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Sylvia Kobylak Season 2020-21

PositionBREASTSTROKE/IM
YearSophomore
HometownLemont, Ill.
2021-2022 / AS A JUNIOR
Academic All-Big Ten
• Did not compete

2020-21 / AS A SOPHOMORE
 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Qualifier (200m Breast)
 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
 Academic All-Big Ten
CSCAA Honorable Mention Scholar All-America
Competed primarily in the breaststroke events and 100 butterfly
One of nine members of Purdue swim-dive to earn all three top academic honors for the year
Registered season-best times in the 100 breast (1:02.93) and 100 fly (54.87) at the Big Ten Championships
Posted her team season best in the 200 breast (2:13.53) at the intrasquad time trials in November
Ranked among the top three on the team in all three events
Scored in the C final of the 200 breast at Big Tens
Won the 200 breast, finished second in the 100 breast and contributed to the victorious 200 medley relay in the dual meet win vs. Illinois
Swept the 150 IM and 150 breast at the season-opening intrasquad
Won her heat of the 100 breast and placed third in both the 100 fly and 200 breast at the triple dual with Minnesota and Wisconsin in Madison
After competing in the 200m breast at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials, also placed third in the event at the Indiana Senior State Championships in July
Continues to rank among Purdue's all-time top 10 in the 100 (1:01.76, 10th) and 200 breast (2:10.61, 3rd)
• Again selected to serve as a Boiler SAAC team representative during the 2021-22 school year

2019-20 / AS A FRESHMAN
CSCAA Honorable Mention Scholar All-America
Competed primarily in the breaststroke and IM events
Registered a season-best time in the 200 breast (2:10.61) at the Boiler-Make-It NCAA last chance meet, moving into third place in program history
The week before at the Big Ten Championships, posted season bests in the 100 (1:07.76) and 200 breast (2:11.86) as well as the 200 IM (2:03.58)
Ranked among the top 50 nationally in the 200 breast
Climbed into ninth place in program history in the 100 breast
 Co-recipient of the team's most improved award
 Durham Brothers Leadership Award recipient
Qualified for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials with a time of 2:32.54 in the 200-meter breast at the time trial meet the day after the Purdue Invitational
Accounted for 19 team points at the Big Ten Championships, scoring in the B final of the 200 breast and C final of the 100 breast
Victorious in the 200 breast in dual meets vs. Notre Dame, Tennessee and Michigan State
Accounted for 27 points at the Purdue Invitational, placing third in the 200 while qualifying for the A finals of both breaststroke events
Qualified for the semifinal race of the 50 breast ladder tournament and was the runner-up in the 100 breast at the FIU Sprint Invitational
Won heat 1 of the 100 breast and finished as the runner-up in the 200 breast at the Big Ten Triple Duals
Won heat 2 of the prelims of the 200 breast and qualified for the C final of the 200 IM at the Purdue Invite
• Selected to serve as a Boiler SAAC team representative during the 2020-21 school year

HIGH SCHOOL
 Two-time most valuable swimmer as an underclassman at Lemont High School in suburban Chicago before opting to focus on competing at the club level
 Swam for the WEST Swim Club and Lemont Dolphins Swim Club
 Illinois state finals qualifier as a sophomore
 USA Swimming Scholastic All-American
 U.S. Open qualifier
 Illinois Swimming Annual Athlete Recognition
 High honor roll student was a member of Mu Alpha Theta (mathematics honor society)
La Société Honoraire de Français – French National Honor Society

PERSONAL
 Major: Kinesiology
 Full name is Sylvia Natalia Kobylak
 Born in Chicago, Illinois
 Father is Krzysztof Kobylak
 Family also includes older sister Jessica
 Jessica is on the dance team at Illinois-Chicago

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Junior
2021-22

BREASTSTROKE/IM
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Freshman
2019-20

BREASTSTROKE/IM