2021-22 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster
Biography
As a freshman (2019-20)
• Raced at seven meets for the Big Red during freshman campaign.
• Showed improvement over the course of the season, notching season-bests in the 100-breaststroke (1:08.85), 200-breaststroke (2:28.46), and 200-IM (2:14.08) in her final meet of the year against Brown.
• Recorded a pair of top-five finishes in the 100-breaststroke and 200-breaststroke in Cornell’s Ivy League victory over the Bears.
• Finished fourth in the 200-IM to help the Big Red defeat Binghamton.
Prior to Cornell
• Four year member of the swim team at American Heritage.
• Helped her school’s 200 free relay team to a second place finish at the 2017 Florida High School State Championship.
• Top-16 finisher at the State Championship in the 100 breast and 200 IM in 2017 and 2018.
• 200 IM District Champion for four-consecutive years.
• Recipient of the Coach’s Award in 2016-17 and the Patriot Award in 2018-19.
• Swam on the club circuit for Swim Fort Lauderdale.
Personal
• Thea Elisabeth McKenna is the daughter of Kevin McKenna and Sharon Marsten-McKenna.
• She has one older brother, Nicholas, who was a 2017 graduate of Brown University.
• Her aunt, Maureen Pelky, is a Cornell alumna.
• She is enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Historical Player Information
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2019-20Freshman
Breast/IM
5'4"
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2020-21Sophomore
Breast/IM
5'4"
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2021-22Junior
Breast/IM
5'4"
