CAREER BESTS
Event | Time | Date | Competition |
100 Breast | 53.41 | 2/24/17 | Big Ten Championships |
200 Breast | 1:56.28* | 2/25/17 | Big Ten Championships |
50 Free | 21.64 | 2/25/16 | Big Ten Championships |
Career Accolades
· Owns school record in the 200 breast (1:56.28), set at the 2017 Big Ten Championships.
· Ranks as the fourth-fastest performer at Penn State all-time in the 100 breast (53.41).
· Has scored at the Big Ten Championships in a breaststroke event in each of first three seasons.
2017-18 (Sophomore Year)
· Scored at the Big Ten Championships in the 100 breast (54.84), swimming a season-best and “B” cut time of 54.76 in the preliminaries.
· Also swam a season-best in the 200 breast (2:00.27) at Big Tens.
· Won the 100 breast against Villanova (2/2).
2016-17 (Sophomore Year)
· Scored at the Big Ten Championships in the 200 breast (1:56.28) - winning the C-Final, setting a school record and achieving a “B” cut time – and reached the A-final of the 100 breaststroke with a personal-best time of 53.41 in the preliminaries and then placed eighth in the finals (54.38).
· Led the team in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke for the season.
· Swam a season best in the 50 free (22.11) in the Ohio State Invitational (11/20).
2015-16 (Freshman Year)
· Scored at the Big Ten Championships in the 200 breast (1:57.92, 18th), achieving a “B” cut time.
· Swam season-bests in the 100 breast (55.57) and 50 free (21.64) at Big Ten Championships.
· Won the 200 breast (2:06.36) at Yale (1/16).
· Won the 200 breast (2:05.37) vs. Villanova (2/6).
· Competed in the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 100m breast (1:04.48) and 200m breast (2:19.10).
High School
· Swam at Huntington High School for head coach Gil Smith.
· Four-time All-American.
· Three-time state champion.
· Six-year letterwinner and team MVP.
· Two-year team captain.
· Competed in Junior Nationals, AT&T Winter Nationals and Arizona Grand Prix-Mesa.
Personal
· Born January 4, 1997 in New York City.
· Parents are Geoffrey and Margeurite Cassell. Father, Geoffrey, swam for North Carolina and mother, Margeurite, helped start the Marist swim team.
· Has two siblings, Sigrid and Gretel.
· Majoring in recreation, park, and tourism management.