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4 p.m. Diving / 5 p.m. Swimming
Swimming & Diving
vs Boston College
2017-18 Swimming & Diving Roster
Dean, Connie
Connie Dean
- Position:
- IM/Breaststroke
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Maidenhead, United Kingdom
Bio
Honors:Â
- CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention (2017-18, 2019-20)
- ACC Academic Honor Roll (2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20)
Career: Graduated with four individual times and one relay time on the all-time Top 10 charts ... Ranks second in program history in the 400 individual medley (4:09.79) and third in the 200 breaststroke (2:12.29) ... Two-time CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention ... Three-Time ACC Academic Honor Roll selection ... Five-time finalist at the ACC meet, including a career-best 'A' Final appearance in the 400 individual medley in 2020.
2020-21: Competed in just two meets throughout the season ... Recorded a personal best time in the 500 freestyle (4:54.56) at the midseason invitational, the Janice Hape Dowd Invitational ... Also competed Senior Day against NC State (1/16), swimming in the 100 breaststroke and 200 individual medley.
2019-20: Placed in three event finals at the ACC Championships, including a career-best 8th place finish in the 400 individual medley ... Swam two career-best times in the 200 breaststroke (2:12.29) and 200 individual medley (1:59.78) to place 14th and 20th, respectively, in the finals ... Finished the season as Duke's top performer in both individual medleys ... Notched a new personal best in the 100 breaststroke in Duke's final home meet of the season, clocking a 1:02.31 against North Carolina (2/1) ... Reached four finals at the mid-season NC State GAC Invitational ... Earned a spot on the podium in the 400 individual medley, placing third (4:11.97) ... Won the consolation final in the 200 breaststroke with a then season-best 2:13.17 ... Also placed 12th in the 200 individual medley and 15th in the 100 breaststroke ... Took first in the 200 breaststroke and second in the 100 breaststroke at Harvard (11/9) ... Claimed a victory in the 400 individual medley against Georgia (10/26).
2018-19: Claimed the 200 breaststroke against Queens University of Charlotte and William & Mary (1/12) ... Competed on 400 medley relay that clocked the second-fastest mark in school history at the Tennessee Invitational (3:36.85) … Took fifth in the 200 breaststroke at that meet ... Bested the field in the 200 breaststroke at the Big Al Invitational … Also took second in the 400 individual medley at the meet at Princeton … Opened the season by competing on winning 200 medley relay and claiming the 200 breaststroke in a victory at Virginia Tech (10/13).
2017-18: Duke’s top performer in the 200 breaststroke as a freshman ... Swam on the winning 200 medley relay in the season opener against No. 23 Florida State and Virginia Tech (10/14) ... Took second in the 400 individual medley against the Seminoles and Hokies, with her mark of 4:21.60 ranking her seventh on the Blue Devils’ all-time performance list ... Went on to reset program and facility records with a 4:12.40 400 individual medley swim at the Janis Hape Dowd Carolina College Nike Invitational ... At her first conference championship, broke the program record in the 400 individual medley again with a 4:09.79 showing in a 10th-place finish ... Also scored for Duke in the 200 breaststroke, taking 18th (2:12.92) ... Preliminaries swim in the 200 individual medley (1:59.99) was good for fourth on the all-time performance list ... Traveled to the NCAA Championships as a relay alternate.
Prior to Duke: Two-year member of England’s national team … 2016 British Nationals finalist in the 400-meter individual medley … Also took sixth in the women’s open 200 individual medley at that meet, as well as seventh in the Target Tokyo 2020 200 breaststroke … Competes for the Maidenhead Marlins program … Gold medalist in the 200 breaststroke at the 2016 ASA South East Region meet … Also claimed silver medals in the 50 breaststroke, 400 individual medley and 100 breaststroke and a bronze in the 200 individual medley in that showing.
Personal: Daughter of Jacquie Hughes and Jonathan Dean … Has three brothers (Tom, Algie and William) and one sister (Nancy).
Dean Career Bests:
200 Free: 1:52.76 ... at Boston College (11/8/19)
500 Free: 4:54.56Â ... 2020 Janice Hape Dowd Invitational
100 Breast: 1:02.31Â ... 10th all-time at Duke ... vs. UNC (2/1/20)
200 Breast: 2:12.29 ... 4th all-time at Duke ... 2020 ACC Championships
200 IM: 1:59.78Â ... 7th all-time at Duke ... 2018 ACC Championships
400 IM: 4:09.79 ... 2nd all-time at Duke ... 2018 ACC Championships
On Duke's Relays:
400 Medley: 3:36.85 ... 7th all-time at Duke ... 2018-19
At the ACC Championships:
2018: 10th, 400 IM ... 4:09.79
      18th, 200 Breast ... 2:12.92
2020:Â 8th, 400 IM ... 4:12.22
          14th, 200 Breast ... 2:12.29
          20th, 200 IM ... 1:59.78
Last updated on 7/28/2021
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