Sydney Saunders

Class: Junior Hometown: Danville, CA High School: Monte Vista

Height: 5-4 Event: Free Major: Civil engineering

2011-12: Swam a career-best time of 24.51 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle at the Patriot Invitational (Nov. 17)...Touched the wall in 1:08.76 in the 100-yard backstroke for a career-best time at the America-Catholic tri-meet (Oct. 15)...Swam final leg of 200-yard medley relay that broke the Drexel Pool record with a time of 1:49.79...Won the 50 free and 100 free at the American-Catholic tri-meet...Swam lead-off leg of first-place finishing 400-yard freestyle relay team against Bucknell (Oct. 22)...Won the 100 free against UMBC (Nov. 5).

2010-11: At the Atlantic-10 Championships, member of the team record-setting 200- and 400-yard freestyle relay teams...Swam anchor leg for the 200- and 400-yard medley relays...Also competed in the preliminary heats of the 50-, 100- and 200-yard freestyle events, finishing 32nd, 19th and 17th, respectively...A-10 performance in the 100-yard freestyle ranks fifth all-time on GW's top times list...Swam on first-place finishing 200-yard medley relay against Drexel...Also took home second in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle events...Member of fifth-place finishing 400-yard freestyle relay at the Patriot Invitational...Claimed top honors in the 50-yard freestyle and second in the 100-yard freestyle at ODU...Helped 400-yard freestyle relay finish first and individually finished second in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle events at Georgetown.

High School: Named the 2010 Monte Vista swim team MVP after a four-year varsity career...Was an All-American consideration in the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle, as well as in the 200-yard and 400-yard freestyle relays...Took sixth in the 50-yard freestyle at the 2010 North Coast Sectionals (NCS) meet...At the 2010 East Bay Athletic League (EBALs) meet, won the 50-yard freestyle and a third-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle...Helped Monte Vista to a second-place finish at NCS and a first-place finish at EBALs...Also swam for Blackhawk Country Club HOX (2006-06) and Crow Canyon Club (2007-10) teams.

Personal: Born Sydney Ann Saunders on Sept. 3, 1992, in San Ramon, CA...Daughter of Michelle and Brian Saunders...Twin sister Sloan is also a member of the GW women's swimming team...Majoring in civil engineering, with aspirations to continue her education in architecture and pursue a career in building green/sustainable buildings.