Trinity College

AS A SENIOR IN 2022-23: Tri-captain.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2021-22: Scored at the NESCAC Championship Meet for her 20th-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle...posted Trinity's fourth-fastest, all-time top time in the 500-yard freestyle (5:13.47) and the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:55.71)...won the 500- and the 1,000-yard freestyle races against Babson and the 200-yard freestyle against Springfield..

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2020-21: NESCAC Winter All-Academic Team.

AS A ROOKIE IN 2019-20: Swam a leg of Trinity-record breaking relays in both the 400-yard freestyle (3:31.70) and the 800-yard freestyle (7:45.40)...finished 16th in the 1,650-yard freestyle, 17th in the 1,000-yard freestyle and 22nd in the 200-yard freestyle at the NESCAC Championship Meet...won the 100-yard freestyle in a tri-meet against Mount Holyoke and Vassar, the 200-yard freestyle against both Brandeis and Wesleyan, and the 100-yard IM against Clark...swam Trinity's second-fastest, all-time top time in the 100-yard freestyle (53.40), its ninth-fastest, all-time top time in both the 1,650-yard freestyle (18:37.13) and the 100-yard IM (1:04.72), and its 10th-fastest, all-time top time in the 500-yard freestyle (5:20.34).

BEFORE TRINITY: Captain of her high school team...finished 8th in the New Jersey State Meet of Champions in both the 200- and 400-yard freestyle relays...competed in the Speedo Champion Series...earned an award for sportsmanship and leadership in club swimming.

PERSONAL: Inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma Honor Society in 2022...English Major...member of the Trinity Athletics Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee...was a peer educator for the Teen Prevention Education Program...member of the her local Interact community service club...gives swim lessons through SwimAmerica...works as a lifeguard...enjoys writing...majoring in English and public policy & law with a minor in writing, rhetoric and media studies...daughter of Diane O'Hara and Raymond Papalski.

WHY I CHOSE TRINITY: Trinity is a great balance of exceptional academics and a welcoming team environment.  Trinity was truly unique in my college search because it provided both an at-home feeling and comfort with the high academic reputation.  The team was so welcoming and friendly, which made me feel like I would fit right in.