2021-22 Swimming & Diving Roster
Portia Brown
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- The Hawken School
- Hometown:
- Broadview Heights, Ohio
2021-22: Finished 41st in 400 IM and 62nd in 200 IM at NCAA Championships...Finished 10th in 400 IM, 26th in 200 IM, and 32nd in 200 backstroke at SEC Championships...Finished fifth in 400 IM, 10th in 200 IM, 12th in 200 backstroke, and 11th in 100 backstroke at Georgia Tech Invitational...Set new personal-best time in 400 IM...Named to CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team...Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll...Named to J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll...Member of Georgia Way Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) Academy...Named the recipient of the Archer Family Athletic Scholarship.
2020-21: Finished 42nd in 200 backstroke, 46th in 100 backstroke, and 54th in 200 IM at NCAA Championships...Finished 13th in 200 IM and won C finals in 100 and 200 backstroke at SEC Championships...Posted B-cut in 400 IM...Finished third in 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke, and 200 IM, and fourth in 400 IM at UGA Fall Invitational...Swept backstroke events at Tennessee...Set new personal-best times in 50 backstroke, 200 backstroke, and 200 IM...Named to CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team...Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll...Named to J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll.
2019-20: Earned CSCAA All-America citations in 200 IM and 400 medley relay...Qualified for NCAA Championships in 200 IM...Finished 19th in 100 backstroke at SEC Championships...Also competed in 200 backstroke and 200 IM at SECs...Posted B-cuts in 100 backstroke and 400 IM...Posted top-10 time in 100 backstroke at Bulldog Invitational...Set personal-best times in 100 freestyle, 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke, 200 IM and 400 IM...Placed sixth in the 200 IM and eighth in the 100 backstroke at the Tennessee Invitational...Named to CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team...Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll...Named to J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll.
2018-19: Finished 14th in 400 IM, 17th in 100 backstroke, and 21st in 200 IM at SEC Championships…Posted B-cuts in 100 backstroke, 200 IM, and 400 IM…Placed fifth in 400 IM, ninth in 200 IM, and 16th in 100 backstroke at UGA Fall Invitational…Named to CSCAA Scholar All-America Second Team…Named to SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll…Named to Dean’s List and J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll.
High School: Graduated from The Hawken School and swam for Great Lakes Sailfish Swimming under Tim Hable...Won the 200 IM and 100 back at 2018 Ohio State Championships her senior season...Finished third in the 200 IM at the 2017 and 2016 Ohio State Championships...Guided The Hawken School to three of its record 20 consecutive state championships.
National: Finished ninth in 200m IM final at 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials Wave I...Qualified for Junior Nationals...Earned USA Swimming Scholastic All-American distinction two times, finishing high school with a 3.9 GPA.
Personal: Born October 5, 2000...Daughter of Jeffrey and Maritsa Brown...Majoring in Cognitive Science.
Collegiate Personal Bests
| 100 Freestyle | 50.91 | 2019 Tennessee Invitational (11/23/19) |
| 50 Backstroke | 25.06 | Tennessee (1/23/21) |
| 100 Backstroke | 52.02 | 2020 Bulldog Invitational (3/1/20) |
| 200 Backstroke | 1:55.20 | 2021 SEC Championships (2/20/21) |
| 100 Breaststroke | 1:05.27 | Emory (2/2/19) |
| 200 Breaststroke | 2:22.27 | Emory (2/2/19) |
| 100 Butterfly | 53.22 | 2019 Bulldog Invitational (3/3/19) |
| 200 IM | 1:57.09 | 2021 SEC Championships (2/18/21) |
| 400 IM | 4:11.00 | 2022 SEC Championships (2/17/22) |
