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2023-24 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Vera Belfonti

  • Class Senior
  • Position Fly/Free
  • Hometown Orange, Conn.
  • High School Amity Regional

Biography

School Records

  • 100-yard butterfly
  • 200-yard medley relay
  • 400-yard medley relay

Career Highlights

2023-24: As a senior, took part in all 11 meets…competed in the butterfly and the freestyle…recorded four victories, two second-place finishes and 10 top-four results on the year…finished second in the 200 IM against Regis on October 14…touched the wall first in the 100 butterfly against Roger Williams on October 21…recorded a season-best time in the 100 free (1:00.29) in a multi-team meet at WPI on November 3…placed second in the 100 butterfly against Clark on November 4…finished first in the 100 butterfly in a dual meet with Stonehill on November 11…took fifth place with a career-best time of 26.55 in the 50 fly, came in ninth in the B final of the 100 butterfly (1:02.02) and recorded a season-best time of 2:20.26 in the prelims on the way to placing ninth in the C final of the 200 butterfly at the Gompei Invitational on December 1-3…finished first in the 100 butterfly and third in the 200 butterfly against Bridgewater State on January 27…won the 200 butterfly in the regular-season finale at Springfield on February 10…came in first in the B final of the 100 butterfly with a school-record time of 58.46 at the NEWMAC Championships on February 22-25.

2022-23: As a junior, took part in six meets…competed in the freestyle and butterfly…recorded one victory and four top-three finishes in dual-meet competition…came in third with a time of 1:03.99 in the 100 butterfly in her season debut against Wheaton on January 14…was the runner-up in the 100 butterfly (1:00.81) against Roger Williams and Eastern Connecticut State on January 21…won the 50 butterfly with a time of 28.31 against Bridgewater State on January 28…came in third in the 100 butterfly in the regular season finale on Springfield on February 4…came in third in the B final of the 100 butterfly with a season-best time of 1:00.10, finished eighth in the B final of the 200 butterfly with a season-best time of 2:21.70 and recorded a career-best time of 26.45 in the prelims of the 50 free at the NEWMAC Championships on February 16-19. 

2021-22: As a sophomore, took part in all 10 meets…competed in the freestyle and butterfly…posted 10 top-three finishes, including four first place and four second-place results…came in third in the 200 butterfly against Coast Guard on October 30…finished first in both the 50 butterfly and 100 butterfly against Clark on November 6…took first in the 200 free and second in the 50 butterfly at Regis on November 13…was the runner-up in the 100 butterfly agianst Trinity on November 20…finished sixth in the A final of the 100 butterfly, placed eighth in the A final of the 50 butterfly with a season-best time of 26.92, came in seventh in the B final of the 200 butterfly in addition to posting her top times of the year in the 50 free (26.71) and 200 free (2:05.72) at the Gompei Invitational on December 3-5…won the 100 butterfly and finished second in the 200 free against Bridgewater State on January 28…also took second in the 100 butterfly and Wheaton on February 5…finished second in the B final after recording a season-best time of 59.08 in the prelims and took ninth in the B final of the 200 butterfly after clocking in with a season-best time of 2:18.85 in the prelims in addition to being part of a school record in the 400 free relay at the NEWMAC Championships on February 17-20.

2020-21: As a first-year, competed in all three virtual meets…took part in the freestyle and butterfly…posted a time of 28.83 in the 50-yard butterfly at Virtual Meet No. 1 on March 13…recorded season-best times in the 50 free (28.30), 100 free (1:02.24) and 200 free (2:16.97) during Meet No. 3 on April 10.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Fly/Free
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Fly/Free
  • 2022-23Junior

    Fly/Free
  • 2023-24Senior

    Fly/Free