Poppy Hill - 2015-16 Women's Swimming - LIU Post


Poppy Hill

Event: Freestyle
Class: Junior
Hometown: London, England, United Kingdom
Previous School: Royal School

2015-16: Placed fourth (2:16.19) in the 200-yard freestyle at East Stroudsburg (Oct. 31) ... anchored the Pioneers' 200-meter freestyle relay (1:55.96) at Bridgeport (Nov. 7).

2014-15: All-Metropolitan Conference Honorable Mention in 200-yard freestyle & 500-yard freestyle ... swam a season-best 11:23.96 to take first place in the 1000-yard freestyle race versus Sacred Heart (Dec. 6) ... earned top-15 finishes in the 200-yard (1:58.87) and the 500-yard freestyle (5:27.99) disciplines at the Metropolitan Championships (Feb. 20-22).

2013-14: Took first place in the 1,650-freestyle event in three meets, including the TCNJ Invitational (Dec. 6) (17:47.79) and the Metropolitan Championships on Feb. 16 (17:42.82) ...clocked the fourth-best time in program history in winning the 1,000-yard freestyle event against Bridgeport (Jan. 25).

Prior to LIU Post: Swam under Nathan Hilton at the Royal School in Wolverhampton.

Personal: Youngest of Duncan and Esther’s three children … has a sister, Bethaney, and brother, Elliott … enjoys soccer and traveling ... lists favorite athlete as Tom Daley … admires the Serbian Australian evangelist and motivational speaker, Nick Vujicic … plans to become a teacher after college ... member of LIU Post's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee ... majoring in sociology.

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