2022-23 Swimming and Diving Roster

Avery Barber

  • Events Sprint Free / Backstroke
  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Wayne, Pa.
  • High School Radnor
  • Club Suburban Seahawks Club

Biography

School Records:
400 Freestyle Relay (3:26.68), Patriot League Championships, Feb. 18, 2023

AU Top 16s:
50 Freestyle (14th, 24.23), George Mason Invitational, Nov. 17, 2022
200 Freestyle Relay (2nd, 1:34.51), Patriot League Championships, Feb. 18, 2023
400 Freestyle Relay (1st, 3:26.68), Patriot League Championships, Feb. 18, 2023
200 Medley Relay (2nd, 1:43.00), Patriot League Championships, Feb. 18, 2022
400 Medley Relay (12th, 3:52.70), George Mason Invitational, Nov. 17, 2022

Career Top Times (SwimCloud)

2022-23 (Freshman) - Versatile swimmer for the Eagles… Posted a time of 24.23 in the 50 free at the George Mason Invitational which ranks as the 14th-fastest personal best in program history... She was part of the 200 free relay team that set the second-best program mark at 1:34.51 at the PL Championships and the fifth-best time of 1:35.25 at the George Mason Invitational… Was a part of the 400 free relay team that set a new program record at 3:26.68 at the PL Championships… Part of the 200 medley relay teams that set the second-best program record at 1:43.00 at the PL Championships and the third-best program record of 1:43.75 at the George Mason Invitational… Helped set the 12th-best program record for the 400 medley relay at 3:52.70 at the George Mason Invitational… Top times for the season were 24.23 (50 free), 53.10 (100 free), 59.12 (100 backstroke), 1:02.22 (100 fly), 2:17.35 (200 IM)... Was a part of a 200 free relay team that finished second against Howard, first against Old Dominion, second against Bucknell, and third in the Bucknell Winter Invite... Was also on the 400 free relay team that took first against Colgate and first against Georgetown... Part of the 200 medley relay team that finished third against Loyola, first against Howard, and second against Colgate... Was part of the 400 medley relay team that finished third against Old Dominion... Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. 

Before AU – Four-year varsity letterwinner for Radnor High School… Swam for Suburban Seahawks Club (coaches Charlie Kennedy and Jeremy Bryne)… Member of National Honors Society, Distinguished Honor Roll and Ethics Council… Named Academic All-American and All-State honorable mention… Personal best in 40 freestyle LCM is 27.81, 50 freestyle SCY is 24.51 (split of 24.01), 100 freestyle SCY is 53.28, 200 backstroke is 2:10.27, and 100 backstroke is 1:00.02… Four-year All-Central League first team selection… All-District honorable mention as a sophomore, junior and senior… All-State honorable mention as a junior and senior… State finalist as a sophomore and senior… A Final (200 medley relay) and B Final (400 freestyle relay) winner as a senior at PIAA State Championships… Four-year district and state qualifier.
 
Personal – Parents are Michele Vinick and Peter Barber… Mother, Michele, swam for the University of Rhode Island… Father, Peter, swam for Penn State University and University of Maryland… Competed for two years in varsity track and field in high school… Coaches and lifeguards in the summer for Conestoga Swim Club… President of Best Buddies… Participated in Model Congress and a community service club at Radnor High School… Student representative on the Radnor Township School Board… Was featured in the Main Line Academic Art Show... Majoring in political science.