Fiona Donnelly

  • Fiona
  • Donnelly

  • Event
    Freestyle/Butterfly/Individual Medley
  • Class
    Senior
  • Hometown
    Belper, England
Event2013-20142014-20152015-20162016-2017Career
100 Back56.42 (11th Place)
Christiansburg, Va.
Nov 23, 2013
56.26 (1st Place)
Christiansburg, VA
Jan 24, 2015
56.22 (2nd Place)
Christiansburg, Va.
Nov 7, 2015
54.04 (2nd Place)
Christiansburg, VA
Nov 19, 2016
54.04 (2nd Place)
Christiansburg, VA
Nov 19, 2016
100 Fly54.15 (1st Place)
Christiansburg, Va.
Nov 23, 2013
57.49 (4th Place)
Chapel Hill, NC
Oct 25, 2014
56.54 (4th Place)
University Park, Pa.
Oct 16, 2015
55.07 (2nd Place)
Charlottesville, VA
Jan 14, 2017
54.15 (1st Place)
Christiansburg, Va.
Nov 23, 2013
100 Free53.59 (5th Place)
Christiansburg, VA
Feb 6, 2016
53.59 (5th Place)
Christiansburg, VA
Feb 6, 2016
100 IM1:00.34 (8th Place)
Christiansburg, Va.
Oct 11, 2013
1:00.34 (8th Place)
Christiansburg, Va.
Oct 11, 2013
200 Back1:57.02 (11th Place)
ACC Championships (Women)
Feb 18, 2015
1:56.16 (11th Place)
ACC Championships
Feb 20, 2016
1:55.17 (7th Place)
Women's ACC Championship
Feb 16, 2017
1:55.17 (7th Place)
Women's ACC Championship
Feb 16, 2017
200 Fly1:59.14 (11th Place)
Women's ACC Championships
Feb 22, 2014
2:02.86 (7th Place)
Christiansburg, Va.
Nov 22, 2014
2:05.73 (5th Place)
University Park, Pa.
Oct 16, 2015
1:59.14 (11th Place)
Women's ACC Championships
Feb 22, 2014
200 Free1:51.45 (3rd Place)
Columbus, Ohio
Nov 1, 2013
1:47.76 (2nd Place)
Christiansburg, VA
Feb 7, 2015
1:52.83 (3rd Place)
Christiansburg, Va.
Oct 30, 2015
1:47.76 (2nd Place)
Christiansburg, VA
Feb 7, 2015
200 IM2:00.47 (15th Place)
Women's ACC Championships
Feb 22, 2014
1:58.36 (9th Place)
ACC Championships (Women)
Feb 18, 2015
1:58.93 (10th Place)
ACC Championships
Feb 20, 2016
1:58.16 (6th Place)
Women's ACC Championship
Feb 16, 2017
1:58.16 (6th Place)
Women's ACC Championship
Feb 16, 2017
200 Medley Relay1:46.69 (6th Place)
Christiansburg, Va.
Jan 16, 2016
1:40.76 (2nd Place)
Christiansburg, VA
Nov 19, 2016
1:40.76 (2nd Place)
Christiansburg, VA
Nov 19, 2016
200 Medley Relay Lead Off26.45
Christiansburg, Va.
Jan 16, 2016
24.99
Christiansburg, VA
Nov 19, 2016
24.99
Christiansburg, VA
Nov 19, 2016
400 Free Relay3:26.47
Christiansburg, Va.
Nov 23, 2013
3:29.33 (2nd Place)
Christiansburg, VA
Jan 24, 2015
3:23.99 (6th Place)
Knoxville, TN
Nov 22, 2015
3:19.31 (1st Place)
Christiansburg, VA
Nov 19, 2016
3:19.31 (1st Place)
Christiansburg, VA
Nov 19, 2016
400 Free Relay Lead Off53.58
Knoxville, Tenn.
Jan 11, 2014
50.90
Christiansburg, VA
Nov 19, 2016
50.90
Christiansburg, VA
Nov 19, 2016
400 IM4:14.96 (7th Place)
Women's ACC Championships
Feb 22, 2014
4:08.30 (3rd Place)
ACC Championships (Women)
Feb 18, 2015
4:14.22 (7th Place)
ACC Championships
Feb 20, 2016
4:14.03 (8th Place)
Women's ACC Championship
Feb 16, 2017
4:08.30 (3rd Place)
ACC Championships (Women)
Feb 18, 2015
400 Medley Relay3:49.33 (6th Place)
Lexington, Ky.
Jan 9, 2016
3:38.13 (1st Place)
Christiansburg, VA
Nov 19, 2016
3:38.13 (1st Place)
Christiansburg, VA
Nov 19, 2016
400 Medley Relay Lead Off56.49
Christiansburg, Va.
Oct 30, 2015
53.85
Christiansburg, VA
Nov 19, 2016
53.85
Christiansburg, VA
Nov 19, 2016
500 Free4:58.65 (1st Place)
Christiansburg, Va.
Oct 19, 2013
4:57.48
Durham, N.C.
Oct 26, 2014
4:58.39 (1st Place)
Christiansburg, Va.
Oct 31, 2015
4:57.48
Durham, N.C.
Oct 26, 2014
800 Free Relay7:10.65 (5th Place)
Women's ACC Championships
Feb 22, 2014
7:09.53 (5th Place)
ACC Championships (Women)
Feb 18, 2015
7:09.56 (5th Place)
ACC Championships
Feb 20, 2016
7:04.63 (4th Place)
Women's ACC Championship
Feb 16, 2017
7:04.63 (4th Place)
Women's ACC Championship
Feb 16, 2017
800 Free Relay Lead Off1:48.19
Women's NCAA Championships
Mar 22, 2014
1:47.63
ACC Championships (Women)
Feb 18, 2015
1:48.42
Christiansburg, VA
Nov 19, 2016
1:47.63
ACC Championships (Women)
Feb 18, 2015

