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Sean Conway

Backstroke/ IM
Position
Senior
Class
Round Hill, Va.
Hometown
Loudoun Valley
High School
Sean Conway - Swimming & Diving - Virginia Cavaliers

Virginia Career Bests 
100 Back: 48.32
100 Breast: 56.10
200 Back: 1:41.43 (6th all-time at UVA)
200 IM: 1:44.11 (3rd all-time at UVA)
400 IM: 3:44.29 (7th all-time at UVA)

2022-23
• Finished fifth in the 200 free at the Cavalier Invite
• Won the 200 IM against NC State and North Carolina
• Placed second in the 200 IM against Virginia Tech
• Finished fourth in the 200 free against Virginia Tech
• Finished eleventh in the 200 back at the Tennessee Invitational
• Placed second in the 200 IM against Texas
• ACC Academic Honor Roll
• SCAA Scholar All-America Second Team

2021-22
• Finished eighth in 400 IM, 12th in 200 IM and 14th in 200 back with season-best times at ACC Championships
• Placed second in the 200 IM at Cal
• Finished third in the 100 breaststroke against Army
• Won the 200 IM against Texas
• Placed sixth in the 400 IM at the Tennessee Invitational
• Placed second in the 200 IM against NC State
• ACC Academic Honor Roll

2020-21
• All-ACC Academic Team
• Was 18th in the 200-yard backstroke, 19th in the 400-yard IM and 34th in the 200-yard IM at the NCAA Championships
• Finished fourth in the 200-yard IM, fifth in the 200-yard backstroke and eighth in the 400-yard individual medley at the ACC Championships
• Won the 200-yard freestyle at the Cavalier Invitational
• Placed second in the 200 and 400-yard IM at the team’s double dual meet against Tennessee and Alabama
• Finished fifth in the 200-yard backstroke at the double dual meet
• Won the 200-yard IM against Navy and finished second in the 200-yard back
• Named to ACC Academic Honor Roll

2019-20
• NCAA Championships cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
• Finished eighth in the 400-yard individual medley at the ACC Championships in addition to 10th in the 200-yard backstroke and 11th in the 200-yard individual medley
• Recorded a career-best time of 1:42.27 in the 200-yard backstroke, a time of 1:45.60 in the 200-yard individual medley and 3:46.39 in the 400-yard individual medley at the ACC Championships
• Placed 10th in the 200-yard backstroke and 12th in both the 200-yard individual medley 400-yard individual medley at the Tennessee Invitational
• Finished second in the 400-yard individual medley and third in the 200-yard individual medley at the USC Trojan Invitational
• Captured a seventh-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke and eighth place finish in the 200-yard butterfly at the USC Trojan Invitational
• Named to the All-ACC Academic Team
• Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll

Background
• Qualified for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 100 and 200 back, and 200 and 400 IM
• NCSA All-American National Junior Team
• Named a 2018 Washington Post Swimmer of the Year and DMV Swimmer of the Year (Reach For the Wall)
• Named a National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association All-American honoree four times
• Nation’s Capital Swim Club and Potomac Valley Swimming record holder in the 200 back and the Virginia High School League 4A state record holder in the 100 free and 200 IM
• U18 National Champion in the 200 IM winning the event at Winter Nationals
• Seven-time 4A state champion

Personal
• Majoring in systems engineering
• Son of Wen and Steven
• Has one brother, Joe
• Recipient of the 2022-23 Mark Bernardino Endowed Swimming Scholarship