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2023-24 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

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Olivia Sutter

  • Position Back/IM
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • High School Carolina Day School
  • Hometown Asheville, N.C.

Biography

2023-24 | SENIOR SEASON
Elected one of Cornell's tri-captains ... competed in eight meets, including the Ivy League Championship ... opened season with fourth-place finish in 100 Backstroke against Binghamton ... swam the final leg of Cornell's fourth-place showing in the 400 Freestyle Relay against Penn and Princeton ... logged 51 total points over four events at Zippy Invitational ... had season-bests in 200 IM (2:04.63) and 400 IM (4:26.85) in Akron ... clocked a 57.00 in the 100 Backstroke during the Big Red's final meet of the regular season against Brown, which was also a season-best time ... swam in the 200 Backstroke, 200 IM, and 400 IM at Ivy League Championship ... earned two points with season-best time of 2:01.68 in 200 Backstroke.

2022-23 l JUNIOR SEASON
Competed in all eight regular season meets as well as the Ivy League Championship ... made her first podium appearance for the season against St. Bonaventure in the 200-Yard IM ... finished third in the 400-Yard IM against Yale ... won the 200-Yard IM against Columbia with a time of 2:07.62.

2021-22 l SOPHOMORE SEASON
Competed in all eight meets, including the Zippy Invitational and Ivy Championship ... secured a second-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke in 2:08.36 against St. Bonaventure ... made the A Final in the 400-yard IM at the Zippy Invitational, finishing 7th in 4:27.20 ... notched a top-five finish against Yale in the 200-yard IM in 2:10.83 ... in the 200-yard IM against Columbia, came in first-place with a time of 2:11.23 ... managed a second-place finish in the 200-yard IM in 2:05.53, trailing first place by .32 seconds against Brown ... ended the season on a high note, winning the 100-yard backstroke in 1:00.32 against Binghamton ... made the C Final of the 400-yard IM at the Ivy Championship, finishing 20th overall and garnering the seventh fastest time in school history (4:22.75).

2020-21 l FRESHMAN SEASON
Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

PRIOR TO CORNELL
2018 NCISAA 1A/2A State Champion in the 200-IM, also finishing as the state runner-up in the 500-freestyle ... 2019 NCISAA Division II State Runner-up in the 200-IM and 100-backstroke ... 2020 NCISAA Division II State Runner-up in the 200-IM and 500-freestyle ... earned NCISAA All-State honors in 2018, in addition to receiving All-WNC distinction on three occasions (2018, 19, 20) ... crowned the 2018 CAA Conference Champion in the 200-IM and 100-backstroke, breaking school records in both events ... won the 100-backstroke at the 2019 CAA Championship, setting the conference record in the process ... two-time MVP of her Carolina Day School team, captaining the team as a senior ... swam on the club circuit for the YMCA of Western North Carolina ... two-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American (2017-18, 2018-19) ... 2019 Toyota U.S. Open qualifier ... five-time Speedo Winter Junior Nationals – East qualifier (2015, 16, 17, 18, 19) ... four-time member of the North Carolina Open Water Zone Team ... also excelled on the cross country course and track at Carolina Day School ... 2018 NCISAA 3A/4A Individual Cross Country State Champion ... two-time NCISAA 1A/2A State Champion in the 3,200-meter (2017, 18).

PERSONAL
Olivia Caroline Sutter is the daughter of Greg Sutter and Nancy Yeager and has two younger siblings, a brother and a sister ... her mother serves as the Associate Vice Chancellor at UNC-Asheville ... her uncle, David Yeager, received his Master of Management in Hospitality from Cornell ... she is enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.


Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Back/IM
    5'9"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Back/IM
    5'9"
  • 2022-23Junior

    Back/IM
    5'9"
  • C

    2023-24Senior

    Back/IM
    5'9"
    C