AT SAN JOSE STATE: Completed her fourth season with the Spartans... Team's top backstroke specialist... School record holder in the 50 Backstroke (24.91), 100 backstroke (52.53), 200 backstroke (1:53.60), and as a part of the 200 medley relay (1:38.86)... Ranks #3 in the 200 individual medley (2:01.79), #4 in the 100 individual medley (59.96), #7 in the 500 free (4:57.56), #9 in the 200 free (1:50.39) and was a part of the 800 free relay that ranks #2 (7:16.79), #2 as a part of the 400 free relay (3:20.67), #3 as a part of the 400 medley relay (3:40.78) and #9 as a part of the 200 free relay (1:32.70) on the school's all-time list... Six-time All-Mountain West in the backstroke and One-time All-Mountain West in the 200 Medley relay... Competed in the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in the 100 backstroke... Four-time Academic All-Mountain West award winner... Four-time College Swimming & diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Scholar All-America team honorable mention honoree... Two-time Mountain West Scholar Athlete.
2017-18: At the CSCAA Invitational she finished first and set meet records in the 100 backstroke with a time of 52.53 and the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:53.60, finished 7th in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:02.32... She was a part of the 200 medley relay that finished first and set a new meet record with a time of 1:39.70, the 200 freestyle relay that finished 5th with a time of 1:32.70, the 40 medley relay that finished 4th with a time of 3:40.78, the 400 medley relay that finished 4th with a time of 3:20.98... Her 200 backstroke also set a new Mountain West Conference record... At the Mountain West Championships she finished 11th in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:01.97, 3rd in the 100 backstroke with a time of 53.09, and 2nd in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:54.93... She was a part of the 200 medley relay that finished 3rd with a time of 1:38.86, part of the 400 free relay that finished 5th with a time of 3:20.67, part of the 400 medley relay that finished 8th with a time of 3:42.13, and part of the 800 free relay that finished 9th with a time of 7:24.20... Named 2017 November and December's SJSU Student Athlete of the Month... In January, was named Mountain Swimmer of the Week... Won 18 consecutive backstroke races during the season.
2016-17: At the Mountain West Championships she finished fifth with a time of 1:56.10 in the 200 back (career best), sixth with a time of 54.34 in the 100 back, 26th with a time of 51.75 in the 100 free (career best), she was a part of the 200 medley relay team that finished sixth with a time of 1:40.07 (#3 on top-ten list), a part of the 400 medley relay team that finished seventh with a time of 3:41.91 (#4 on top-ten list), a part of the 400 free relay team that finished eighth with a time of 3:25.55 (#7 on top-ten list), a part of the 800 free relay team that finished ninth with a time of 7:24.99 (#6 on the top-ten list), and she finished with a time of 23.68 in the 50 free (career best) as an exhibition entry… Honored as an Academic All-Mountain West.
2015-16: All-Mountain West in the 100 back... Finished eighth in the 100 back at the conference championship meet with her time of 55.05... NCAA Championship "B" standard qualifier in the 100 and 200 back... Career best 1:57.31 in her ninth-place finish in the 200 back at the Mountain West Championships... Career best 53.95 in the 100 back at the Pac-12 Invitational (2/28)... Season best 1:50.63 in the 200 free at the A3 Performance Invitational (11/20)... Shared the Spartan Award which recognizes athletics performance, academic success and extracurricular activities at the team's annual post-season awards banquet.
2014-15: All-Mountain West in the 200 back with her fifth-place finishing time of 1:58.06 at the conference championship meet...NCAA Championship "B" standard qualifier in the 200 back... 17th in the 100 back at the Mountain West Championships with a season-best 54.74... Shared awards as the Most Improved, Rookie of the Year and Performanace of the Year at the team's annual post-season awards banquet.
CHICOPEE HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner... 2014 Massachusetts Division I state champion in the 200 free (1:53.67) and 100 back (56:14) - Chicopee High records ... 2013 and 2014 All-Scholastic first-team member.
MORE ON COLLEEN: An art major with a concentration in studio practice ... Enjoys photography ... Club swimming for the Greater Holyoke YMCA Vikings coached by Nick Rice ... Member of its 800 free short and long-course record relay teams ... A native of Springfield, Mass.
Event | Career | Date | Meet |
100 Back | 52.53 | 03/9/2018 | CSCAA Invitational |
200 Back | 1:53.60 | 03/10/2018 | CSCAA Invitational |
200 IM | 2:01.79 | 03/8/2018 | CSCAA Invitational |
50 Back | 24.91 | 02/14/2018 | 2018 Mountain West Conference Championships |