2009-10 Women's Swimming and Diving

Emily Dominski

  • Class Sophomore
  • Highschool New Trier
  • Hometown Winnetka, Ill.

Biography

2009-2010: 100-yard backstroke: Second team All-Ivy…Finished second at the Ivy League Swimming and Diving Championships with a time of 54.80, earning her first career NCAA B cut…Never finished worse than second in the event…Won the event at the Columbia, Navy and UConn meets as well as the Terrier Invitational…Fastest time prior to the Ivy League Championships was 56.27 at the Terrier Invitational…50-yard freestyle: Finished third at the Ivy League Swimming and Diving Championships with a time of 23.27…Took fourth in the meets against UConn and Columbia…Fastest time prior to the Ivy League Championships was 23.76 at the Terrier Invitational…100-yard freestyle: Second team All-Ivy…Finished second at the Ivy League Swimming and Diving Championships with a time of 49.91, earning first career NCAA B cut…Only swam the event once prior to the Ivy League Championships, taking second against Vermont with a time of 53.34…200-yard freestyle relay: First team All-Ivy…Member of team that took first at the Ivy League Swimming and Diving Championships…400-yard freestyle relay: First team All-Ivy… Member of team that took first at the Ivy League Swimming and Diving Championships…200-yard medley relay: First team All-Ivy… Member of team that took first at the Ivy League Swimming and Diving Championships…400-yard medley relay: Second team All-Ivy… Member of team that took second at the Ivy League Swimming and Diving Championships.

2008-2009: 100-yard backstroke: Won her first collegiate event, against Columbia, with a time of 57.13…Finished fourth at the Virginia Invitational with a time of 56.66…50-yard freestyle: Finished fifth at the Virginia Invitational with a time of 23.51…100-yard freestyle: Took sixth at the Virginia Invitational with a time of 52.29…Notes: Spent most of her freshman year sidelined with a back injury.

Before Yale: Lettered all four years in swimming at New Trier High School…In 2007, captained team to a second-place finish at the State Championships…Four year All-American… State Champion in the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle events in 2005 and 2007… Attended Olympic trials, placing 111th in the 100-meter backstroke and 86th in the 50-meter freestyle…Was a scholar-athlete and on the honor roll.

Personal: Member of Silliman College…Intending to major in architecture…Enjoys music and reading…Was a lifeguard during the summer…Father, Matt, attended Trinity College in Connecticut…Mother, Lolly, attended Duke…Has three siblings: Matthew, Melanie and Michael…Matthew was a four year varsity swimmer at Wooster …Melanie attended SLU…Michael swims for Yale.

Why I Chose Yale: "I chose Yale for the excellence in its undergraduate education and the sense of community and friendliness throughout the student body."