Molly Smith
Molly Smith
  • Height:
    5-6
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Belmont, Mass.
  • High School:
    Belmont
  • Major:
    Human Resource Management
  • Event(s):
    Breaststroke/IM

Bio

As a senior: Wrapped up an oustanding career with a gold medal at the NEC Championships ... Won the 200 breast for the first time in her career with a school-record time of 2:19.29 ... Also finished fifth in the 200 IM (2:06.62) and the 400 IM (4:30.09) ... Won the 200 breast and the 200 IM against Boston College and Maine ... Also won the 200 IM against Providence and UMass ... Posted a season-best time in the 100 breast against Brown (1:09.51) ... In all, competed in 11 different events on the year.

As a junior: Continued her stellar career with a strong junior campaign for the Bulldogs ... Earned final appearances in the 200 breast, 200 IM and 400 IM at the NEC Championships ... Earned a silver medal in the 200 breast, finishing with a school-record time of 2:20.30 ... Finished fifth (4:32.39) in the 400 IM and seventh (2:09.52) in the 200 IM ... Won the 200 IM and finished second in the 100 breast vs. Holy Cross (Feb. 4) ... Claimed first place in the 100 breast vs. UMass (Jan. 20) and the 200 free vs. St. Francis (NY) (Jan. 14) ... Put together her two best performances at home vs. Boston College (Oct. 14) and Providence (Nov. 9), winning two events in each ... Won the 100 and 200 breast and finished second in the 200 IM vs. the Eagles ... Claimed the 200 breast and 200 IM and finished second in the 200 free vs. the Friars ... Set a new pool record in the 200 breast, touching the wall with a time of 2:25.04 ... Won the 200 breast against Northeastern (Oct. 26) and Vermont (Nov. 20) ... Won the 400 IM at the URI Invitational (Dec. 3) ... Set a school record in the 1000 free against UNH (Nov. 5), touching the wall with a time of 10:43.42.

As a sophomore: Followed up her record-breaking freshman season with a stellar sophomore campaign ... Named to the Northeast Conference Second Team thanks to a school-record time of 2:21.02, and a second-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke at the NEC Championships ... Recorded a solid showing at the Dartmouth Invitational (1/28/11), finishing the 400-yard IM with a time of 4:44.08 and the 200-yard IM with a 2;13.06 mark... Generated season-best personal times in the 200-yard freestyle (2:01.46) and in the 200-yard butterfly (1/19/11) against Sacred Heart (1/19/11)... Registered a 200-yard breastroke time of 2:29.08 against BU and Maine in a tri-meet (10/23/10) where she also recorded season-best marks in the 50-yard breastroke (33.23).

As a  freshman: Smith contributed greatly to the women's swim team in her first campaign with the Bulldogs ... Set five individual school records in the 200 free, 500 free, 200 breast, 200 individual medley and 400 individual medley ... Holds pool records for the 100 breast, 200 breast, 200 individual medley and 400 individual medley ... Posted her best time in the 1000 free against Siena.

Before Bryant: Four-year varsity letterwinner at Belmont High School ... Team captain her senior year ... Four-time Middlesex League All-Star ... Named Most Valuable Freshman ... Team MVP her junior and senior year ... State Qualifier in multiple events in all four years ... Swam for U.S.S. Club team and North Shore swim club ... Club record holder in 1000 freestyle, 1650 freestyle, 1500 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke, 200 individual medley and 400 individual medley ... Top 10 in New England in 1000 freestyle, 1650 freestyle and 200 breaststroke ... U.S.S Sectional Qualifier in 100 and 200 breaststroke, 200 and 400 individual medley, and 1650 and 1000 freestyle events ... National Honor Society member ... Silvery Key award recipient for photography.

Personal: Daughter of Phil and Anne Smith, Molly Smith was born May 21, 1991 in Watertown, Mass.