2018-19 Swimming & Diving Roster
Roster
Emma Smethurst
- Position:
- Breast
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Northgate HS
- Hometown:
- Walnut Creek, Calif.
Career Highlights
Four-time UCLA Director's Honor Roll
2019-20
Competed in six dual meets, the USD Pentathlon, and the Ohio State Invitational as a sophomore ... Competed at the USA Swimming President's Day Classic after the regular season, setting season-best times in the 100 breast (1:04.33, second place) and 200 breast (2:19.91, fourth) ... Made her season debut on Sept. 13 at the USD Pentathlon, finishing top-10 in two of the nine events ... Named to the UCLA Director's Honor Roll for fall and winter quarters ... Season-bests: 50 free (24.07), 100 free (58.25), 100 breast (1:04.33), 200 breast (2:19.91).ย
2018-19
Named to the Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 Director's Honor Rolls ... Made her collegiate debut on Oct. 27, 2018 at Utah ... Competed at the Pac-12 Championships, setting a season best in the 50 free (23.85) and also swimming in the 100 breast, 200 breast, and 200 medley relay ... Picked up her first collegiate win on Jan. 19, placing first in the 100 breast in the Oregon State dual meet with a time of 1:04.40 ... Placed top-five in the 100 breast at three meets ... Was runner-up in the 200 breast at the UCSB/UCSD meet (2:19.28) ... Led off a UCLA relay team that finished second in the 200 free relay at Stanford on Feb. 1 (1:36.74) ... Season-bests: 50 free (23.85), 100 free (54.11), 100 breast (1:04.40), 200 breast (2:19.28).ย
High School
Earned four varsity letters at Northgate High School ... For her high school career, set four pool and four team records ... In 2018, was a NISCA All-American and Northgate High School Female Athlete of the Year ... Was Team Captain as a junior and senior ... Named Team MVP in her final year on campus ... In 2018, set the school record in the 100 breast and qualified for the California State Championships ... In 2017, once again qualified for states while setting a school record in the team medley relay ... Had a breakout season as a sophomore in 2016, earning NISCA All-America status, being named league and team MVP, and setting school records in the 100 breast, 200 free relay, and 400 free relay ... As a freshman in 2015, earned team newcomer award and qualified for states ... Placed 10thย in the 100 breast at the NCS Championships in 2015 and 2017 ... Was the seventh-place finisher in the 100 breast at the 2018 NCS meet.ย
Club
Competed for the Walnut Creek Aquabears ... For her career, recorded eight Aquabears all-time top-10 times, including a club record in the 200 breaststroke ... At the 2015 Futures Championships, finished fourth in the 100 breast and sixth in the 200 breast ... That same year, also qualified for the Summer Junior Nationals ... In 2016, was the No. 16 finisher at the Santa Clara Grand Prix ... Also placed fourth in the 200 breast at the Futures Championships that summer ... In 2017, was a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American ... Finished top-10 in both the 100 and 200 breast at the 2017 Futures Championships ... In 2018, won the Thomas & Jewel McGowan Memorial Award ... Qualified for Winter Junior Nationals ... Repeated as a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American.
Personal
Emma Beatriz Smethurstย was born inย 2000 to parents David and Andrea in Berkeley, Calif. ... Has one younger sister: Margot ... Chose UCLA because "it is an amazing school with a great swim program" ... Cites finishing fourth in the 100 breaststroke at the 2015 Futures Championships as her greatest pre-UCLA athletic thrill ... Admires Rebecca Soni and Simone Biles ... Hobbies and interests include traveling around the world, hanging out with friends, swimming, and cooking ... Her grandparents immigrated to the United States from Argentina and England ... Is related to Pedro Candioti, a prominent Argentine open water swimmer in the early 20th century.ย
Best Times
50 free - 23.85
100 free - 53.84
100 breast - 1:03.50
200 breast - 2:17.85
(last updated: May 21, 2020)
