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2019-20 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin

Julia Samson

  • Position Back
  • Class Senior
  • High School Shenendehowa
  • Hometown Clifton Park, N.Y.
  • School Columbia College
  • Major Enrolled in Columbia College

Biography

Top Times:
50 Free: 24.11 (2018 ECAC Championships, 02/23/18)
100 Back: 54.38 (2018 ECAC Championships, 02/24/18)
200 Back: 1:58.11 (2018 Ivy League Championships, 02/17/18)
200 IM: 2:03.99 (2019 Ivy League Championships, 02/21/2019)
  • 2018 CSCAA Scholar All-America (HM)
  • 2017 ECAC Champion in 200 Backstroke

2019-20 (Senior)
Finalist in the 100 back at the Ivy League Championships for the second-straight year, placing eighth in 55.63 ... Placed 14th at Ivies in the 200 back, clocking a 2:01.29 ... Placed third in the 100 back at the mid-season Rutgers Invite with a time of 55.09 ... Consistent scorer in the backstroke events for the Lions throughout the dual season.

2018-19 (Junior)
Ivy League finalist in the 100 backstroke, finishing seventh with a season-best time of 55.05 ... Placed 15th in the 200 back at Ivies with a time of 2:00.90 ... Finished 22nd at Ivy League Championships in the 200 IM (2:04.02) ... Won the 100 back vs. Princeton on Dec. 7, touching in 57.14 ... Took fifth in the 100 back (55.21) at the Rutgers Invitational ... Swam the leadoff backstroke leg in Columbia's winning 200 medley relays against Penn, Princeton and Cornell. 

2017-18 (Sophomore)
Finished in the top 10 in both the 100 and 200 back at the Ivy League Championships ... Finished 10th in the 100 back in 55.30 and ninth in the 200 back with a personal-best time of 1:58.11 ... Placed third in the 200 back at the ECAC Championships with a time of 1:59.28 ... Also placed fourth at the ECAC meet in the 100 back in 54.38 ... A member of the winning 200 medley relay squad (1:43.54) vs. Brown (1/20)... A member of the winning 200 medley relay squad (1:43.85) vs. Cornell (1/14)... Won the 100 backstroke (56.24), the 200 backstroke (2:00.68) and a member of the winning 200 medley relay squad (1:43.76) vs. Yale (11/10)...Won the 200 backstroke (2:02.03) and a member of the winning 200 medley relay squad (1:44.26) vs. Penn (11/3).

2016-17 (First-Year)
ECAC Champion in the 200 back behind a winning time of 1:58.45 and member of ECAC runner-up 200 free relay squad with a time of 1:34.31 (3/3-5) ... Won the 100 back with a time of 55.59 and a member of the winning 200 medley relay squad with a time of 1:44.68 vs. Dartmouth (2/3)... Runner-up finish in the 100 back with a time of 57.20 vs. Brown (1/20)... Member of the winning  200 medley relay squad with a time of 1:44.72 and third-place finish in the 100 back with a time of 57.79 vs. Cornell (1/13)... Won the 200 back with a time of 2:04.64, member of the winning 200 free relay squad with a time of 1:45.06, runner-up finish in the 100 back with a time of 57.73 vs. Harvard (1/3)... Runner-up finish in the 100 back at 57.08 vs. Yale (11/11)...Earned first collegiate victory in the 200 back at 2:02.52 in a tri-meet against Penn and Army (11/5).

Personal
Enrolled in Columbia College.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Graduate Student

    Backstroke
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Backstroke
  • 2018-19Junior

    Backstroke
  • 2019-20Senior

    Backstroke