Namilla Sanchez - Swimming - Vanderbilt University Athletics

Namilla Sanchez Season 2019-20

Class Senior
Hometown Cutler Bay, Fla.
High School Gulliver Prep
Major Cinema and Media Arts
Bio

Honors:
• Finished career ranked sixth all-time at Vanderbilt in both the 200 free (1:50.8) and 500 free (4:56.4)
• Raced in all four SEC Championships during her Commodore career
• Graduated with a degree in Cinema and Media Arts
• 2019 SEC Community Service Team
• 2019-20 SEC Academic Honor Roll 
• 2018-19 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2017-18 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2016-17 SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll

As a Senior (2019-20)
• Personal best in the mid-season TYR ’85 Invite in the 200 free (1:52.85)
• Raced three season best times at the 2020 SEC Championships
• 100 free (53.44), 200 free (1:52.85) and 500 free (5:06.57)
• Fourth place in both the 200 free and 500 free in meet against Campbell
• Placed third in the 200 free (1:56.09) in tri-meet against Oakland and Milwaukee

As a Junior (2018-19)
• Raced three season best times
• Marked two season best times at 2018 Phill Hansel Invitational
• 100 free (53.23) and 200 free (1:53.09)
• Earned a season best time in the 500 free at 2019 SEC Championships (5:07.32)
• Fourth place in the 500 free in USAFA Quad dual

As a Sophomore (2017-18)
• Second place in the 500 free at 2017 Phill Hansel Invitational
• Personal best time of 3:02.09 in the regular season meet against UALR and Ouachita Baptist
• Achieved personal best time at 2018 SEC Championships
• 200 free (1:50.78)
• Set third personal best time of the season at 2018 CSCAA National Invitational Championship
• 100 free (52.75)

As a Freshman (2016-17)
• Earned eight podium finishes during her first season as a Commodore
• Set a personal best time in the 200 free (1:51.53) at the SEC Championships
• Finished third in the 500 free (5:10.84) in her first collegiate meet against LSU
• Placed second in the 200 free (1:54.06) and third in the 500 free (5:03.61) against San Diego State and UC-San Diego
• Tallied a runner-up finish in the 500 free (5:10.53)
• Third place finish in the 200 fly (2:08.99) against Campbell
• Finished third in the 500 free (5:06.54) against Marshall

The Sanchez File
• Gulliver Prep School
• Swam for Gulliver Swim Club under coach Chris George
• Finalist in the 200 and 500 free the past two years at the Florida 2A High School State Swimming Championships
• State runner-up in the 500 free during her sophomore season