2020-21 Women's Swimming Roster

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Cara Zortman

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown York, Pa.
  • Highschool York Suburban

Biography

2019-20: Honorable Mention All-MAC in 50-yard freestyle … broke 16-year old school-record in the event, posting a 24.63 in the preliminaries at the MAC Championships … competed in the 50-, 100-, 200- and 500-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterfly during the season, posting personal bests in four of the five events … specialized in spring events, taking third at MAC Championships in 50-yard freestyle, posting a 24.67 in the final … also reached finals in 100-yard freestyle, taking sixth in 55.04, after swimming the second-fastest time in program history in the preliminaries at 54.74 … took 10th in the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:59.09 … anchored 200-yard freestyle relay to sixth-place finish (1:42.68) with a 24.34 split … anchored 200-yard medley relay with 24.13 split to take seventh (1:54.09) … anchored 400-yard medley relay to eighth-place finish (4:12.66) with a 54.04 split … also anchored 400-yard freestyle relay team to 11th-place finish (3:52.27) with 54.74 split … won last 12 dual-meet individual races of the season, a streak that lasted from Nov. 9-Feb. 1 … won 17 of 21 individual events in Lycoming’s 11 dual meets, including going 6-1 in 100-yard freestyle and 4-1 in 50-yard freestyle … a member of the MAC Academic Honor Roll … inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma, the National College Athlete Honor Society.
 
2018-19: Competed in the 50-, 100-, 200-, 500-yard freestyle and the 100-yard butterfly throughout the season … competed in three individual and four relay events at the MAC Championships … placed sixth in the 100-yard freestyle with the second-fastest time in program history (54.88), seventh in the 200-yard freestyle (1:58.88) and eighth in the 50-yard freestyle with the third fastest time in program history (25.25) … helped the 200-yard medley relay place fifth with the third-fastest time in school history (1:52.32), the 200-yard freestyle relay place seventh with the third-fastest time in school history (1:42.00), the 400-yard medley relay place sixth (4:07.59) and 400-yard freestyle relay place fifth with the second-fastest time in school history (3:42.60) ... a member of the MAC Academic Honor Roll.
 
2017-18: Competed in 50-, 100-, 200-, 500-yard freestyle, 100-yard backstroke, 50- and 100-yard butterfly events throughout the season … competed in three individual and four relay events at the MAC Championships … placed 10th in the 100-yard freestyle (55.93), 15th in the 50-yard freestyle (25.28) and 16th in the 200-yard freestyle (2:06.06) … swam a 24.90 split in the final leg of the 200-yard medley relay to help the squad place sixth (1:52.22) … helped the 200- (1:43.70) and 400-yard freestyle (3:51.32) relay squads place seventh and ninth, respectively … helped the 400-yard medley relay team place eighth (4:10.67) … a member of the MAC Academic Honor Roll.
 
High School: A three-year letterwinner in swimming, volleyball and track and field at York Suburban … helped 200-yard medley relay (1:51.90) and 400-yard freestyle relay (3:43.05) teams take fourth  and 200-yard freestyle team take second (1:40.00) at district meet as a senior … also took ninth in 50-yard freestyle (25.23) … finished 14th at the state meet in 200-yard freestyle relay (1:41.41) and 16th in 200-yard medley relay (1:52.69) … as a junior, helped 200-yard freestyle relay team win district title in 1:38.64 and finish second in state meet in 1:37.92 … helped 200-yard medley relay (1:52.32) take fourth … took sixth in 50-yard freestyle (25.32) and 17th in 100-yard freestyle (56.14) … earned the William Wagner Memorial Scholarship.
 
Personal: Daughter of Craig and Cristy Zortman … has a sister, Summer, and a brother, C.J., who is a freshman on the men’s swimming team … a biology major … favorite team is the Pittsburgh Steelers … favorite athlete is Missy Franklin … favorite food is her Grandmother’s chicken corn soup … enjoys hiking and playing the clarinet.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18First Year

    Free
    5'6"
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    Free
    5'5"
  • 2019-20Junior

    Free
    5'5"
  • 2020-21Senior

    Free
    5'5"