Monica McGrath

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Position:
Distance/Free
Class:
Senior
High School:
duPont Manual
Hometown:
Louisville, Ken.

At Princeton — 2017-18: earned second-team All-Ivy League honors as member of Princeton 800 free relay, which set program record and placed second at Ivies … reached A final in 500 free and posted team’s third-best time of the season (4:50.41); also had the third-fastest 1000 of the season (10:23.37) … added fourth-fastest time in the 200 free (1:45.58) … reached B final in the 200 fly and 200 free at Ivies … helped Princeton post win over Harvard in HYP weekend by winning 200 free. 2016-17: placed sixth in the 500 at the Ivy League Championships (4:49.64) … earned top-10 finish in the 1000 (9:58.82) and finished 11^th in the mile (16:48.53). 2015-16: posted Top-10 finishes in all three distance events at Ivies, including a best finish of fifth in the 500 (4:47.58) … also finished sixth in the mile (16:36.14) and ninth in the 1000 (9:56.75) … both the 500 and mile times were fourth-fastest in Princeton history; 1000 time was sixth-fastest … took fourth in the 500 during H-Y-P weekend.

At duPont Manual — regional champion and state runner-up in the 500 free; holds her high school record in the event … regional runner-up in the 100 and 200 free … two-time team MVP … two-time member of the all-state team … earned the 2014 KHSAA Regional Meet Award … invited to the Zone Select Camp and the Open Water Select Camp … February Athlete of the Month … Scholastic All-American … AP Scholar with Distinction … member of the National Honor Society … member of the Spanish Honors Society and the National Society of High School Scholars … runner-up in behavioral sciences at the Kentucky Junior Academy of Sciences Fair.

Personal — born Aug. 29, 1997 … daughter of Tom and Irina McGrath … has a younger sister Nicole … cousin Kara McGrath (Chavey) swam for the University of Texas; has an another cousin, David Gerstle, who played club water polo at Yale … has played the piano since age of four … enjoys art and interested in travel … majoring in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology.