Swimming & Diving
Sofia Davis - Swimming & Diving - University of Kentucky Athletics

SofiaDavis

  • position Backstroke/Breaststroke
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Lovettsville, Va.
  • Major Journalism
  • High school The Madeira School

Top Times (SCY):
200 IM: 2:02.50 (Ohio State Winter Invite, 2/11/22)
400 IM: 4:21.30 (Ohio State Winter Invite, 2/11/22)
200 Freestyle: 1:51.21 (UT Last Chance Meet, 2/26/21)

Top Times (LCM):
200 IM: 2:21.01 (Greensboro Speedo Sectionals, 7/15/21)
400 IM: 5:04.62 (Speedo Sectionals – Cary, 7/15/22)
200 Freestyle: 2:08.37 (Greensboro Speedo Sectionals, 7/16/21)

Career Notes:

  • 2022, 2023 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
  • 2021 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

2022-23 (Junior): Raced in the 100 free, 200 IM and 400 IM at the Ohio State Invitational … reached the final in the 400 IM, placing 37th (4:29.26) … Set a pair of the personal bests at the Ohio State Winter Invite, placing 10th in the 50 freestyle (24.00) and second in the 400 IM (4:21.30) … Bob Bradley Scholarship Award winner. 

2021-22 (Sophomore): Earned two best times at the Ohio State Winter Invite, placing second in the 400 IM (4:23.37) and third in the 200 IM (2:02.50) … Finaled in the 400 IM at the midseason Ohio State Invitational … Saw action in five dual meets, highlighted by a sixth-place showing in the 50 free (24.44) against Cincinnati … Won the UK Swimming & Diving Booster Club Award and the Bob Bradley Scholarship Award at the program’s annual award banquet.

2020-21 (Freshman): Competed in four dual meets, finishing seventh in the 100 free against both Louisville (52.71) and Tennessee (54.57) … Placed 11th in the 400 IM (4:28.15) and 16th in both the 200 breast (2:25.32) and 200 IM (2:05.84) at the Missouri Invitational) … Named to the SEC First-Year Honor Roll.

Prior to UK: Six-time VISAA State Championship finalist, winning the 100 breast and 200 IM as a junior … Also competed for Nation’s Capital Swim Club … Eight-time NCSA Championship finalist … USA Swimming Scholastic All-American.

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