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2021-22 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

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Demetra Williams

  • Position Dive
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • High School Monta Vista HS
  • Hometown Saratoga, Calif.

Biography

• School Record holder, 1-meter diving (2019-20)
• NCAA Zone A Diving Championships qualifier (2018-19, 2019-20)

As a sophomore (2019-20)

• Competed in both diving events at the Ivy League Championships, making the A Final of the 1-meter and finishing fifth overall with a school-record 266.50 points.
• Also scored points for the Big Red in the 3-meter at the conference meet, making the B Final and placing 15th with 249.90 points.
• Her 3-meter point total of 251.95 points in prelims at Ivies ranks fifth all-time in Cornell history.
• Competed at the NCAA Zone A Diving Championships for the second-straight year, making the finals of the 1-meter competition and placing 12th overall among 62 divers.
• Finished third in the 1-meter at Akron’s Zippy Invitational with 262.30 points.
• Picked up eight victories between the two diving disciplines at dual meets over the course of the season.
• Won both the 1-meter and 3-meter events against St. Bonaventure and Binghamton, helping Cornell to a pair of team victories.
• Finished first in the 1-meter and second in the 3-meter at Ivy League duals against Yale and Brown, guiding Cornell to a win over the Bears.
• Won the 3-meter and finished as the runner-up in the 1-meter at Cornell’s Ivy League tri-meet against Dartmouth and Harvard.

As a freshman (2018-19)

• Named the team's Diving MVP.
• Was 24th at the NCAA Zone Diving Meet in the 1-meter (240.40) and 26th in the 3-meter (244.05).
• Her score in the 1-meter at the zone meet ranks third all-time at Cornell.
• Finished 13th in the 3-meter at the Ivy Championship with a 249.25, No. 4 all-time in Big Red history.
• Placed 20th at the Ivy meet in the 1-meter.
• Captured the 1-meter and 3-meter titles at the Ithaca Bomber Invitational.
• Won the 3-meter competition in dual meets with Columbia, St. Bonaventure and Brown.
• Swept both diving events in a win at Bryant.
• Was second in both diving events in a tri-meet with Penn and Princeton.

Prior to Cornell

• Named two-time Norcal Diver of the Year while competing for the Stanford Diving Club.
• Three-time USA Diving Nationals qualifier.
• Named the Athlete of the Year at Monta Vista HS.
• Earned NISCA All-America honors as a senior.
• Was a two-time team captain.
• Two-time state championship qualifier.

Personal

• Demetra Alexandra Williams is the daughter of Alan Williams and Kathleen Lee and has a younger sister and brother.
• She is enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Dive
    5'7"
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Dive
    5'7"
  • 2020-21Junior

    Dive
    5'7"
  • 2021-22Senior

    Dive
    5'7"