University of Miami Athletics

Sophia Dal Porto

position

Butterfly

Class

Freshman

Hometown

Novato, Calif.

High School

Marin Catholic

Sophia Dal Porto - Swimming & Diving - University of Miami Athletics

True Freshman (2015-16)…
Top-10 performer in school history in 100-yard butterfly with time of 56.59 at 2016 ACC Swimming & Diving Championships in Greensboro, N.C….Finished 50 freestyle in 24.97 seconds and 200 fly in 2:07.09 at ACC Championships…Finished fifth in 100 fly (57.75) and 200 fly (2:07.55) in dual meet with FIU (Jan. 30)…Touched wall in time of 2:10.26 for seventh-place finish in 200 fly in tri-meet with Kansas and Rutgers (Jan. 9)…Finished seventh in 100 fly (58.93) and eighth in 200 fly (2:10.30) in tri-meet with Texas A&M and Incarnate Word (Oct. 30).

High School/Prep…
Attended Marin Catholic High School in Kentfield, Calif. … Four-year letterwinner (2012-15)… 100 butterfly record holder at Marin … Was Marin County Athletic League (MCAL) 100 fly champion … Named Academic All-American … Marin was county relay record holders in 400 free relay and 200 medley relay …

Club…
Competed for Marin Pirates (Novato, Calif.) from 2002-2015 under coaches Warren Lager and Tom Evers … 800 freestyle relay Pacific record holder … Finished eighth in 800 free relay at NSCA Junior Nationals … Silver medalist in 400 medley relay at Futures Championships … Fifth-place medalists in 400 free relay at Futures.

Personal…
Daughter of Richard and Yvette Dal Porto … Father was a four-year baseball starter at Division II program UC-Davis…Intends to major in biology… National Honor Society member … Lifetime Dean’s List member at Marin … Member of California Scholarship Federation for high academic standards.