Upcoming Event: Swimming & Diving versus Davidson on October 10, 2025 at 4 p.m. Diving / 5 p.m. Swimming
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4 p.m. Diving / 5 p.m. Swimming
Swimming & Diving
vs Davidson
2019-20 Swimming & Diving Roster
Scannell, Quinn
Quinn Scannell
- Position:
- Back/Free
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Greenwich Academy/Penn
- Hometown:
- Stamford, Conn.
Bio
Honors:
- ACC Academic Honor Roll (2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21)
2020-21:
Finished the season at the ACC Championship, placing 15th in the 200 freestyle and 19th in the 100 freestyle ... Recorded a career-best 1:46.78 mark in the 200 freestyle as the lead in the 800 freestyle relay ... Also competed in the 200 and 400 medley relays and the 400 freestyle at the conference meet ... Reached three finals at the Janice Hape Dowd Invitational ... Secured a first-place finish in the 200 freestyle with a then career best time ... Also placed third in the 100 freestyle with a career best 49.26, earning an NCAA 'B' Cut ... Took first in the 200 freestyle to open the season against Virginia Tech (11/7).
2019-20: Placed in two events at the ACC Championships, including a career-best 16th place finish in the 200 freestyle after clocking a 1:47.54 (the fourth-fastest time in school history) ... Also placed 22nd in the 200 backstroke event ... Was a member of Duke's 800 freestyle relay at the ACC Championships that placed seventh with the fifth-fastest time in program history (7:11.17) ... Swept the meet placing first in both the 200 freestyle and 200 backstroke at Queens (1/11) ... Reached three finals at the mid-season NC State GAC Invitational in November ... Swam a career-best 23.07 in the 50 free, placing 16th in the event ... Finished 13th in the 200 freestyle and 19th in the 200 butterfly.
2018-19: Clocked the seventh-fastest 100 backstroke mark in school history during ACC Championships preliminaries (54.84) ... Earned a spot in the 100 and 200 backstroke championship finals at the Tennessee Invitational, taking fifth at the 200-yard distance … Preliminaries time of 1:58.03 in the 200 backstroke ranked her sixth all-time at Duke ... Turned in a career-best time of 2:05.80 in the 200 individual medley for a top-eight finish at the Big Al Invitational … Also helped guide the Blue Devils to a first-place showing in the 800 freestyle relay in the meet at Princeton.
Prior to Duke: Completed her freshman year at the University of Pennsylvania, where she claimed the 2018 Ivy League title in the 200 backstroke ... Set Penn and Ivy League Championships records in that event with a mark of 1:54.64 ... Also took second in the 100 backstroke at her first conference meet ... Ivy League Championships qualifier in the 50 freestyle (B final), the 200, 400 and 800 freestyle relays and the 400 medley relay as a rookie ... Completed high school career at Greenwich Academy ... High school All-American in the 200 and 500 freestyle and in the 200 and 400 freestyle relays ... Also claimed New England Championships in those four events while setting the New England record in the 200 freestyle ... As a senior, helped Greenwich claim its first New England championship ... Member of the Honor Roll.
Personal: Daughter of Lori Bell and John Scannell ... Has one brother (Thacher).
Scannell Career Bests:
50 Free: 23.07 ... 2019 NC State GAC Invitational
100 Free: 49.26 ... 2020 Janice Hape Dowd Invitational
200 Free: 1:46.78 ... 4th all-time at Duke ... 2021 ACC Championship
100 Back: 53.57 ... 2018 Ivy League Championships (at Penn)
100 Back: 54.84 ... 8th all-time at Duke ... 2019 ACC Championships
200 Back: 1:54.64 ... 2018 Ivy League Championships (at Penn)
200 Back: 1:58.03 ... 8th all-time at Duke ... 2018 Tennessee Invitational
100 Fly: 56.21 ... 2018 Tennessee Invitational
200 IM: 2:03.29 ... 2019 ACC Championships
On Duke's Relays:
800 Free Relay: 7:10.46 ... 4th all-time at Duke ... 2021 ACC Championships
At the ACC Championships:
2020: 16th, 200 Free ... 1:48.59
22nd, 200 Back ... 1:58.34
6th, 800 Free Relay ... 7:11.17
2021: 5th, 800 Free ... 7:10.46
6th, 400 Medley Relay ... 3:36.22
8th, 200 Free Relay ... 1:30.85
9th, 400 Free Relay ... 3:19.98
15th, 200 Free ... 1:48.45
19th, 100 Free ... 49.84
Last updated on 8/6/2021
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