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2024-25 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Sara DiStefano

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Staten Island, N.Y.
  • High School St. Joseph by the Sea
  • Height 5-2
  • Major Secondary Education
  • Event Diving

Biography

2024-25: CAA Diver of the Week (Nov. 19, Feb. 4)... Recorded a first place finish in the 1-meter dive against Sacred Heart to open the season… Tallied a top performance in the 1-meter dive, along with second place in the 3-meter against both Siena and CCSU… Competed in the ECAC Winter Championships, recording first place in both the prelims and finals for both the 1-meter and 3-meter dive…Named ECAC Diver of the Meet... Recorded another pair of first place finishes in both the 1-meter and 3-meter against NJIT and Monmouth… Placed first overall in the 1-meter against Manhattan, breaking the program record with a six-dive score of 304.45… At the CAA Championships, recorded a 13th-place finish in the 1-meter dive.

2023-24: Qualified for NCAA Zone A Diving Championships... CAA Diver of the Week (Jan. 30)... Named ECAC Diver of the Meet… Scored 237.45 in 3-meter diving to finish first and scored 237.55 to finish second at the ECACs… Won 3-meter diving against Siena with a 265.90 six-dive total… Team captain... Finished with 198.30 in the three-meter diving at the CAA championships… Finished seventh in the 1-meter dive at the CAA Championships with a score of 261.00… Finished 14th overall in the 1-meter dive at the CAA Championships totaling 208.30 over six dives.

2022-23: Opened the season with a second place finish in the 3-meter dive and sixth in the 1-meter dive against Sacred Heart…Recorded top finishes in the 1-meter and 3-meter against Central Connecticut…Competed in the 1-meter and 3-meter dive, finishing first and second against St. Francis and Staten Island…Against Siena, finished first and third in the 1-meter and 3-meter dive, respectively…At the ECAC Championships, finished fourth in the 3-meter (220.65) and seventh in the 1-meter (202.10)...Continued a stellar season with another pair of first place finishes against Monmouth and NJIT… Earned top finishes in the 1-meter and 3-meter dive against both NJIT and Rider…At the CAA Championships, finished 13th in the 1-meter dive (221.95) and 11th in the 3-meter dive (231.20).

2021-22: America East Diver of the Week (Dec. 7)... Represented Stony Brook in the 1-meter dive finals at the Blue Devil Invite, earning seventh-overall in the 3-meter dive with a total score of 196.15 on Saturday, and a fifth-place finish (200.05) on Sunday… Recorded a mark of 217.05 for a first-place finish in the 1-meter diving against Rider…Earned a first-place finish in the 1-meter dive with a final mark of 186.37 at New Hampshire… Qualified for the NCAA Zone A Diving Championships.

2020-21: Finished 11th in the 3-meter and eighth in the 1-meter at the America East Diving Championships on April 17-18.

AT ST. JOSEPH BY-THE-SEA: Finished eighth in CHSAA dive championships ... Team won CHSAA title ... Marine Corps Distinguished Senior Athlete medal ... Also gymnastics level 10 state and regional vault champion.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Lynne and Peter DiStefano ... Mother played softball at College of Staten Island and father played baseball at Wagner College ... Has two siblings, Paul and Ella ... Secondary Education ... Born Sept. 17, 2002.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Diving
    5'2"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Diving
    5'2"
  • 2022-23Junior

    Diving
    5'2"
  • 2023-24Senior

    Diving
    5'2"
  • 2024-25Graduate Student

    Diving
    5'2"
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