Bio

Distance Free … 2011 graduate of Danbury High School who is majoring in management with a minor in computer information systems … school record-holder, by a wide margin, in the 500 freestyle (5:06.02), 1000 free (10:36.67) and 1650 free (17:47.03) … also has a share of the school records in the three freestyle relays (200, 1:38.12; 400, 3:34.19; 800, 7:47.02) … on Bentley’s all-time lists, also ranks second in 200 free (1:55.73) fourth in 100 free (54.68) and tenth in 200 individual medley (2:18.66) … 2011-12 Season: team MVP and Northeast-10 Women’s Rookie of the Year … finished year as premier long distance swimmer in program’s history with three individual and three relay records … broke the 500 record four times, lowering it a total of 18.76 seconds … improved on the 1000 record by about 10 seconds and the 1650 standard by 22.76 seconds … 1st-team All-Northeast-10 in 500 meters and second-team All-NE-10 in 200 medley relay and 400 free relay … swept the long distance events and won a total of seven golds at the NEISDA Championships … in addition to touching first in the 500, 1000 and 1650, was part of four winning relays (200 free, 400 free, 400 medley, 800 free) … at the Northeast-10 Championships, was first in the 500 free, third in the 1650 and fourth in the 200 free … also part of relay teams that placed second (200 medley, 400 free) and third (800 free) … NE-10 Women’s Rookie of the Week three times … NE-10 Weekly Honor Roll twice … Before Bentley: helped Danbury High to four straight FCIAC championships (2007-10) and a pair of Connecticut Open championships (2009, 2010) … two-year captain … received Sportsmanship and Scholar-Athlete awards … also competed for the Sonoco and Mako swim teams … Personal: age as of Nov. 1: 19 … daughter of Rod and Alexandra Edwards … has one sister, Ashleigh (23) … Connecticut Academic Board of Education award.