Athlete Top Times:
2022-23: Earned All SUNYAC 2nd Team honors…placed fourth in 200 breaststroke (2:31.17), fifth in 100 breaststroke (1:08.79), sixth in 200 individual medley (2:15.25), member of 400 medley relay (2nd), 200 freestyle relay (2nd), 200 medley relay (3rd), 400 freestyle relay (4th) at the SUNYAC Championships...scored first place finishes in 200 individual medley (USMMA, Adelphi, Hartwick), 100 breaststroke (Adelphi, Hartwick), 200 breaststroke (Adelphi, Cortland/Buffalo State, Hartwick), 100m breaststroke (Baruch/Sarah Lawrence), 50 breaststroke (Oneonta), 100 breaststroke (Oneonta)...second place finish in 50 breaststroke (USMMA)...third place finish in 100 breaststroke (Cortland/Buffalo State)...at TCNJ Invitational, placed first in 100 breaststroke, member of 200 medley relay (2nd), 400 medley relay (5th), 400 freestyle relay (7th), 200 freestyle relay (8th)...recorded personal best: 200 breaststroke (2:31.17)...earned a spot on the SUNYAC Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll.
2021-22: Placed third in the 200 individual medley (2:12.59), fifth in the 100 breaststroke (1:09.34), and sixth in the 200 breaststroke (2:31.45) in the SUNYAC Championships… scored ten first place finishes: 200 freestyle (Western CT), 200 breaststroke (Hartwick/Oneonta Tri-Meet, Vassar, and Cortland), 200 individual medley (Hartwick/Oneonta Tri-Meet, Oneonta), 100 breaststroke (Hartwick/Oneonta Tri-Meet, Cortland), 400 individual medley (Cortland), and 50 backstroke (Oneonta)...finished third in 100 breaststroke (Vassar)...at the TCNJ Invitational placed second in the 100 breaststroke, third in the 200 individual medley and 200 breastroke, seventh in the 10 backstroke…member of the second place 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay, fourth place 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle relay…recorded four personal bests: 100 freestyle (:55.40), 200 breaststroke (2:31.45), 200 individual medley (2:12.59), and 200 freestyle (2:06.64)… named to the 2022 SUNYAC Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll… earned a spot on the Hawks Academic Honor Roll for the fall 2021 and spring 2022 semesters.
High School Accolades: New York State qualifier (2019) at Rondout Valley High School... three-time OCCIAs and Section IX High qualifier and placer (2017-2019)... Rookie of the Year (2017).
Personal: From Kerhonkson, NY… graduated from Rondout Valley High School in 2021… daughter of Orest Kassian and Irina Saramaka.
Fun Fact: “I have participated in competitive swimming for 10 years.”
