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Sonnele Oeztuerk Season 2017-18

Sonnele Oeztuerk Season 2017-18

ClassFreshman
HometownFalkensee, Germany

5x All-American
SEC All-Freshman Team (2018) 
CSCAA Scholar All-American (2019) 
2x SEC Academic Honor Roll selection

JUNIOR SEASON (2019-20)

NCAA Meet Recap 

  • Canceled due to COVID-19 
  • Earned one All-America honor in the 200 back

SEC Meet Recap 

  • Placed eighth, A-Final, in the 200 back (1:53.49) 
  • SEC scorer in the 200 back, 500 free (4:44.90/15th) and 100 back (53.80/23rd)
  • Swam NCAA B cuts, season bests in prelims of 100 back (53.56) and 200 back (1:53.22) 
  • Swam backstroke leg on seventh-place 400 medley relay

Dual Meet Recap 

  • Swept 100 and 200 back in dual meets against LSU and Arkansas
  • Finished with seven individual wins and two relay wins
  • Swam season bests in the 200 free (1:48.14), 500 free (4:43.47) and 100 back (53.91) at the Wolfpack Invitational
  • Held NCAA B cuts in the 500 free, 100 back and 200 back

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2018-19)

NCAA Meet Recap 

  • Placed sixth, A-Final, in the 200 back (1:51.22) to earn All-America honors
  • Prelims time (1:51.13) was a lifetime best and the second-fastest performance in school history
  • Earned All-America honors swimming the third leg of the 15th-place 800 free relay
  • Competed in the 500 free (4:40.86/22nd)

SEC Meet Recap 

  • Placed fourth, A-Final, in the 200 back (1:52.37) 
  • B-Final winner with lifetime best in the 500 free (4:39.54/9th)
  • Scored points in the 100 back (53.51/20th)
  • Prelims times in the 100 back (53.43) and 200 back (1:51.94) were NCAA B cuts, season bests 

Dual Meet Recap 

  • Collected two individual wins and one relay win
  • Won 200 back in Tennessee dual meet and finished second three times (UVA, Bama, UF) 
  • Swam season bests in the 200 free (1:48.37), 500 free (4:44.14), 100 back (54.12) and 200 back (1:54.18) at the Georgia Tech Invitational
  • Held NCAA B cuts in the 500 free and 200 back 

FRESHMAN SEASON (2017-18)

NCAA Meet Recap 

  • Earned All-America honors swimming the third leg of the 15th-place 800 free relay
  • Earned All-America honors in the 200 back (1:52.54/14th) 
  • Prelims time of 1:52.13 made her the third-fastest performer with the fifth-fastest performance in school history
  • Swam four of the 14-fastest 200 back times in program history between NCAAs/SECs
  • Competed in the 100 back (53.04/32nd) 

SEC Meet Recap 

  • Finished seventh in the 200 back (1:52.28) to earn SEC All-Freshman Team honors
  • Placed 11th, B-Final, in the 100 back (52.61) and 15th, B-Final, in the 500 free (4:44.37)

Dual Meet Recap 

  • Joined the team at the 2017-18 semester break
  • Placed first in 100 back (53.55) and second in 200 free (1:48.15) at Auburn Invite

High School
Graduated from Spandau 04 ... German National Team member in each of the past three World Cups ... 2013 European Short Course Championship fifth-place finisher in the 200 back ... 2013 European Junior Championship gold medal winner in the 200 back ... Silver medalist in the 200 back at the 2011 European Youth Olympic Festival.

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Sophomore
2018-19

BACKSTSTROKE
Oeztuerk_Sonnele_2019

Junior
2019-20

BACKSTSTROKE