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2022-23 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Olivia Francella

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Princess Anne
  • Hometown Virginia Beach, Va.

Biography

2022-23: Ivy Championships qualifier … Took 17th place in the one-meter dive with a score of 219.95 … Finished 19th in the three meters with a 226.15 … Recorded a personal-best score of 285.90 against Brown (11/12), also grabbing an NCAA B-Cut mark.

2021-22: Ivy Championships qualifier … Finished fifth in the 1M at the Ivy Championships … Finished 14th in the 3M at the Ivy Championships.  

2020-21: All 2020-21 Ivy League winter sports were canceled on November 12 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.

2019-20: Ivy League Championships qualifier in the 1-meter and 3-meter dive … Won the 1-meter dive against West Chester with a personal-best score of 271.13 (Feb. 1, 2020) … Competed in six of Penn’s eight regular season meets, including each of the five Ivy meets.

High School: Lettered four years in swimming & diving … Team captain in junior and senior years … Three-time Virginia 5A State Champion in diving (2017-19) … Four-time Virginia 5A South Regional and Virginia Beach District Diving Champion (2016-19) … Two-time NISCA High School All-American Diver (2017, 19) … Recipient of the United States Marine Corps Distinguished Female Athlete Award (2019) …  Virginia Beach Sports Club Co-Female Athlete of the Year (2019) … Treasurer of Key Club … National Honors Society member during junior and senior years … Lettered in track & field and cross country …
 
Personal: Daughter of Gary and Lee Francella … Brother, Layne, was a cheerleader for the University of Virginia (2015-17) … Plans to enroll in Wharton.

SwimCloud Bio -> https://www.swimcloud.com/swimmer/479183/

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    DIVE
    5'7"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Diving
    5'7"
  • 2021-22Junior

    Diving
  • 2022-23Senior

    Diving