Villanova Univeristy Athletics

Villanova Career: A key piece of a team that has won five straight BIG EAST titles during her career … During her career is a 24-time BIG EAST champion and a 28-time All-BIG EAST performer … Has won eight individual gold medals at the BIG EAST Championships and has been a member of 16 championship relay teams … Three-time conference champion in both the 100 free and the 200 free in addition to winning the 50 free twice … Has starred in the sprint freestyle events and also swam the 100 back and the 200 IM during her collegiate career … Was named the Women’s Most Outstanding Swimmer at the BIG EAST Championships her junior year … Outside of the pool has been consistently recognized for her elite academic achievement … Named an honorable mention CSCAA Scholar All-American as a junior in 2020 … Five-time selection to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team and earned a spot on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in each of her ten collegiate semesters … Named the Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Performer of the Year in Women’s Swimming & Diving as a junior and earned a spot on the Academic All-Area Team for the 2019-20 and 2021-22 seasons.
 
2021-22: Closed out her career with seven BIG EAST titles at the conference meet, helping the Wildcats wins their ninth consecutive BIG EAST Championship … Racked up seven All-BIG EAST performances on the week, as well … Won three individual crowns, sweeping the freestyle races in the 50, 100 and 200 while also swimming on four winning relays … Recorded the team’s fastest times of the year in the 50 Free and 100 Free … Swam in all 11 events on the year; BIG EAST Championships (2/23-26): Swept the Freestyle events at the conference meet, winning the 50, 100 and 200 Free … Added on four conference-winning swims in the 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay and 200 Medley Relay … Won the 50 Free and 100 Free with the fastest times of the year for Villanova at 22.81 and 50.00, respectively … Posted a 1:48.04 to win the 200 Free … Swam the opening leg of the 200 Free Relay that set the program record with a winning time of 1:39.53 … Anchored the other three championship relays to finishes of 3:20.68 (400 Free Relay), 1:39.53 (200 Medley Relay) and 7:14.72 (800 Free Relay); Penn State (1/28): Finished no lower than third in all four races she appeared in … Anchored the 400 Free Relay team with a 3:30.28 finish … Swam opening leg of the 200 Medley Relay that posted a third-place 1:43.59 finish … Touched third in both the 200 Free (1:51.09) and 100 Free (51.82); West Virginia/Iowa State (1/22): Picked up individual wins in the 200 Free (1:50.91) and 100 Free (51.34) … Anchored the 400 Free Relay team that won in 3:26.91 … Came up second in the 50 Free with a time of 23.87; Pittsburgh (1/20): Won the 50 Free in 23.87 … Swam opening leg of the 400 Free Relay that won with a 3:27.34 time … Touched second in the 200 Free (1:42.89) and 100 Free (51.89); Rutgers (1/17): Won all three appearances against the Scarlet Knights … Came out on top in the 50 Free (23.68) and 100 Free (51.38) … Hit the lane first for the 400 Free Relay team that won in 3:28.42; Richmond (1/14): Won the 200 Free with a time of 1:53.58 … Touched second in the 50 Free at 24.14 and the 100 Free at 52.43; La Salle (11/22): Finished second in both events she participated in … Runner-up in the 100 Free with a 52.30 mark … Part of the 200 Free Relay squad that swam a 1:36.28 runner-up time; WVU Invitational (11/18-11/20): Collected seven top-five finishes in the eight events she swam … Recorded a third-place showing in the 50 Free with a 23.34 time … Swam opening leg for the 400 Free Relay team that touched the wall first with a 3:21.79 time … Anchored the runner-up teams in the 200 Free Relay (1:32.69), 200 Medley Relay (1:42.90) and 800 Free (7:25.52); Penn (11/10): Finished top-two of all four event appearances … Won the 50 Free in 23.73 … Was second in both the 100 Free (51.54) and 200 Free (1:51,70) … Swam anchor in the 200 Medley Relay team that finished second in 1:44.03; Georgetown (10/30): Touched the wall first in both the 50 Free (24.07) and 200 Free (1:53.24) … Notched a runner-up swim in the 100 Free (52.53) … Part of the 200 Medley Relay team that posted a winning time of 1:45.43; UCONN (10/16): Was a triple individual winner in the dual, winning the 50 Free (23.77), 100 Free (51.82) and 200 Free (1:52.51) … Anchored the 400 Free Relay team that touched the wall first with a 3:31.16 time.
 
