Heidi Smithwick

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Princeton Women’s Swimming and Diving hosts Yale and Harvard on February 3, 2024. Prior to the meet, Princeton honored the Class of 2024 for all three teams.

Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

Position:
Free/Fly/Breast
Class:
Senior
High School:
Jupiter
Hometown:
Jupiter, Fla.

Honors
6x Ivy League Champion (First Team All-Ivy)
2025: 200 freestyle relay, 800 freestyle relay
2024: 200 butterfly, 200 freestyle relay, 400 freestyle relay, 800 freestyle relay

5x Ivy League Runner Up (Second Team All-Ivy)
2025: 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly, 200 medley relay
2024: 400 medley relay
2023: 400 medley relay

NCAA Championships Qualifier
2025: 200 butterfly, relays
2024: 200 butterfly

CSC Academic All-District (2024)
2x CSCAA Scholar All-American (2024, 2023)

Lifetime Bests
50 Free – 22.72
100 Free – 50.33
50 Fly – 24.71
100 Fly – 52.60
200 Fly – 1:54.62
100 Breast – 1:03.02
400 IM – 4:15.68

2024-25: Finished 30th in the 200 butterfly, 48th in the 100 butterfly and 59th in the 500 freestyle at the NCAA Championships…Ivy League Champion in the 200 freestyle relay and 800 freestyle relay…The 200 freestyle relay squad set a new program, Ivy League, Ivy League meet record, pool record and was an A-cut for the NCAA Championships…Ivy League Runner Up in the 200 butterfly and 100 butterfly and finished fifth in the 500 freestyle at the Ivy League Championships…Finished second in the 200 butterfly, 500 freestyle and the 100 butterfly at HYP…Won the 200 butterfly at the tri-meet with Penn State/Virginia Tech…won the 200 butterfly at the Big Al Invitational…Won the 200 butterfly and 500 freestyle at the dual-meet with Rutgers

2023-24: Finished 21st in the 200 freestyle relay, 22nd in the 800 freestyle relay, 24th in the 400 freestyle relay, 33rd in the 200 butterfly and 57th in the 100 butterfly at the NCAA Championships … Won the 200 butterfly, 200 freestyle relay, 400 freestyle relay and 800 freestyle relay at the Ivy League Championships … also finished second in the 400 medley relay, third in the 100 butterfly and seventh in the 50 freestyle at the Ivy League Championships … won the 100 butterfly and 200 butterfly at the H-Y-P meet … won the 100 butterfly and 200 butterfly and finished second in the 400 IM at the Notre Dame-Navy tri meet … competed in eight regular season meets

2022-23: Finished second in the 400 medley relay, fourth in the 100 butterfly, eighth in the 50 freestyle and 10th in the 200 butterfly at the Ivy League Championships … finished first in the 50 freestyle, first in the 100 butterfly, fourth in the 100 freestyle and ninth in the 200 freestyle at the Big Al Invitational … competed in nine regular season meets.

Before Princeton: FGC Girls 13-14 all time 50 Breaststroke Record Holder SCY … 2019 USA Swimming World 100 Team member (top 100 swimmers under 18 in world) … 2019 FHSAA-Class 4A State Finalist (3rd place) 50 Free … 2020 USA Swimming Girls National Select Camp attendee … USA Swimming Olympic Trials 2021 Wave II Qualifier (100 meter butterfly, 50 meter freestyle) … USA Swimming 2021 Olympic Trials Wave II Finalist (100 butterfly) … Palm Beach County Champion (200 IM, 500 Freestyle) … 2021 FHSAA Class 4A State Champion (50 Freestyle), Runner-Up (100 Butterfly) … Jupiter High School Swimming All-Time 10x record holder (50 Freestyle, 100 Breaststroke, 100 Freestyle, 100 Butterfly, 200 IM, 200 Free, 500 Freestyle, 4x50 Medley Relay, 4x50 Freestyle Relay, 4x100 Freestyle Relay) … 4x USA Swimming Scholastic All American … 3x NISCA All American Designation … National Merit Scholarship Recipient … AP Scholar with Distinction … 2022 Pathfinder Finalist (Award in Palm Beach County) … top 10% of graduating class … 2020 National Student Leadership Conference Jupiter High School Nominee … National Honors Society … National English Honor Society … Social Studies Honor Society … National Science Honor Society … National French Honor Society … Math Honor Society.

Personal: Daughter of Natasha Raos Smithwick, who was raised in Montreal and graduated from UQAM with a degree in biology … son of Charlie Smithwick, who was raised in North Carolina and went to school at UC Santa Cruz … has a younger sister, Myriam, who is also a swimmer … has a pet poodle, Echo, who loves to go to the beach and chase birds … loves snorkeling, surfing, boating, and spending time in the ocean with friends … a Canadian citizen whose first language was French … played the clarinet for four years in middle school and high school … an avid reader … interested in studying Ecology and Evolutionary biology and Princeton, and hopes to pursue a career in medicine.