2015-16 Women's Swimming and Diving

Isabella Hindley

  • Class First Year
  • Highschool St Paul’s Girls’ School
  • Hometown London, United Kingdom

Biography

Collegiate Bests:
50-yard freestyle: 22.35
100-yard freestyle: 49.08
200-yard freestyle: 1:46.62 

High School Bests:
50-meter freestyle (LC): 25.81
100-yard freestyle (LC): 56.45 
100-meter backstroke (LC): 1.02.81 
200-meter backstroke (LC): 2.15.89 
200-meter individual medley (SC): 2.14.26 

Collegiate Awards:
All-Ivy First Team (2016)
Ivy League High Point Swimmer of the Meet (2016)
Yale School Record Holder  

2015-2016 (Freshman):
50-yard freestyle: Won the event at the Ivy League Championships.  Third place at the Nike Cup Invite.  Qualified for the NCAA Division I Championships.  Won the event at the HYP meet.  Won the event in dual meets against Brown, Central Connecticut, University of Connecticut, Cornell, Penn State, Rhode Island, and Rutgers. 
100-yard freestyle:  Won the event at the Ivy League Championships.  Fourth place at the Nike Cup Invite.  Qualified for the NCAA Division I Championships.  Won the event in dual meets against Cornell, Dartmouth, and Penn.
200-yard freestyle: Won the event at the Ivy League Championships and the Nike Cup Invite.  Qualified for the NCAA Division I Championships. Won the event in dual meets against Dartmouth and Penn. 
Relays:  Member of four winning relays (200-yard freestyle, 400-yard freestyle, 800-yard freestyle, 200-yard medley) at the Ivy League Championships.   Member of the winning 800-yard freestyle relay at the Nike Cup Invite.  

Before Yale:
National silver medalist in 50m free 2014. National bronze medalist in 100m free 2014. British championship finalist in 50m free 2015. Finalist in 100m and 200m backstroke at European Junior Championships 2012.

Why I Chose Yale: 
I chose Yale because I feel it it the place where I can grow as an athlete and student at a world renowned university. I feel as though Jim Henry is building a great team that will be competing for Ivy titles and that is something I cannot wait to be a part of.