she felt the coaching staff and the team would welcome her even though she would only have one year of remaining eligibility … Noted that her overall skill set as a student-athlete would be valued beyond her swimming abilities and wanted to be a part of a high-achieving team in all aspects of the collegiate experience.