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Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges

2022-23 Women's Swimming and Diving

Ella Blake

  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Lawrence, KS
  • High School Bishop Seabury
  • Events Freestyle
  • Major Physics
  • College Harvey Mudd

Biography



SwimCloud Results

At CMS

Completed her senior season as a member of the CMS swimming and diving team, where she competed in the freestyle events ... Graduated as the CMS-record holder in the 200-yard freestyle (1:50.30) ... Also ranks second in the 500 free (4:59.22) eighth in the 500 (10:26.89) and seventh in the 1650 (17:12.46) ... Part of the school record in the 800 free relay (7:29.28).

2022-23 (Senior)
SCIAC Champion (200 free, 800 free relay) ... All-SCIAC (500 free, 1650 free, 400 medley relay) ...
CSCAA Scholar All-America ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Won the 200 free at SCIACs in 1:53.08, a margin of .59 over teammate Katy Shaw ... Finished second behind Shaw in the 500 and the 1650 ... Anchored the 800 free relay to a win by .12 on the first day of SCIAC's - a win which was the difference between winning the meet by 10 points or losing it by two ... Helped set the program record in the 800 free relay (7:29.28) ... Competed at the NCAA Championships in the 200 free, finishing 18th ... Won the 200 free in a dual meet with Pomona-Pitzer.  

2021-22 (Junior)
Honorable Mention All-America (200 free, 400 free relay, 800 free relay) ... SCIAC Champion (500 free, 1650 free, 800 free relay) ... All-SCIAC (200 free, 200 free relay) ... CSCAA Scholar All-America Team ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Finished tenth in the 200 free at the NCAA Division III Championships to earn honorable mention All-America honors, breaking her old program record with a 1:50.30 ... Helped the 800 free relay finish 11th (7:31.24) and the 400 free relay finish 12th (3:26.55) ... Won the 500 free at the SCIAC Championships in a tight race over teammate Leila El Masri, with both coming in under five minutes for the first time (4:59.22 to 4:59.78) ... Also won a close race in a 1-2 Athena finish in the 1650, winning in 17:12.46, just ahead of Gracey Hiebert in 17:12.98 ... Came in second place in the 200 free to earn All-SCIAC honors in 1:51.23 ... Anchored the 800 free relay team to a SCIAC title in league record time (7:31.11) ... First set the CMS 200 free record in the Pomona-Pitzer dual on Dec. 4.  

2020-21 (Sophomore)
SCIAC All-Academic Team ...
Athenas did not compete due to COVID-19. 

2019-20 (First-Year)
All-American (1650, 800 free relay) ... SCIAC Newcomer of the Year ... SCIAC Champion (200 free, 500 free) ... All-SCIAC (1650, 800 free relay) ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Swam the second-fastest 200-yard freestyle in CMS history to win the SCIAC title in 1:52.30 ... Also came in first place in the 500 free in 5:00.22, the third-fastest time in program history, while leading a 1-2-3 finish for the Athenas with Gracey Hiebert and Leila El Masri ... Almost went 3-for-3 in individual titles but came in second to Hiebert in the 1650, with both earning qualifying times for nationals to get All-America honors ... Helped the 800 free relay team set a new school record at the SCIAC Championships with a 7:33.68 ... Won the 1000 in her first collegiate SCIAC meet, a dual with Caltech ... Captured first in the 1650 in a dual with Pomona-Pitzer. 

Prior to CMS
Attended Bishop Seabury Academy in Lawrence, Kansas, where she was a member of the swimming and diving team, while also competing in cross country … A two-time member of the Best of Kansas Preps team … Valedictorian of her senior class … National Merit Scholar finalist … AP Scholar with Honor … Earned Seal of Biliteracy in Spanish, as well as school Subject Awards in art, history and Spanish … Member of Model UN and Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) … Also competed for Ad Astra Area Aquatics.

Personal
Attended Harvey Mudd, where she majors in physics … Lists “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” by Betty Smith and “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!” by Richard Feynman as her favorite books … Bill Nye is the public figure she most admires.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    Free
    5'7"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Free
    5'7"
  • 2021-22Junior

    Freestyle
  • 2022-23Senior

    Freestyle