2020-21: One of the top performers on the team and helped Villanova extend its string of BIG EAST team titles to eight in a row … Earned six gold medals and recorded seven all-conference performances at the BIG EAST Championships, including individual conference crowns in the 100 free and the 200 free to go along with being a part of four champion relay teams … Recorded the Wildcats fastest times of the season in both the 100 free and the 200 free … Competed at four regular season dual meets before starring at the BIG EAST meet; BIG EAST Championships (4/7-4/10): Double winner at the conference championships in the 100 free and the 200 free … Swam on champion relay teams in the 200, 400 and 800 free relays as well as the 200 medley relay … Anchored the 400 free relay and led off the other three relays … Her times in the final of the 100 free and the 200 free were the fastest by any Villanova swimmer during the season … In addition to her six gold medals was the third place finisher in the 50 free … On the first night of the meet led off the 200 medley relay in which Villanova tied for a first place finish in 1:41.74 … Led off the 800 free relay with a 200 free split of 1:52.08 as the Wildcats recorded a winning time of 7:19.35 … Led a field of 45 competitors with a time of 23.46 in the preliminaries of the 50 free … Came in third in the final with a season-best time of 23.39 … Led off the 200 free relay with a 50 free split of 23.62 and Villanova recorded a winning time of 1:32.49 … Ranked third in the prelims of the 200 free in 1:50.77 before moving up two spots to claim the BIG EAST title with a winning time of 1:49.09 in the final … Closed the meet by winning the 100 free in 50.25 and cut a full second off her time after ranking third in the prelims in 51.25 … In the final race of the championships anchored the 400 free relay to a winning time of 3:22.21; Delaware (2/13): Runner-up in the 50 free (24.27) in the season opener while anchoring both the 200 medley relay and the 400 free relay … Villanova won the 400 free relay in 3:31.28 and finished second in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:47.48; Drexel (3/3): Came in second in the 100 free in 52.68 and anchored both the 200 medley and 200 free relays to first place finishes … The 200 medley relay finished first in 1:48.34 and the 200 free relay posted a winning time of 1:37.07; Seton Hall (3/7): Individual winner in the 100 free in 52.53 and was the runner-up in the 50 free in 24.69 … Led off the 200 medley relay with a 50 back split of 27.28 as Villanova recorded a winning time of 1:47.39 … Anchored the 400 free relay to a first place finish with a winning time of 3:34.81; Loyola Md. (3/13): Placed second in the 100 free (53.37) while finishing third in the 50 free (24.50) and the 200 free (1:55.54) … Swam the second leg of the 400 free relay in a lineup that finished first in 3:34.22.
 
2019-20: Named the BIG EAST Championships Most Outstanding Women’s Swimmer after recording six championship performances at the conference meet … Swept the individual titles in the 50 yard freestyle, the 100 yard freestyle and the 200 yard freestyle in addition to swimming the anchor legs for three conference champion relay teams, including the 400 yard and 800 yard freestyle relays as well as the 200 yard medley relay … Earned a total of seven All-BIG EAST honors at the meet … Her winning times in all three of her individual events at the BIG EAST Championships were season bests … Touched the wall in 22.79 in the final of the 50 free, broke 50 seconds for the first time during the season in the 100 free to finish with a winning time of 49.78 and won the final of the 200 free in 1:47.05 … Led the field of competitors in the 100 free and the 200 free with the fastest time in the preliminary heats … Anchored the champion 800 free relay team with a split of 1:47.55 on the final leg of the race, which Villanova won in 7:16.85 … Had a split of 49.04 on the final leg of the 400 free relay, which tied for first place with a time of 3:21.62 … Swam the freestyle leg of the 200 medley relay in 22.38 to help the Wildcats win the race in 1:40.44 … Also anchored the 200 free relay which came in second with a time of 1:35.66, recording a split of 23.39 on the anchor leg … Her other top time of the season was a mark of 57.04 in the 100 yard backstroke at the WVU Invitational … Named the BIG EAST Female Athlete of the Week on November 4 after leading the Wildcats to a dual win over Georgetown … Won the 100 free, finished second in the 100 back and swam legs of the first place 400 free relay and 200 medley relay … Double winner at the WVU Invitational in the 100 free and the 200 free in addition to helping Villanova win the 400 yard medley relay and the 800 free relay … Triple winner with a sweep of the 50 free, 100 free and 200 free races in dual meets against Penn, Richmond and Connecticut … Won the 100 free and the 200 free in dual meets at Rutgers and West Virginia.
 
