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Audrey Schroeder, a finalist at the 2025 YMCA National Long Course Championships, has announced her plans to swim and study at Columbia University beginning in the fall of 2026. Schroeder’s commitment follows in the footsteps of both of her parents, who are Columbia alumni.
“I am so incredibly excited and honored to announce my academic and athletic commitment to Columbia University! A big thank you to my family for always supporting me in my dreams, even when they can seem a little far-fetched. And thank you to all of my coaches, teachers, and friends throughout the years for helping me get here. A special shoutout to my UMLY Coaches and teammates @umlyontheroad for making these past four years the best of my life. Thank you to Coach Diana and Coach Demerae for this amazing opportunity, I can’t wait to be a Lion! ROAR!!!”
A senior at Owen J Roberts High School in Pottstown, PA, Schroeder has been a member of her school’s varsity swimming and diving team since her freshman year. She also currently swims year-round with Upper Main Line YMCA, where she primarily specializes in free, back and fly.
Schroeder posted a series of top performances at the 2025 East Coast Winterfest in December, logging three new lifetime bests and several season-best times. She placed 6th in the 50 fly (25.90 – PB), 7th in the 100 fly (57.62 – SB), 11th in the 200 fly (2:07.35 – PB), 13th in the 50 back (28.09 – PB), 21st in the 100 back (1:00.05 – SB) and 22nd in the 100 free (54.80). She also contested the 50 free (25.92 – SB) and the 200 back (2:08.29).
Several of Schroeder’s lifetime best times still stand from the 2024 YMCA National Championships (SCY). The competition saw her place 20th in the 200 back (2:03.12), 32nd in the 100 back (57.72) and 41st in the 200 free (1:54.74), clocking personal best times in all three events. During the time trials’ portion of the meet, Schroeder also posted lifetime best times in the 50 free (24.63) and 100 free (53.12).
This past summer, Schroeder competed at the YMCA National Long Course Championship, where she earned a second swim in all five of her individual events and posted six new best times. She took 3rd in both the 50 fly (28.31) and 100 fly (1:02.89), 9th in the 200 back (2:22.75), 13th in the 200 fly (2:20.41) and 21st in the 100 back (1:06.74), setting lifetime bests in each event. She also clocked a best time in the 50 free (30.14) as the leadoff on the 200 free relay during prelims.
Best Times SCY
100 fly – 56.70 200 fly – 2:07.35 100 back – 57.72 200 back – 2:03.12 50 free – 24.63 100 free – 53.12A Division I Mid-Major program, Columbia is a member of the Ivy League, with the Lions taking 6th out of eight teams at last season’s conference championships. To earn a second swim at the 2025 Ivy League Championships, it took times of 55.69/2:04.99 in the 100/200 fly, 56.67/2:02.89 in the 100/200 fly and 23.45/51.25 in the 50/100 free, putting Schroeder just outside the cutoff in each of her top events.
On the team itself, Schroeder would have ranked 5th in the 100 back, 6th in the 100 fly and 200 back and 7th in the 200 fly, bringing some added depth to the Lions. Columbia is set to lose its top sprint freestyler (Sally Ma) and one of its top butterflyers (Hayley Reed) at the end of this season, so Schroeder will help fill some of the gaps left behind when she arrives on campus in the fall.
Schroeder’s commitment to Columbia has been a long time in the making, as she has been shooting for this school ever since she was around seven years old. Both of her parents attended Columbia, where her dad played football and her mom played basketball, and she made her first visit to the Percy Uris Natatorium at the age of eight.
Currently set to join Schroeder in the Lions’ class of 2030 are Romy Kirby, Mary Bao, Katie Shaps, Maebelle Stern, Brisa Gao, Angelina Lu and Madeline Gau, who should all make for strong training partners over their four years together.
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