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2022-23 Swimming Roster

Sarah Morden

  • Class Junior
  • Event(s) Breast/Free
  • Hometown Fayetteville, N.C.
  • High School E.E. Smith HS

Biography

AS A FRESHMAN (2019-20)
Season bests: 50 Free (26.08), 100 Free (56.55), 100 Breast (1:08.51), 200 Breast (2:34.53), 200 IM (2:19.75)
Mountain East Conference Champion (200 Medley Relay) ... All-Mountain East Conference (100 Breast, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay) ... Won three individual event titles, including two in the 100 Breast … Also won the event title in the 100 Free at the dual meet with Columbia … Posted school records in the 200 Breast in tri-meet with Lenoir-Rhyne and Mars Hill, as well as a month later at the Fall Frenzy Invitational … Swam a leg on four relay teams as well, including three that posted school records … Occupied second leg on 200 Medley Relay team that finished third with a school-record performance at the Mountain East Conference Championships … Swam final leg on record-breaking performance by 200 Free Relay squad at Guilford Invitational … Swam third leg as 400 Free Relay turned in a school-record time at Fall Frenzy Invitational … Served as second leg on 800 Free Relay team that broke school record at both the Fall Frenzy Invitational and the dual meet with St. Andrews.

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at E.E. Smith High School for coach Wesley Steffen … Qualified for state championships as a senior after finishing third in the 100 Breaststroke at the 3A Eastern Regional … Named area swimmer of the year by the Fayetteville Observer … Earned most valuable swimmer recognition from the PAC Conference, while also picking up her team’s coaches’ award … Finished fifth in the 100 Breaststroke at the NC Star Tarheel States with a season-best time of 1:09.44.
 
PERSONAL: The daughter of Jane and Scott Morden … Has two brothers, Matthew and Stephen, and five sisters – Danielle, Chelsea, Jenny, Mary and Julie … Maintained a 3.7 cumulative grade point average at E.E. Smith High School and graduated in the top 10 percent of her 197-member senior class … Lists working out as one of her hobbies … Favorite movie is Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith … Favorite food is sushi … A biomedical major at UNCP.



 

PERSONAL BESTS AT UNCP (Updated: 2/20/2023)
50 Free         25.62
100 Free 56.55
100 Fly 1:05.62
100 Breast 1:06.32
200 Breast 2:26.89
200 Back 2:37.09
200 IM 2:15.08
200 Medley Relay    1:47.07
200 Free Relay 1:41.17
400 Medley Relay 3:46.48
400 Free Relay 3:37.22
800 Free Relay 8:24.41

Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

    Breaststroke/Freestyle
    5'5"
  • 2019-20Freshman

    Breaststroke/Freestyle
    5'5"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Breast/Free
    5'5"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Breast/Free
    5'5"
  • 2022-23Junior

    Breast/Free
    5'5"