Women’s Swimming & Diving Adds Nine to the Class of 2023

Women’s Swimming & Diving Adds Nine to the Class of 2023

8/19/2019 2:25:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving

2019-20 Roster

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Brown women's swimming & diving program will welcome eight swimmers and one diver to the team this coming fall as head coach Kate Kovenock heads into her sixth season at the helm.

Kealyn Bowie
Hometown: Tallahassee, Fla.
High School: Lawton Chiles (Coach Gerry Norris)
Club Team: Area Tallahassee Aquatic Club (Coach Terry Maul)
Top Times:
200 Freestyle – 1:51.19
500 Freestyle – 4:52.50
1000 Freestyle – 10:05.13
Why Brown?: "I chose Brown because I felt a strong connection with the swim coaches from the beginning, I fell in love with the campus, and I was excited about the Open Curriculum which provides me with the opportunity to study the subjects that I am interested in."

Nell Chidley
Hometown: Mystic, Conn.
High School: Robert E. Fitch
Club Team: Connecticut Aquatic Club (Coach Jon Caswell)
Top Times:
100 Butterfly – 55.67
200 Butterfly – 2:00.85
Why Brown?: "I chose Brown for the amazing combination of academic integrity, wonderful athletics, and great people."

Sophie Elwyn
Hometown: St. Petersburg, Fla.
High School: Shorecrest Preparatory School (Coach Bill Walker)
Club Team: St. Petersburg Club Diving (Coach Bill Walker)
Top Scores:
            1M - 417.50
            3M - 315.00
Why Brown?: "Brown just felt right from the moment I visited. I wanted a place where I could challenge myself both academically and athletically."

Elise Kreutzer
Hometown: Portland, Ore.
High School: Jesuit (Coach Bryan Butcher)
Club Team: Multnomah Athletic Club (Coaches Cyndy VonWeller, Gary Leach, Alex Nikitin, and Tim Larkin)
Top Times:
50 Freestyle – 23.60
100 Freestyle – 50.63
200 Freestyle – 1:49.98
100 Backstroke – 56.89
200 Backstroke – 2:01.14
Why Brown?: "I chose Brown University due to the incredible amount of support it will provide in my journey as both a developing student and maturing athlete. With Brown's Open Curriculum, I will have the flexibility and encouragement needed to pursue a degree that I am passionate about while allowing me to continue my love for swimming and compete at the Division I level. Brown is a place I will easily be able to call home and I cannot wait to be part of the family for the next four years. Go Bruno!"

Delora Li
Hometown: Bellevue, Wash.
High School: Bellevue (Coach Lisa van Loben Sels)
Club Team: Bellevue Club Swim Team (Coach Andrew Nguyen)
Top Times:
100 Breaststroke – 1:03.71
200 Breaststroke – 2:20.22
100 Butterfly – 55.66
Why Brown?: "I chose Brown University because of the unique academic flexibility of the open curriculum, and the curiosity and exploration that it inspires. The warm and friendly environment of both the team and the school are extremely welcoming as well, and I can't wait to be a part of them. I am so excited to be a part of Brown's class of 2019!"

Sasha Liu
Hometown: Piedmont, Calif.
High School: Piedmont
Club Team: Terrapins Swim Team (Coaches Ray Mitchell, Doug Reed, Dan Cottam)
Top Times:
100 Breaststroke – 1:02.86
200 Breaststroke – 2:18.81
200 IM – 2:02.63
400 IM – 4:22.88
Why Brown?: "I chose Brown because I was really interested in the Open Curriculum. I liked the idea of being able to explore different courses. It is an amazing school, and it was a bonus seeing that the swim team was very supportive of one another and motivated to make themselves better."

Sage Matsushima
Hometown: Huntington Beach, Calif.
High School: Marina (Coach Stephen Wight)
Club Team: Irvine Novaquatics (Coaches Nathan Wilcox and Vladi Sapozhkov)
Top Times:
100 Butterfly – 53.79
100 Backstroke – 54.89
200 Backstroke – 2:02.44
Why Brown?: "I chose Brown for its unique academic outlook on students education with the Open Curriculum and the amazing and supportive team. The school was stunning and offered more to its students and student-athletes than any other college. The coaches were very supportive of the swimmers and the swimmers were very kind. Overall, the swim program was a perfect fit for me and my interests. I am also close to my sister at NYU and near some of my family in Rhode Island which was an added bonus."

Ellie Mitchell
Hometown: Bishops Stortford, U.K.
High School: Repton
Club Team: City of Derby Swimming Club (Coach Mandy Bell)
Top Times:
100 Backstroke (LC) – 1:04.27
200 Backstroke (LC) – 2:20.05
Why Brown?: "On the recruitment weekend I realized that Brown was the perfect fit to my ideals of what I envisaged college life to be. Every person I met that weekend, including Kate, Niko and the girls on the swim team made me feel welcomed and settled, I immediately knew that I could thrive and learn at Brown."

Audrey Orange
Hometown: New York City, N.Y.
High School: The Chapin School
Club Team: Asphalt Green Unified Aquatics (Coach David Rodriguez)
Top Times:
            50 Freestyle - 23.89
100 Freestyle – 51.18
200 Freestyle – 1:49.76
500 Freestyle – 4:57.07
Why Brown?: "I chose brown because I personally resonate with the Brown Curriculum and its opportunity to uniquely develop my academic interests. I loved the spectacular energy around the team, its supportive intensity and its trajectory - I couldn't be more excited."