Emily Appleton

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/IM
Class:
Senior
High School:
Cohasset
Hometown:
Cohasset, Mass.

Honors
2x CSCAA Scholar All-American (2024, 2023)
Friends of Princeton Swimming Award (2023)
Women's Freshman Swimming and Diving Award (2022)

Lifetime Bests
500 Free – 4:45.65
1000 Free – 9:55.03
1650 Free – 16:35.55
400 IM – 4:15.16
50 Fly – 29.78
100 Fly – 58.59

2024-25: Finished 12th in the 400 IM and 15th in the 200 free and 500 free at the Ivy League Championships…Finished fifth in the 500 free and seventh in the 1000 free at HYP…Finished seventh in the 200 breaststroke and eighth in the 1000 free at the Penn State/Virginia Tech tri-meet…finished third in the 400 IM at the Kenyon/Navy tri-meet…finished second in the 500 free and fourth in the 200 free at the dual-meet with Rutgers

2023-24: Finished fifth in the 400 IM, 12th in the 1650 freestyle and 15th in the 500 freestyle at the Ivy League Championships … finished fourth in the 400 IM, fifth in the 500 freestyle and seventh in the 1000 freestyle at the Notre Dame-Navy tri-meet … finished third in the 1000 freestyle and fourth in the 400 freestyle at the Penn-Cornell tri-meet … competed in seven regular season meets

2022-23: Finished fourth in the 400 IM, fourth in the 500 freestyle and sixth in the 1650 freestyle at the Ivy League Championships … finished second in the 500 freestyle, third in the 400 IM, third in the 1650 freestyle and sixth in the 400 IM at the Big Al Invitational … competed in nine regular season meets.

2021-22: Finished 10th in the 1650 freestyle, 11th in the 400 IM and 13th in the 500 freestyle at the Ivy League Championships...Set top times in the 200 freestyle (1:51.62), 200 butterfly (2:04.61), 500 freestyle (4:53.07) and 1650 freestyle (16:45.59) at the Big Al Invitational, the 1000 freestyle (10:01.86) at HYPs, and the 400 IM (4:18.27) and 500 freestyle (4:51.66) at the Ivy League Championships...A recipient of the Women's Freshman Swimming and Diving Award, presented for outstanding sportsmanship and performance by a freshman.

Before Princeton: 4X MVP of high school team…4X Mass. state champion, US Open qualifier…National Honor Society…USA Swimming Scholastic All-American…Senior Class President…Team Captain…works as an EMT.

Personal: Mom, Caitlin played soccer at Dartmouth…Dad, Paul played lacrosse at Dartmouth…has three brothers, James , Liam and Johnny