2023-24 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster
Biography
2023-24: Placed fourth in the 200 fly at the CAA Championships with a season-best 2:02.35… finished 10th in the 100 fly with a 55.22… placed 17th at the CSCAA National Invite in the 100 fly with an improved season-best 55.02 (tenth in program history)… earned 2024 CSC Academic All-District® honors.
2022-23: Swam the 10th-fastest time in program history, 55.09, in the 100 fly at the CAA Championships... swam a personal-best 2:31.57 in the 200 breast at the Tiger Winter Open... her 58.95 in the 100 IM against UMBC (Jan. 18) ranked third all-time... recorded a personal-best 2:06.58 in the 200 IM at the Patriot Invitational (Nov. 17)... named to the CAA Academic Honor Roll.
2021-22: Swam four different events during the season, including a focus on the 100- and 200-yard butterfly … finished with 11 podiums during the regular season, including four first-places in the 200-yard butterfly … finished on the podium for the 200-yard fly in eight of the nine meets she competed in during the regular season … took a third-place finish at the CAA Championships in the 200 fly, timing a 2 minute, 3.13 second swim.
2020-21: Swam four disciplines in her true freshman season … posted the team’s fastest 200-yard butterfly (2:00.98) at the CAA Championship Meet … held the third-fastest 50-yard freestyle (27.58), 100-yard butterfly (55.22), and 200-yard IM (2:07.07) … took fourth at CAA Championships in the 200-yard butterfly (2:01.82) and seventh in the 100-yard butterfly (55.59).
High School: Swam for head coach Jeb Beaver at the Monocacy Aquatic Club … helped lead team to a county title … member of the county and school record-setting 200-yard medley and 400-yard freestyle relay teams … set school record in 100-yard butterfly and 200-yard IM … named Frederick County Girls Swimmer of the Year in 2020 … two-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-America team … Winter Junior National Qualifier … holds Monocacy Aquatic Club 17-18 and Open records in the 100 fly (LCM), 100 fly (SCY) and 200 fly (SCY) … member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Full name is Samantha Ann Casolo … prefers to go by Samantha … daughter of Paul and Lauren Casolo … relative, Julia, swam at Niagara University … was in the Girl Scouts for 12 years, earning the Girl Scout Silver Award … works as a lifeguard in the summer … favorite teams are the Pittsburgh Pirates and Penguins, as well as the Baltimore Orioles … enjoys music from Taylor Swift, Morgan Wallen and Tyler Childers … most memorable experience was earning a Junior Nationals Cut … majoring in accounting at Towson with aspirations to work in the business world.
Historical Player Information
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2020-21Freshman
Butterfly
5'5"
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2021-22Sophomore
Butterfly
5'5"
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2021-22Sophomore
Butterfly
5'5"
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2022-23Junior
Butterfly/Freestyle
5'5"
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2023-24Senior
Fly/Free
5'5"
