Personal Bests:
50 free: 23.50
100 free: 50.96
200 free: 1:49.65
500 free: 4:54.35
1000 free: 10:28.97
100 back: 1:01.42
100 fly: 57.91
As a Junior (2006-07): Began the season at Duke and NC State as a member of the first-place 200-yard freestyle relay team with an NCAA B-cut time of 1:33.00 ... also swam the final leg for the third-place 200 medley relay team (1:48.24), and finished second in the 50 free (24.46) against Duke and NC State ... qualified for the consolation final in the 50 free placing 12th overall with a season-best time (23.90), made the bonus consolation final for the 100 free placing 18th overall (52.09) and finished 37th overall in the 200 free (1:55.14) at the Terrapin Cup...member of the third-place 200 free relay team (1:34.74) and fourth-place 400 free relay team (3:26.66) at Terp Cup...took fourth in the 50 free (25.20), led the first-place 400 free relay team (3:31.28), and anchored the second-place 400 medley relay team (3:57.65) at West Virginia ... member of the first-place 400 medley relay team (3:56.21), first-place 400 free relay team (3:33.53), and second-place 200 free relay team (1:38.88) at the FIU Invitational ... placed seventh in the 100 free (53.12), part of the fourth-place 200 medley relay team (1:48.67), and second-place 400 free relay team (3:28.92) against Pittsburgh, Richmond, and Villanova ... took second in the 200 free (1:51.91), member of the second-place 400 medley relay team (3:51.33), and was part of the first-place 400 free relay team (3:30.66) against Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech ... placed fourth in the 50 free (24.66) and was a member of the second-place 200 free relay team (1:35.45) at North Carolina ... placed fifth in the 100 free (52.35) and was a member of the first-place 200 free relay team (1:35.59) at Virginia ... at ACC Championships, was the top finisher in the bonus consolation final for the 100 free with a season best (51.43) for 17th place ... swam a 23.97 in the 50 free at ACCs ... contributed to a third-place finish in the 800 free relay with a season best and NCAA B-cut time of 7:17.61 at the ACC Championships.
As a Sophomore (2005-06): Part of the 800 free relay team that finished fifth at the ACC Championships (7:23.92), the 200 free relay team that finished fourth (1:32.64), and the 400 free relay team that finished fourth (3:23.31) ... finished eighth in the 50 free at ACCs (23.59) and set a personal record in the prelims of the event (23.50) ... finished sixth in the 100 free at the ACC Championships (51.08) and set a personal record in the prelims of the event (50.96) ... finished 13th overall in the 200 free at ACCs (1:50.90).
As a Freshman (2004-05): Swam well at her first ACC Championships finishing fifth in the 200 free (1:49.65) and 12th in the 100 free (51.27) and 19th in the 500 free (4:54.35), scoring valuable points in each event.
Before Maryland: Participated in the Junior European Championships in 2000 and European Championships in 2004 ... Israeli record-holder in the 200-meter freestyle long course ... won the 200 and 400-meter free and came in second in the 50 and 100-meter free at the Israeli short course championships in 2004 ... won the 50, 200 and 400 free and finished second in the 100 free at the Israeli long course championships in 2004.
Personal: Maya Hila Finkler...daughter of Witold and Rika...her brother, Ofer swims at Georgia Tech...a biology major.
