Sydney Slepian
Sydney Slepian
  • Year:
    Sr
  • Hometown:
    Sparta, NJ
  • High School:
    Pope John XXiii Regional
  • Events:
    Backstroke/Spr. Free

Bio

2021-22: Part of Hillsdale's third-consecutive G-MAC/MEC title-winning team...finished eighth in the 50 yard freestyle, 11th in the 100 backstroke, 13th in the 200 backstroke and 19th in the 100 freestyle at the G-MAC/MEC Championships.

2020-2021: Sophomore year the GMAC/MEC Championships, the Chargers won their second conference title. Slepian placed in the top 16 in every event. Eleventh in the 100 backstroke, twelfth in the 200 IM, fourteenth in the 400 IM with a lifetime best time, and twelfth in the 200 backstroke. 

2019-2020: Freshman year at the Phoenix Fall Classic, Slepian placed tenth in the 400 medley B-relay, fifteenth in the 400 freestyle D-relay, seventeenth in the 200 breaststroke, seventeenth in the 200 freestyle D-relay, twenty-first in the 100 breaststroke, and twenty-third in the 200 IM. At the GMAC/MEC Championships, the Chargers won their first conference title. Slepian finished seventh in the 100 backstroke with a lifetime best time, tenth in the 200 backstroke, fourteenth in the 200 IM with a lifetime best time, and eighteenth in the 100 butterfly. 

High School: Holds the Pope John school record in the 100 backstroke and part of the Sussex County Championship record in the 200 medley relay….Received the NJSIAA Scholar Athlete Award, Pope John Spirit Award, Pope John Service Award, National Merit Commended Scholar, Rookie of the Year, Most Improved, Most Valuable Swimmer, NJ Herald First Team and NJAC All-Academic Team all four years of high school, AP Scholar with Distinction, Pope John Scholar Athlete…Was the Pope John team captain senior year…Member of the National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Math Honor Society, SAT 1500 Club…Worked as head tutor for Pope John NHS and as a lifeguard…Comes from a family of swimmers as her mother, Krystal, swam for University of Virginia and competed at the Olympic Trials twice, and sister, Sarah, swam for the United States Naval Academy…Born June 18, 2001…Parents Mark and Krystal, sister Sarah.

Top Times 

100 backstroke: 59.77 

200 backstroke: 2:12.78 

100 breaststroke: 1:10.23 

200 breaststroke: 2:38.13 

100 butterfly: 1:01.17 

100 freestyle: 55.54 

200 IM: 2:17.06 

400 IM: 5:01.40