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A four-year letterwinner on the women’s swimming and diving team, Susan Beatty Sawayda left the university with a number of school records. Her records included marks in the 200, 500, 1,000 and 1,650-yard freestyle as well as the 200 and 400 individual medley, the 200 breaststroke and the 200 backstroke. She was also a member of three record-setting relay teams. Sawayda earned All-America honors all four years in the 500 free, 400IM,  and 1,650 free – an event where she won two NCAC Championships in 1995 and 1996. A team captain her final season, Sawayda earned All-NCAC honors three times in the 500 and 1,650 free (1994, 1995, 1996) and twice in the 400 IM (1994, 1996).