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Upon graduation, Young ranked in the top 10 all-time at Bates in these events:

800-yard freestyle relay, 1st (7:28.39) and 8th (7:33.71). Top split of 1:52.09, 4th.

400-yard medley relay, 2nd (3:47.06) and 4th (3:47.61). Top split of 56.95 (Butterfly, 6th).

100-yard IM, 3rd (59.81).

200-yard IM, 3rd (2:04.79).

400-yard IM, 3rd (4:25.39).

200-yard butterfly, 4th (2:06.56).

100-yard butterfly, 8th (57.58).

200-yard backstroke, 8th (2:05.50).

Career: Three-time All-American.... One of 92 Senior Scholar Award-winners, who have participated in varsity sports for four years and maintained a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or better. 

2023-24: CSC Second Team Academic All-America®.... Named to the College Sports Communicators Women's Swimming & Diving Academic All-District® Team.... CSC Scholar All-American.... NESCAC Winter All-Academic selection.... Earned two All-America honors at the NCAA Championships.... Earned the second All-America honor of her career, taking 16th in the 200-yard IM at the NCAA Championships, swimming a morning prelims time of 2:04.79 and racing to the finish in 2:05.97 in the consolation final..... Helped Bates place 10th in the country in the 800-yard freestyle relay in 7:30.39 (March 20-23)....Helped the 800-yard freestyle relay team set a school record (7:28.39) as the Bobcats finished runner-up in the event at the NESCAC Championships (Feb. 15).

2022-23: CSCAA Scholar All-American.... NESCAC Winter All-Academic selection.... Contributed to an All-America performance at the NCAA Championships in the 400-yard medley relay, where the Bobcats placed 11th.... The Bobcats aced to the finish in the prelims in 3:47.10.... Then they finished third in the consolation final at night in 3:47.06 (March 16).

2021-22: Second team CSCAA Scholar All-American.... NESCAC Winter All-Academic selection.... Placed fifth in the 400-yard IM with an NCAA "B" cut time of 4:28.70 at the NESCAC Championships.... Helped the 400 yard medley relay team finish fourth at the NESCAC Championships.

Minor: Chemistry

Bates Activities: Bates Art Society.... Bates Garden Club

Personal: 2020 graduate of The Derryfield School.... Highest Honors.... Beekeeping Club.... Art Club....  swim team captain (senior year).... National Honor Society ... Recipient of Silver Key at the Scholastic Art Award ... Neuroscience Honors Program.

Favorite food: sushi
Restaurant: The Birch on Elm (Manchester, N.H.)
TV show: Game of Thrones
Music artist: The Eagles
Vacation spot: Anywhere that is new and full of adventure!
Athletic team(s): Every Boston team
Worst habit: Showing up at 5:59 for a 6:00 a.m. practice (but I'm never late)!
Hobbies: art (drawing/ painting), crafting, cooking, and gardening
Career aspirations: Veterinary Neurologist
Best sports memory: Making my first NCAA "B"-cut in the 400IM at NESCAC's (2022), and looking up into the stands to see my teammates jumping out of their seats!
Goals for upcoming year: To get back to my roots in the backstroke, expand the "Long-IM" squad, make NCAAs with a group of Bates women, get an NCAA B-cut, complete an Honors neuroscience thesis, and get accepted and enroll in a veterinary school for this fall!

Why Bates?The collaborative atmosphere and outstanding sense of camaraderie in the pool and the classroom.