2022-23 Women's Swimming Roster

Sara Gaston

  • Height:
    5-10
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Mechanicsville, Va.
  • High School:
    Mechanicsville

Summary

Biography

2022-23:
 - W&L Scholar Athlete (Fall & Winter)
ODAC Final Times
 - 400 Medley Relay (1st - 3:51.28)
 - 200 Medley Relay (1st - 1:44.89)
 - 100 Back (1st - 56.69)
 - 200 Back (1st - 2:03.59)
 - 50 Free (6th - 24.65)

2021-22: Two-year letterwinner for the Generals.
ODAC Final Times
 - 800 Freestyle Relay (1st - 7:42.41)
 - 500 Freestyle (5th - 5:14.98)
 - 200 Medley Relay (1st - 1:44.73)
 - 100 Backstroke (2nd - 57.51)
 - 200 Backstroke: (1st -  2:02.84)
 - 200 Medley Relay (Nationals) (20th - 1:46.09)

Awards
 - Winter W&L Scholar Athlete
 - ODAC All-Academic Selection
 - All-America Scholar
 - All-ODAC 1T Selection
 - VASID All-State 1T Selection (Backstroke, 200 Medley Relay, 800 Freestyle Relay)

2020-21: Part of the 800 free relay (7:40.64) that set a pool record at the team's time trial event (3/4-3/7) ... also finished second in the 500 free (5:07.05) and third in the 200 free (1:55.17) and 200 back (2:05.45) ... W&L Scholar Athlete for the Fall term ... ODAC All-Academic selection.
 
2019-20: Earned CSCAA All-America laurels in the 200 free relay as a first-year … also named a CSCAA First Team Scholar All-American … VaSID All-State College Division Women’s Swimming Rookie of the Year and first team selection in the backstroke and relay categories … also earned ODAC Rookie of the Year honors and a first team all-conference citation … won the 200 back (2:03.30), claimed second in the 200 free (1:54.38) and secured a third-place finish in the 500 free (5:09.26) at the ODAC Championships (2/6-9) … also helped the 400 free (3:29.40), 800 free (7:38.87) and 200 free relays (1:34.69) to wins at the conference meet … W&L Scholar Athlete for the Winter term … named to the ODAC All-Academic team.

High School: Earned four letters in five years of swimming at Lee-Davis High School … earned Team MVP and the Coaches’ Award in 2017 and 2019 … was the team’s highest point-scorer each of her last four years … BETA club member and a member of the National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society … Student Class Council and was Class President.

Personal: Member of the "24" student-athlete group and General's Leadership Academy ... mother, Sharon, played volleyball and basketball at Grove City College … father, Bob, played football at Grove City … sister, Rachel, played volleyball at Bridgewater … completed an internship at PwC over the summer ... works in USA Swimming as a national athlete representative, Eastern Zone athlete representative and a Virginia Swimming Inc., representative … also works on Virginia Swimming Board of Directors … accounting major.


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Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20First Year

    5'9"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    5'10"
  • 2021-22Junior

    5'10"
  • 2022-23Senior

    5'10"