Patty DeScenza Class: Sophomore Hometown: Naperville, Ill. High School: Rosary High School Event: Fly

Personal Bests:
100 fly: 56.00
200 fly: 2:01.00
100 back: 57.79
200 back: 2:04.00

As a Freshman (2006-07): Opened her collegiate career with a third-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly (58.57) against Johns Hopkins ... placed 10th in the 100 fly (1:00.74), fourth in the 200 fly (2:07.59), and seventh in the 200 backstroke (2:12.61) against Duke and NC State ... swam a 58.75 in the 100 fly and a 2:10.87 for a season-best time in the 200 back at the Terrapin Cup ... took third in the 200 fly (2:08.46), fifth in the 200 back (2:15.06) and anchored the second-place 400 free relay team (3:39.18) at West Virginia ... member of the third-place 400 medley relay team (4:08.00) at the FIU Invitational ... placed eighth in the 100 fly (58.94) against Pittsburgh, Richmond, and Villanova ... placed sixth in the 100 back (1:00.25) and seventh in the 100 fly (59.47) at North Carolina ... at ACC championships, point scorer for Maryland in the 100 fly and 200 fly ... championship finalist in the 200 fly at ACCs, finishing sixth overall (2:02.39) after setting a season-best NCAA B-cut time in the prelim (2:02.12) ... also at ACCs, was a consolation finalist in the 100 fly, placing 16th overall (56.85) after setting a season-best time in the prelim (56.33).

Before Maryland: Placed in the top 24 at the World Championship Trials in the spring of 2005 ... Scholar Athlete and All-State during all four years of high school ... participated in the 2004 Olympic Trials, Nationals, U.S. Open, and World Championship Trials.

Personal: Daughter of Margaret and Robert ... sister Katie swam at William & Mary ... sister Mary swims at the University of Georgia ... recently moved from Naperville to New York, N.Y ... majoring in elementary education ... hobbies include shopping, and mini-golf.

 

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