Sydney Nakagawa
Sydney Nakagawa
Height: 5-7
Year: Sr
Hometown: Vancouver, Wash.
High School: La Salle Catholic College Prep (OR)
Events: Back/Free
Major: Biology

2021-22 (Senior)

Started her final season with a win in the 100 Back (1:01.37) and then swam career best times in the 50 Breast (36.38) and 100 IM (1:03.88) with a sixth-place finish at the Bulldog Pentathlon (Oct. 16) ... Won the 50 Free (25.31) and came in second in the 100 Back (1:01.21) at the Redlands vs. La Verne vs. Biola (Nov. 6) meet ... At the Redlands vs. Pomona-Pomona meet (Nov. 13) she took third in the 200 Back (2:12.44) ... At the Logger Invite (Dec. 3-5) in Washington, she won the 50 Back (27.48) with a season best time, took third in the 100 Back (1:00.02) with another season best time, though, her prelim time (59.88) was even faster ... At the CMS vs. Redlands dual (Jan. 15) she swam a season best time in the 100 Free (56.43) ... At the Caltech vs. Occidental vs. Redlands (Jan. 22) tri-meet she registered three top-3 finishes and two wins with a win in the 50 Free (25.06) and 200 Back (2:13.01) and then came in third in the 100 Back (1:01.43) ... Won the 200 Free (2:02.52) and the 100 Back (1:00.70) at the Redlands vs. Chapman dual ... Picked up two wins and a runner-up at the Redlands vs. Cal Lutheran vs. Whittier (Feb. 5) tri-meet with wins in the 50 Free (24.96) and 100 Back (1:00.80) and a second-place finish in the 100 Free (55.04) ... Made the finals in the 50 Free (24.37 | 11th), 50 Back (27.45), 100 Back (58.81 | 8th), and 200 Back (2:08.47 | 9th) at the SCIAC Championships (Feb. 16-19). 

2020-21 (Junior | COVID-19 season)

Opened her junior season with a wins in the 50 Free (25.62) and 100 Back (1:02.45) at the Cal Lutheran vs. Redlands meet (Mar. 13) ... Took third in the 100 Free (56.27) and fourth in the 100 IM (1:04.39) with career best time at the Redlands vs. Concordia (Mar. 26) meet ... Picked up two more wins in the 50 Free (24.77) and 100 Back (59.53) at the Redlands vs. Cal Lutheran vs. Chapman (Apr. 10) meet. 

2019-20 (Sophmore)

  • A strong contributor to the team's 5-3 dual-meet record and fifth-place finish at the SCIAC Championships
  • Top point-getter for the Bulldogs throughout the season 
  • Swam on the school-record setting 400 Medley Relay (3:54.07) and 200 Medley Relay (1:45.74) at the SCIAC Championships
  • Also contributed to the 400 Free Relay's fifth-place showing that came in a time of 3:35.82
  • Posted a school record in 200 Back with an eighth-place time of 2:06.05 at the SCIAC Championships
  • Took fifth in the 100 Back with a career-best time of 57.41
  • Fired off a career-best time of 24.11 in the 50 Free to finish seventh

2018-19 (First-Year)

  • Part of the team that went 5-3 in dual-meet action and took fourth at the SCIAC Championships
  • Swam a season-best time of 1:00.29 in the 100 Back during the consolation final of the SCIAC Championships
  • Competed in the consolation final of the 200 Back and posted a time of 2:11.48
  • Registered a career-best time of 2:14.65 in the 200 IM at the Collegiate Winter Invite

Lifetime Best Times (Through senior season)

  • 50 Free: 24.11 -- 2-21-2020 (4th in program history)
  • 100 Free: 53.42 -- 2-23-2020 
  • 50 Back: 26.62 -- 2-20-2020
  • 100 Back: 57.41 -- 2-22-2020 (2nd in program history)
  • 200 Back: 2:06.05 -- 2-23-2020 (1st in program history)
  • 200 Free Relay: 1:38.11 -- 2019 (7th in program history)
  • 200 Medley Relay:
    • 1:45.74 -- 2020 (1st in program history)
    • 1:46.60 -- 2022 (3rd in program history)
    • 1:47.25 -- 2021 (6th in program history)
    • 1:49.53 -- 2021 (9th in program history)
  • 400 Medley Relay:
    • 3:54.07 -- 2020 (1st in program history)
    • 3:56.15 -- 2019 (4th in program history)
    • 3:57.34 -- 2022 (8th in program history)

Awards

  • All-SCIAC 200 Medley Relay (2019-20, 2021-22)
  • All-SCIAC 400 Medley Relay (2019-20)
  • Redlands Scholar-Athlete (2018-19, 2019-20)
  • Member of the CSCAA Scholar All-America team (2018-19, 2019-20)
  • SCIAC All-Academic Swim & Dive Team (2018-19, 2019-20)

Quick Facts

  • Postgraduate Plans: Grad School