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2007-08 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Patty DeScenza

  • Position Fly
  • Class Sophomore
  • Highschool Rosary High School
  • Hometown Naperville, Ill.

Biography

Personal Bests:
100 fly: 54.33
200 fly: 1:58.17
100 back: 55.13
200 back: 2:04.00
200 IM: 2:06.42

2008 BEIJING OLYMPIC TRIALS COMPETITOR

As a Junior (2008-09): Co-captain of Maryland squad in 2008-09...established four personal bests, two in the ACC Championships and two in the Terrapin Cup...individual point scorer at the championships after finishing fifth in the 200 fly (1:58.62) and tenth in the 100 fly (54.41)...also finished 16th in the 100 back (55.73) at the ACC Championships...helped guide women's team to Terrapin Cup title after taking fifth in the 200 IM (2:06.42) and seventh in the 100 back (57.41)...also a member of the 400 medley relay that placed third (3:50.35).

As a Sophomore (2007-08): Swam NCAA B-cut time (2:01.96) with a tenth-place finish in the 200 fly at the ACC Championships...also scored points for the Terps with by qualifying for the finals in the 100 back and 100 fly...won the 200 free (1:00.01) and placed second in the 100 fly (59.15) and 200 medley relay (1:49.68) against Johns Hopkins...at UMBC, brought home second place finishes in the 200 fly (2:09.56) and 400 medley relay (3:57.94)...placed sixth in the 200 fly (2:09.19) at Pitt...against NC State, helped the 800 free relay to a third-place finish (7:44.08)...took fifth at the Terp Cup in the 200 fly (2:05.38).

As a Freshman (2006-07): Opened her collegiate career with a third-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly (58.57) against Johns Hopkins ... placed 10th in the 100 fly (1:00.74), fourth in the 200 fly (2:07.59), and seventh in the 200 backstroke (2:12.61) against Duke and NC State ... swam a 58.75 in the 100 fly and a 2:10.87 for a season-best time in the 200 back at the Terrapin Cup ... took third in the 200 fly (2:08.46), fifth in the 200 back (2:15.06) and anchored the second-place 400 free relay team (3:39.18) at West Virginia ... member of the third-place 400 medley relay team (4:08.00) at the FIU Invitational ... placed eighth in the 100 fly (58.94) against Pittsburgh, Richmond, and Villanova ... placed sixth in the 100 back (1:00.25) and seventh in the 100 fly (59.47) at North Carolina ... at ACC championships, point scorer for Maryland in the 100 fly and 200 fly ... championship finalist in the 200 fly at ACCs, finishing sixth overall (2:02.39) after setting a season-best NCAA B-cut time in the prelim (2:02.12) ... also at ACCs, was a consolation finalist in the 100 fly, placing 16th overall (56.85) after setting a season-best time in the prelim (56.33).

Before Maryland: Placed in the top 24 at the World Championship Trials in the spring of 2005 ... Scholar Athlete and All-State during all four years of high school ... participated in the 2004 Olympic Trials, Nationals, U.S. Open, and World Championship Trials.

Personal: Daughter of Margaret and Robert ... sister Katie swam at William & Mary ... sister Mary swims at the University of Georgia ... recently moved from Naperville to New York, N.Y ... majoring in elementary education ... hobbies include shopping, and mini-golf...recipient of the Eilleen Campbell Memorial Fund Scholarship.

Historical Player Information

  • 2006-07Freshman

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  • 2007-08Sophomore

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