Upcoming Event: Swimming & Diving versus Boston College on September 26, 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 Boston College
2020-21 Swimming & Diving Roster
Foley, Sarah
Sarah Foley
- Position:
- Breast/IM
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- William Penn Charter School
- Hometown:
- Philadelphia, Pa.
Bio
Personal Bests and Event Progression
Academic Accolades
Career Accolades
2023-24 (Senior)
2022-23 (Junior)
2021-22 (Sophomore)
2020-21 (Freshman)
Prior to Duke: Eight-time All-America selection … Three-time Team MVP … Holds three pool records at the Franklin and Marshall … Named the Easterns Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Female Swimmer of the Meet and Inter-AC League MVP … Set the Easterns Meet record in the 200 individual medley and 100 breaststroke … Finalist at nationals … Qualified for the Olympic Trials in the 200 breaststroke as a junior … Competed at the French Junior National Championships three times while living in France … 50 and 100 breaststroke French Junior National Champion in 2017 … Named First Team All-Inter-AC League twice … Placed in the top 100 at the 18&U World meet … Finalist in the 100 and 200 breaststroke at Junior Nationals as a sophomore … Earned magna cum laude status on her National Latin Exam.
Academic Accolades
- All-ACC Academic Team (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)
- CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team (2020-21, 2023-24)
- ACC Academic Honor Roll (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)
Career Accolades
- First Team All-American (400 Medley Relay)
- Second Team All-American (200 IM)
- 2024 Olympic Trials Qualifier
- First Team All-American (NCAA’s – 200 Breaststroke)
- CSCAA All-America First Team (200 IM – 2021-22)
- CSCAA All-America Honorable Mention (200 Freestyle – 2021-22)
- All-ACC (200 IM and 200 Breaststroke – 2021-22)
- Above and Beyond Team Award (2020-21)
- Most Outstanding Performance Award (2021-22)
- ACC Swimmer of the Week (twice in 2021-22)
2023-24 (Senior)
- Recorded season bests at the NCAA Women’s Championship in the 800 freestyle relay leadoff (1:43.92), the 200 breaststroke (2:08.73) and the 200 IM (1:54.70)
- Earned NCAA-B cuts in the 200 freestyle, 200 breaststroke and 200 IM at ACC Championships
- Collected a third-place finish in the 200 IM finals at ACC’s (2/20-24), clocking in with a time of 1:55.88
- Finished second in the 100 breaststroke against Texas (1/27), touching with a time of 1:01.24, earning a NCAA-B cut
- Tallied first place finishes in the 200 freestyle and 200 IM (1/26) against Queens, posting times of 1:48.89 and 1:59.61 respectively against North Carolina
- Won the 200 IM event against South Carolina (1/20), touching with a time of 2:01.87
- Produced a second place finish in the 200 freestyle finals, clocking in with a time of 1:45.67 at the NC State/GAC Invitational (11/16-18)
2022-23 (Junior)
- Collected three NCAA B-Cuts in the 800 Freestyle Relay, 100 and 200 Breaststroke
- Qualified for the 2024 Olympic Trials at the Toyota U.S. Open in the 100 Breaststroke
- Set the Duke record in the 200 IM clocking in with a time of 1:54.12
- Also set the school record in the 400 IM with a time of 4:06.25
- Went back and forth with freshman Kaelyn Gridley on the 100 Breaststroke, being second in program history
- Collected three first place finishes against Virginia Tech in the 200 Freestyle, 200 Breaststroke and 200 IM
- Swam a season best 1:47.15, while finishing first, in the 200 Freestyle against South Carolina
- Tallied four season bests and two personal bests individually at the NC State GAC Invitational in the 800 Freestyle Relay (SB), 200 Breaststroke (SB), 200 IM (SB), 400 IM (SB), 50 Breaststroke (PB) and 100 Breaststroke (PB)
- Tallied NCAA B-Cuts in the 100 Breaststroke and 200 Breaststroke at the NC State GAC Invitational
- Swept the 200 Freestyle and 200 Breaststroke against Queens University
- Posted a personal best in the 200 Freestyle at the Toyota U.S. Open Championships
- Collected two first place finishes in the 200 Breaststroke and 400 IM against NC State
- Was apart of the first 800 Freestyle Relay team that Duke produced at NCAA Championships
- Finished eighth in the 200 IM at NCAA Championships with a time of 1:54.96
2021-22 (Sophomore)
- Recorded five individual and two relay school records as a sophomore
- Earned first-team All-America honor in the 200 IM with a sixth place finish in a Duke record time of 1:54.38
- Named a honorable-mention All-American in the 200 Breaststroke after setting another school record (2:05.78)
- Two-time All-ACC honoree with second place finishes in the 200 Freestyle and 200 IM
- Recorded a 1:43.85 in the 200 Freestyle, the Duke record
- Also placed fourth in the 200 Breaststroke with a then career best
- In addition to her stellar individual performances, was a member of four relays at the ACC Championships that posted top-10 times in program history
- Member of the quartet that set the program record in the 800 Freestyle relay (7:05.32) and 400 Medley Relay (3:32.70)
- Two-time ACC Swimmer of the Week
- Clocked a program record 59.62 in the 100 Breaststroke against North Carolina, while winning the 100 Breaststroke, 200 Breaststroke and 200 IM
- Touched first in the 200 Freestyle and 200 Breaststroke and second in the 100 Breaststroke and 400 IM versus NC State
- Her time of 4:08.97 in the 400 IM was a career best and a Duke record
- Reached the finals of four events at the mid-season NC State GAC Invitational
- Touched second in the 200 Breaststroke, third in the 100 Breaststroke and the 400 IM and fourth in the IM
- Recorded career best times in the 500 (4:57.08) and 1,000 Freestyle (10:08.71) in the tri-meet against UNCW and Boston College
- Opened the season with a pair of first-place finishes in the 100 and 200 Breaststroke
2020-21 (Freshman)
- Concluded her freshman season at NCAA Championships, qualifying for the meet in the 100 and 200 Breaststroke and 200 IM
- Reached the “A” Final in the 200 Breaststroke, placing eighth with a time of 2:10.28
- Placed second in the “B” Final of both the 100 Breaststroke (1:00.36) and 200 IM (1:57.03) at the conference meet, both times ranking second in school history
- Also competed in three relays at the ACC meet, with all three times placing in the top-10 in program history
- Broke the school record in the 200 Breaststroke (2:08.96) at the 2020 Janice Hape Dowd Invitational, the mid-season invitational
- Recorded seven first-place finishes in Duke’s three dual meets
- Swept the 100 and 200 Breaststroke against Virginia Tech and North Carolina
- Named CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team and All-ACC Academic Team
- Awarded the team’s Above and Beyond Award at the postseason banquet
- Competed in the 100 and 200 Breaststroke at the USA Olympic Team Trials – Wave I in June
Prior to Duke: Eight-time All-America selection … Three-time Team MVP … Holds three pool records at the Franklin and Marshall … Named the Easterns Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Female Swimmer of the Meet and Inter-AC League MVP … Set the Easterns Meet record in the 200 individual medley and 100 breaststroke … Finalist at nationals … Qualified for the Olympic Trials in the 200 breaststroke as a junior … Competed at the French Junior National Championships three times while living in France … 50 and 100 breaststroke French Junior National Champion in 2017 … Named First Team All-Inter-AC League twice … Placed in the top 100 at the 18&U World meet … Finalist in the 100 and 200 breaststroke at Junior Nationals as a sophomore … Earned magna cum laude status on her National Latin Exam.
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