2018-19: Helped lead Villanova to a sweep of the freestyle relay events at the conference championships and also earned individual All-BIG EAST honors in the 200 yard freestyle … Swam the anchor leg of all three freestyle relays, including the 800 free relay which set a school record with a winning time of 7:10.63 … She had a split of 1:47.62 for her leg of the race … Had a split of 22.61 in the 200 free relay which posted a winning time of 1:31.19 and split 49.73 for her leg of the 400 free relay which came in first with a time of 3:20.05 … Runner-up in the 200 yard freestyle with a season-best time of 1:47.97 in the final … Also came in fourth in the 100 yard freestyle and fifth in the 50 yard freestyle at the BIG EAST meet … Her time of 50.25 in the final of the 100 free and 23.37 in the preliminary heats of the 50 free were season bests … Earlier in the year posted a top mark of 58.30 in the 100 yard backstroke at the Bruno Invitational … During the season was a double winner in the 100 free and the 200 free in dual meets against Georgetown and Penn State … Also tallied wins in the 50 free against La Salle and the 200 free against Penn, Connecticut and in a triangular meet with Princeton and Rutgers … Notched a total of 19 top-three finishes in individual races for the year.
 
2017-18: Helped the Wildcats set a school record in the 200 yard freestyle relay and pool records at the SPIRE Institute in both the 200 free relay and the 800 yard freestyle relay during the BIG EAST Championships … Villanova won each of those relays and she also tallied top-five finishes in all three of her individual events, including earning All-BIG EAST honors in the 200 yard freestyle … The team’s winning time of 1:30.77 in the 200 free relay set a record … She swam the third leg of the relay with a split of 22.88 … Also took the third leg of the 800 free relay and had a split of 1:48.77 in a race that the Wildcats won in 7:11.36 … Posted season-best times in the 50 yard freestyle, the 100 yard freestyle and the 200 free … Came in second in the 200 free with a time of 1:48.57 in the final … Also finished fourth in the 50 free with a time of 23.05 and fifth in the 100 free with a tie of 50.72 … Earlier in the year registered a time of 2:13.59 in the 200 yard individual medley against Ursinus … Double winner in the 50 free and the 100 free against Connecticut and in a triangular meet versus West Virginia and Iowa State … Also won the 50 free against La Salle … Made her collegiate debut in a triangular meet against Drexel and La Salle, placing second in the 200 free and third in the 50 free at the meet … Finished second in both the 50 free and the 100 free against Ursinus, as well as in the 200 free versus Connecticut … Tallied third place results in the 50 free against San Diego, the 100 free against La Salle, and the 200 free versus Penn, Princeton, Richmond and in the triangular meet against Princeton and Richmond.
 
Charters School: Qualified for the British Olympic Trials in 2016 … Was a British National Short Course Championships “B” finalist … Six-time South East Region champion, including four long course titles and two short course championships … In 2017 she was the long course champion in the 100 yard and the 200 yard … In 2016 she was the long course champion in the 50 yard freestyle and the 200 free, as well as the short course champion in the 100 free and the 200 free.
 
Personal: Born in Ascot, Berkshire, United Kingdom … Older of two daughters of Tim and Nicky Routledge … Has a younger sister, Charlotte … Hobbies include shopping and driving … Chose to attend Villanova because of the warmth of the coaching staff and members of the swimming & diving program … Psychology major.