Top Collegiate Performances
50 Free: 26.44; at GNAC Championship (Feb. 7-9, 2025) PB
100 Free: 59.07; at MIT Invitational (Dec. 6-8, 2024)
200 Free: 2:08.82; at MIT Invitational (Dec. 6-8, 2024)
500 Free: 5:42.30 at GNAC Championship (Feb.7-9, 2025) PB
1000 Free: 12:08.83; GNAC Championship (Feb. 7-9, 2025) PB
50 Back: 32.44; at MIT Invitational (Dec. 6-8, 2024)
100 Back: 1:08.20; at MIT Invitational (Dec. 1-3, 2023)
200 Back: 2:22.22; at GNAC Championship (Feb. 2-4, 2024) PB
100 Fly: 1:21.51; Westfield State (Oct 16, 2023)
200 IM: 2:44.66; at MIT Invitational (Dec. 1-3, 2023)
2024-2025: Appeared in six meets for the Sharks…Finished third in the 200 yard freestyle with a time of 2:14.30 vs Westfield State (Oct. 20)...Finished second in the 500 yard freestyle with a time of 6:11.36 vs Westfield State (Oct. 20)...Helped the Sharks take first in the 200 yard freestyle relay with a team time of 1:50.02 vs Westfield State (Oct. 20) .. Posted personal-best in the 1,000 free against Merrimack & Wellesley (Nov. 8) with a time of 12:48.36 ... Recorded top collegiate bests in the 50 free (27.06), 100 free (59.07), 200 free (2:08.82), and the 50 back (32.44) at the MIT Invitational…Finished first in the 200 yard freestyle with a time of 2:13.26 against Mount Holyoke (Jan. 11)... Set a personal best in the 1650 yard freestyle at the Sisters Invitational with a time of 21:26.15 (Jan. 18-19)...Finished first in both the 100 Free and the 200 Free at the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championship (Feb. 7-9)...Set four personal bests; 50 Free, 500 Free, 1000 Free, and the 1650 Free at the GNAC Championship (Feb. 7-9).
2023-2024: Appeared in eight meets for the Sharks ... Earned All-GNAC First Team for her performance in the 800-yard freestyle relay and All-GNAC Second Team for her second place finish in the 200-yard backstroke (2:22.22) and 200-yard freestyle at the GNAC Championship (Feb. 2-4)… Finished second in the 200 Yard Freestyle against Westfield State (Oct. 23) with a time of 2:19.08 ... Posted a top collegiate time of 1:21.51 in the 100 Yard Fly against Westfield State (Oct. 16) ... Finished second in the 500 Yard Freestyle with a top collegiate time of 6:18.37 against Westfield State (Oct. 16) which would later be broken ... Member of the 200 Yard Medley Relay B squad that posted a time of 2:10.04 against Westfield State (Oct. 16) ... Member of the 400 Yard Freestyle Relay squad that finished first against Smith College with a time of 3:58.71 (Oct. 28) ... Posted a time of 13:04.97 in the 1,000 Yard Freestyle against Smith College (Oct. 28) ... Eclipsed previous top collegiate time in the 1,000 Yard Freestyle against Merrimack and Wellesley (Nov. 4) ... Posted a time of 2:28.75 in the 200 Yard Backstroke against Merrimack and Wellesley (Nov. 4) ... laced third in the 200 Yard Freestyle (2:14.93) and second in the 100 Yard Backstroke (1:09.11) against the University of New England and Colby-Sawyer (Nov. 11) … Recorded a top collegiate time of 1:01.44 swimming the first leg of the 400 Yard Freestyle Relay that helped Simmons place first with a time of 3:54.56. … Recorded three top collegiate times at MIT Invitational (Dec 1-3) : 50-yard freestyle (27.68), 200 IM (2:44.66) and 100-yard backstroke (1:08.20) … Registered three season best times at Seven Sisters Invitational (Jan. 21) : 1,650-yard freestyle (1:01.00), 100-yard freestyle (1:01.00) and the 200-yard freestyle (2:11.99) … Posted a top collegiate time in four events during the GNAC Championships (Feb. 2-4), registering a time of 2:22.22 in the 200-yard backstroke placing second, clocking a personal best time of 5:49.29 in the 500-yard freestyle, 2:08.70 in the 200-yard freestyle and finishing up with a time of 1:05.81 in the 100-yard backstroke.
Before Simmons:
Two-sport Varsity letterwinner at Amity Regional ... Member of the Spartans' swimming team and the track and field program ... Won the Southern Connecticut State Championship ... Member of the Spanish National Honors Society ... Won the Lions Club Award in 2022 ... Received the Bethany Scholarship Fund ... Member the Amity Regional Club Team ... Also played soccer and gymnastics ... Excelled in AP Spanish Culture and Language, Humanities and Other Voices Other Rooms ... Daughter of Marie Ruiz-Martinez and John Barry ... Sister, Alejandra, was a Division III swimmer at Goucher College ... Enjoys cooking, going to the beach, spending time with friends and family, planting, and painting ... Favorite book: "The Book of Unknown Americans" ... Enjoys listening to the podcast "Hyphenated" ... Lists Simone Biles as her favorite professional athlete ... Enjoys watching gymastics and playing volleyball outside of swimming.
