Sarah Hennings

Position:
Butterfly
Class:
Junior
High School:
Lake Orion
Hometown:
Lake Orion, Mich.

2019-20: Broke the school’s 100 butterfly record at the MAC Championships, tying for third place in 53.91 seconds … collected two more medals at the MAC Championships as a member of the medley relay teams, including the 400 medley relay team that raced the fifth-fastest time in program history … raced the program’s third-fastest 100 butterfly time at the MAC Championships, finishing the preliminary heat in 54.63 seconds … finished second in the 100 butterfly at the Magnus Cup, touching the wall at 54.99, the sixth-best time in program history … won the 100 butterfly against Marshall, finishing in 55.53, the ninth-best time in school history … owns five of the school’s ten fastest 100 butterfly times … placed first or second in each 100 butterfly race during the regular season … was a member of nine first place relay teams … named Academic All-MAC for the second time in her career.

2018-19: Broke the program record in the 100 Butterfly at the MAC Championships (0:54.08) … set a new personal best in the 50 Butterfly in the first meet of the year (0:25.64) … placed first in 12 events over the course of the season … finished 8th in the 200 Butterfly at the MAC Championships … concluded the MAC Championships 100 Butterfly with a 9th place finish.

2017-18: Owns the fourth-fastest 100 butterfly and 200 butterfly times in BGSU history ... set the 100 butterfly time in the championship final at the 2018 MACs, placing fifth in 0:54.82 ... set the 200 butterfly time by winning race in dual meet vs Toledo (2:01.71) ... won the 200 fly at three other meets, at Ohio (2:04.27), at Michigan State (2:05.08), and vs Xavier and Tiffin (2:10.93) ... also took second in the 200 fly at Miami (2:07.94) ... finished eighth in the 100 fly during prelims at MACs (0:54.97) ... won 100 fly three times, at Miami (0:55.95), at Michigan State (0:56.11), and vs St. Francis (0:58.49) ... placed second in 100 fly in four other dual meets ... at 2017 Zippy Invite, swam fourth-fastest 100 fly prelim time (0:55.72), then earned fifth during championship final (0:55.75) ... won 50 butterfly in collegiate debut vs St. Francis ... had season-best fifth-place finish in 100 backstroke vs Toledo (0:56.59) ... earned points for BGSU in 100 backstroke at 2018 MACs by placing 11th overall and third in consolation final (0:56.45).

Personal/Prior to BGSU: Daughter of Nancy Hennings ... born on April 6, 1999 ... plans to major in Biochemistry or Microbiology ... attended Lake Orion High School ... earned four letters for the Dragons and coach Darin Abbasse ... placed sixth in 100 fly and eighth in 100 backstroke at state meet in senior season ... earned third place in 100 fly (55.38) at state as a junior ... competed at state in 100 fly in all four seasons ... 2017 Academic All-American ... 2016 All-American in 100 fly ... National Honor Society member ... team captain in senior season ... also swam for Liquid Lightning.

Personal Bests
50 Backstroke: 27.36 (at Buffalo, 10/19/19)
100 Backstroke: 0:56.42 (2018 MAC Championships)
200 Backstroke: 2:10.09 (2019 Magnus Cup)
50 Butterfly: 0:25.64 (vs St. Francis, 9/28/18)
100 Butterfly: 53.91 (2020 MAC Championships, 1^st in program history)
200 Butterfly: 2:01.71 (vs Toledo, 2/2-2/3/17, 4^th in program history)
50 Freestyle: 24.86 (2020 MAC Championships)