Updated: July 28, 2017

HONORS
Honorable Mention All-American, 800 Free Relay

2016-17

NCAA
16. 800 Free Relay (7:03.10)

ACC
6. 200 IM (1:58.46)
6. 400 Medley Relay (3:34.20)
7. 200 Medley Relay (1:38.02)
8. 200 Back (1:56.07)
10. 400 Free Relay (3:19.70)

Swam a 1:46.99 in the 800 free relay that placed 16th at NCAAs … Turned in a 52.42 split in the 400 medley relay at NCAAs … Competed in seven events at the ACC Championship … Helped the 800 free relay post an A cut time of 7:04.63 and a fourth place finish at the conference meet … Swam a 1:58.46 to finish sixth overall in the 200 IM at ACCs … Her prelim time of 1:58.16 in the 200 IM set a new personal best …Placed eighth at ACCs in the 400 IM with a time of 4:14.66 … Clinched her third A final in the 200 back where she swam a career best time of 1:56.07 … Turned in her fastest time of the season in the 100 fly, 55.07, against Virginia where she placed second … Swam a career-best time of 54.04 and placed second in the 100 back at the H2Okie Fall Invitational … ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2015-16

ACC
5. 800 freestyle relay (7:09.56)
8. 400 inividual medley (4:14.87)
10. 200 individual medley (1:58.93)
11. 200 backstroke (1:56.16)

ACC Academic Honor Roll … Placed in the top 10 in three different events at ACC Championships … Finished eighth in the 200 individual medley with a 1:58.93 … Took first in the 400 individual medley with a 4:26.61 against Queens University and Richmond … Turned in the top time in the 500 freestyle with a 4:58.39 against UMBC and Gardner-Webb … Finished first in both the 400 IM and 800 freestyle relay against ACC foes Pittsburgh and Notre Dame … Registered a 4:21.63 to finish second in the 400 IM against Kentucky and LSU.

2014-15:
ACCs:
3rd - 400 IM (4:08.30)
5th - relay - 800 free relay (7:09.53) - with Hespeler, Bishop, Nazieblo
10th - 200 IM (1:58.49)
11th - 200 back (1:57.02)

At the NCAA Championships, broke her own school record in the 200 IM to earn 27th, took 25th in the 400 IM and finished 43rd in the 200 back … At the ACC Championships, won a bronze medal and earned Tech 85 individual points and 50 relay points … against Georgia Tech, Miami and UNCW, won the 100 back (56.26), took second in the 200 back and helped the 400 free relay team take second … At No. 6 Virginia, placed fourth in both the 400 IM and the 200 IM … Against Richmond, finished second in the 200 fly and the 500 free and won the 200 IM with a time of 2:05.45 … At the H2Okie Fall Invite, broke the school record in the 200 IM with a first-place finish with a time of 1:58.67, took second in the 400 IM, finished fourth in the 200 back and helped the 800 free relay team finish first … At Notre Dame with Pitt, won the 400 IM with a time of 4:21.60, finished second in the 200 IM and swam the opening leg of the 800 free relay to help earn the H2Okies a first-place finish … At Duke, finished second in the 200 free and helped the 200 medley relay team finish third … At UNC, finished fourth in the 100 and 200 fly and fifth in the 200 back … At the Virginia Tech Swimming & Diving Challenge, won the 400 IM, finished second in the 500 free and finished fifth in the 200 free.

2013-14:
ACCs:

7th - 400 IM (4:14.99)
11th - 200 fly (1:59.14)
13th - 200 IM (2:00.48)
5th - relay - 800 free relay (7:10.65) - with Hespeler, Filova, Bishop
7th - relay - 200 medley relay (1:39.39) - with Gruber, Paluszek, Parcell

Scored 53 individual points and 96 relay points for the H2Okies at the ACC Championships across five events … Won both the 100 butterfly and 200 butterfly at a dual meet with UNC Wilmington … Tallied top-10s in the 200 butterfly (ninth), 400 IM (fifth) and 500 freestyle (ninth) and swam in three top-five relays in a dual meet against Miami, No. 9 Virginia and Wisconsin … Finished second in the 500 freestyle, fourth in the 200 freestyle and fifth in the 400 freestyle relay in a dual meet against No. 23 Missouri and No. 15 Tennessee … Racked up 52 individual points and 120 relay points at the H2Okie Fall Invite to end the fall season … Started the season with a fifth-place finish in the 200 butterfly and fourth-place finish in the 400 IM at the Virginia Tech Swimming Challenge.

High School: Swam for Ecclesbourne School and Nova Centurion under Coach Jamie Main ... Earned the silver medal at the 2010 European Juniors ... Earned four national medals, including one gold and three bronzes.

Personal: Born on February 9, 1995 in Sydney, Australia ... Daughter of Richard and Sheila Donnelly ... Has two sisters, Kirsty (23) and Caroline (22) ... Mother, Sheila, played hockey for Scotland ... Sister, Kirsty, played water polo for Scotland ... Majoring in University Studies.