2023-24 Swimming and Diving Roster

Mary Barto

  • Events Breaststroke / Fly
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Cheshire, Conn.
  • High School Cheshire
  • Club Cheshire Sea Dog Swim Club

Biography

AU Top 16s:
100 Butterfly (16th, 57.24), George Mason Patriot Invitational, Nov. 17, 2023
200 Butterfly (14th, 2:07.99), George Mason Patriot Invitational, Nov. 18, 2023

Career Top Times (SwimCloud)

2023-24 (Senior) - Won a swim-off in the 100 fly at the 2024 Patriot Invitational, placing her in the B final… Was a B finalist in the 200 butterfly at the 2024 Patriot Invitational… Earned a second-place finish in the 100 fly against VMI… Earned a third-place finish in the 200 fly against UMBC… Personal bests Included a 57.24 (100 fly) and 2:07.99 (200 fly)... Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2022-23 (Sophomore) - Finished second in the 200 breaststroke at the Bucknell Winter Invite with a time of 2:28.83… Top times for the season were 27.73 (50 free), 59.29 (100 free), 5:26.37 (500 free), 1:05.32 (100 back), 1:09.34 (100 breaststroke), 2:27.59 (200 breaststroke), 59.60 (100 fly), 2:11.61 (200 fly), and 2:23.45 (200 IM)... Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. 

2021-22 (Freshman) - Was one of the top finishers in the 200 breaststroke at the Patriot Invitational (Nov. 18) with a time of 2:26.23 which ranks as the 14th-fastest personal best in program history… Had the fourth-fastest time this season in both the 200 breaststroke and the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:07.88… Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

Before AU - All-state and all-conference first team honoree as a team captain at Cheshire High School... Posted top times of 2:24.43 in the 200 breaststroke and 1:07.59 in the 100 breaststroke... Named to the all-conference academic first team... Member of the National Honor Society and a CT Swim Scholar-Athlete... Also competed for the Cheshire Sea Dog Swim Club and was named to the Cheshire YMCA National Team.

Personal - Majoring in business administration... Her father, John, was a hockey goalie and played lacrosse at the University of Vermont... Works as a swim instructor in the summers... Has three younger sisters... Has struggled with vision and complete lack of depth perception for her entire life. 

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    Breaststroke / Fly
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Breaststroke / Fly
  • 2023-24Senior

    Breaststroke / Fly