University of Vermont Athletics

CAREER HONORS
• America East Academic Honor Roll (2022-23, 2023-24)
• America East Commissioner's Honor Roll (2021-22, 2024-25)
• America East All Conference Team (2021-22, 2023-24)
• 2021-22 Most Improved Swimmer
• 2022-23 America East All-Conference Team
• 2023-24 Joe Fischer Award Winner

JUNIOR SEASON (2023-24):

• Church set personal bests in the 500 free (4:51.21), 1000 free (10:02.25) and the 1650 free (16:40.48) at the 2024 America East Championships.
• Her time in the 1000 free and her time in the 1650 free both set Vermont Varsity women’s records.
• Her finish in the 1650 free earned her America East All Conference honors and qualified her for the FAST Time Trials and the CSCAA Time Trials.
• At the CSCAA National Invite she placed 11th in the 1000 free (10:06.93), 14th in the 500 free (4:51.30) and 18th in the 1650 free (16:55.87).
• This season she earned seven first place finishes including four in the 1000 free.
• At the 2024 America East Championships she also placed second in the 200 free with a season best time of 1:50.16.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2022-23):

• At the NJIT Invitational she placed first in the 1000 free in a time of 10:31.91 … She also took home third in the 500 free in a time of 5:11.32 and in the 200 free finishing in a time of 1:56.31.
• At the Harold Anderson Invitational she placed third in the 200 free (1:51.82) and the 500 free (4:57.60) and was a part of the record setting 800 free relay that took home first place in a time of 7:31.26 … She also placed first in the 1650 free finishing in 17:20.35 a full 17 seconds ahead of the field.
• At the 2023 America East Championship she was the anchor of the 800 free relay that took home first place in a time of 7:23.72, she placed second in the 500 free in a time of 4:52.25, which is the third best in program history … She also placed second in the 200 free finishing in 1:49.88 … Also at the America East Championship, she took home first in the 1650 free in a time of 16:54.98, which is the third fastest in program history.
• She was named the America East Female Swimmer of the Week one time (the week of Nov. 17).

FIRST YEAR SEASON (2021-22): Her best time in the 50 free came in 26.50 in the URI meet (1/22/2022) … Her 100 free best on the season came in the 2021 Harold Anderson Invitational (11/19/2022) with a time of 54.88 ... Recorded her best 200 free (1:53.97) and 200 IM (2:09.82) at the 2022 ECAC Championships (2/25/2022) … She had an America East Championship (2/10/2022) to remember including becoming just the second Catamount in program history to win the 1650 free setting a first-year program record with a time of 16:55.56, and earning All-Conference Honors … At the America East Championship, she also recorded her best 500 free (4:54.74) and 400 IM (4:32.27) times on the season … She went undefeated during her first year campaign in the 1000 freestyle … With a time of 10:09.48 in the 1000 freestyle she set the Vermont varsity record … Shares the UVM varsity record in the 800 freestyle relay with teammates Mina Poppas, Jackie House and Cailin Campbell having finished first at the America East Championships in a time of 7:20.26.
 
BEFORE VERMONT: She was the captain of her high school swim team her senior season … Holds several school records including the 500 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 200 IM and the 100 breaststroke … Made the Worcester Telegram All-Start team all four years and was named Swimmer of the Year on two separate occasions … Her fastest time in the 200 freestyle came in 1:53.79, 2:10.83 was her best time in the 200 IM and her best 500 freestyle time was 5:04.55.