Sarah Welch

Class:
Senior
Position:
Free, Back, IM
Hometown:
Beverly, Mass.
High School:
Beverly High School

Why Brown Statement: “I chose Brown University because it gives me the opportunity to explore outstanding academics and swim for an impressive coaching staff. I am so proud to join an amazing team as a member of the Brown Bears class of 2020! Go Bruno!”

Concentration: Public Health

Profile Questions:
Finals march-out song:  "My House" by Flo Rida
Favorite food: Tortilla Soup
Favorite dessert: All of the Above
Favorite city: Boston, MA
Favorite athlete: Simone Manuel
Favorite pro team: Boston Red Sox
Favorite movie or TV show: The Office
Current favorite music artist: Matt Simons
Last book you read: Patriot Games by Tom Clancy
Favorite restaurant in Providence: HOPE STREET PIZZA
Favorite holiday: Chocolate Covered Anything Day - December 16
Favorite activity outside the pool: Travelling!
Who would star as you in a movie about your life: Sandra Bullock
Person you’d like to have dinner with: John Krasinski
Travel destination: Santorini
Other sport you enjoy:  Water Polo
Role model / someone you look up to:  My parents
Something you cannot live without:  The Ocean
Favorite Brown building: The Blue Room at Faunce House
Enjoyed this professor’s class:  Kurt Teichert
Most memorable meet as a Brown Bear: Ivies 2019
Favorite quote: "Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you; spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.” - Amy Poehler

2019-20: Captain … Competed in all eight meets for the Bears …  Broke her own school record in the 200 backstroke (1:56.95) and finished fourth at the Ivy League Championships … Also swam in the 100 backstroke and 400 IM at Ivies … Won the 200 backstroke and took second in the 100 backstroke at Cornell … Won both the 100 and 200 backstroke against Columbia … Took second in both the 200 backstroke and 400 IM and finished third in the 100 backstroke at Harvard … Placed sixth in the 200 backstroke at the Big Al Open … Came in second in the 200 backstroke and third in the 100 backstroke versus UConn and Penn … Placed second in the 200 backstroke and fourth in the 100 backstroke at Yale.

2018-19: Co-captain ... Broke the 200 backstroke school record at the Ivy League Championships, a record she set in 2018 ... Second Team All-Ivy in the 200 backstroke ... Named Academic All-Ivy ... Finished second in the 200 backstroke and 13th in the 100 backstroke at the Ivy League Championships ... Also competed in the 400 IM at Ivies ... Took second in the 200 backstroke and fourth in the 100 backstroke against Cornell ... Won both the 100 and 200 backstroke at Columbia ... Took first in the 200 backstroke and second in the 100 backstroke versus Harvard and Penn ... Place third in the 200 backstroke at the Bruno Invitational ... Finished second in the 200 backstroke and third in the 100 backstroke against Rutgers, Wagner and Yale ... Appeared in all six meets for the Bears.

2017-18: Finished sixth in the 200 backstroke, breaking the school record she set in 2016, at the Ivy League Championships ... Also competed in the 100 backstroke and 200 IM at the Championships ... Participated in all six meets on the season ... Won the 200 backstroke, finished second in the 100 backstroke and placed third in the 200 IM at Cornell ... Came in second in the 200 backstroke and third in the 100 backstroke against Harvard and Penn ... Finished fourth in the 200 backstroke and fifth in the 100 backstroke at the Big Al Invite ... Won both the 100 and 200 backstroke versus MIT ... Finished third in the 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke and 200 IM at Yale.

2016-17: Set the school record in the 100 backstroke (55.11) in the prelims at the Ivy League Championships and finished fifth in the finals ... Also finished sixth in the 200 backstroke, also breaking the program record (1:58.20), eighth in the 100 backstroke and swam in the 200 IM at the Championships ... Recorded the eighth fastest time in the 200 IM (2:03.20) ... Won the 100 backstroke and the 200 backstroke against Cornell ... Also claimed first in the 100 backstroke at Columbia.

Before Brown: Competed in swimming at Beverly High School ... Named Boston Globe Swimmer of the Year and Female Swimmer of the Year ... Northeastern Conference All-Star .... State Champion ... Selected Rookie of the Year ... Olympic Trials qualifier in 2016 ... USA Swimming All-Scholastic All-American ... Also competed for YMCA North Shore ... Achieved High Honors ... Member of the National Honor Society ... AP Scholar.

Personal: Daughter of Tom Welch and Carla Dropo ... Her father captained the Yale water polo team and her mother captained the UConn swim team ... Has one sibling, Nicole ... Her grandfather, Walter Dropo, played professional baseball for the Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds and Baltimore Orioles ... Born April 23, 1998.

Personal Records
Event	Time	Date
50 Free	24.07	12/2/2016
100 Free	51.76	12/2/2016
200 Free	1:50.77	12/3/2016
500 Free	5:04.14	10/28/2016
100 Back	55.11	2/17/2017
200 Back	1:56.95	2/22/2020
200 IM	2:03.20	2/16/2017
400 IM	4:21.21	2/21/2020