Sierra Smith

Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Plymouth, Minn.
High School:
Armstrong

PERSONAL RECORDS & RESULTS

HONORS & AWARDS

2025 NCAA Qualifier (Relays)
2024-25 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll
2025 SEC Women's Swimming and Diving Community Service Team
2022-23 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll
Named to the 2021-22 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll
2020-21 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

2024-25 (GRADUATE)

Placed third in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:39.30; finished second with a time of 23.07 in the 50 free; earned first in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:18.98 at Arkansas (Oct. 12).
Touched the wall second in the 50 free with a time of 23.34; earned second place in the 400 free relay in 3:22.56 against Purdue (Oct. 25).
Raced 22.83 in the 50 free for silver; placed third in the 100 free with a time of 50.01; earned second place in the 200 free relay with a 1:30.00 performance against Texas A&M (Nov. 1).
Earned fifth place in the 200 free relay with a 1:29.13 race; swam 3:15.93 in the 400 free relay to place fifth at Georgia Invitational (Nov. 20-22).
Placed third in the 200 free relay with a time of 1:30.26 against Louisville (Jan. 3).
Took second in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:39.59; won the 50 free with a 22.91 time; earned bronze in the 100 free with a 49.99 swim; won the 400 free relay with a time of 3:19.29 against McKendree and Missouri State (Jan. 17-18).
Raced a 1:28.22 in the 200 free relay; finished 14th in the 50 free with a time of 22.39; swam 54.30 in the 100 back; took 24th place in the 100 free with a 49.19 time at SEC Swimming and Diving Championships (Feb. 17-22).
Finished the 50 free in 22.56 at Mizzou Qualifier (March 1-2).
Led the 200 free relay squad to a 1:29.70 finish; anchored the 400 free relay with a 3:16.25 finish at 2025 NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships (March 19-22).

2023-24 (SENIOR)

Finished fifth with a time of 22.96 in the 50 Free, notched a time of 50.70 in the 100 Free at the SMU Classic (Oct. 6-7)
Finished fourth with a time of 23.87 in the 50 Free, touched the wall fifth in 52.31 in the 100 Free against Alabama (Oct. 20)
Notched seventh with a time of 23.49 in the 50 Free, finished ninth with a time of 52.17 in the 100 Free against Indiana and Auburn (Oct. 25)
Touched the wall second in 22.89 in the 50 Free, notched third with a time of 50.57 in the 100 Free, touched the wall fourth in 1:51.01 in the 200 Free at the LU vs. SIU vs. MU Double Dual (Nov. 3)
Touched the wall third with a time of 22.67 in the 50 Free, touched the wall first in 48.98 in the 100 Free, touched the wall eighth in 1:52.11 in the 200 Free at the Mizzou Invitational (Nov. 15-17)
Finished second with a time of 25.99 in the 50 Free at the Mizzou Long Course Qualifier (Nov. 18)
Won the 50 free with a time of 23.17, raced in the 200 free relay with a 22.59 time, the 200 medley relay with a time of 21.96 and the 100 fly in 57.79 against Missouri State (Dec. 2)
Notched third in the 50 free with a 22.81 time, placed fourth in the 100 free with a time of 49.79, swam in the 400 free relay with a time of 49.25 and the 100 fly in 55.91 (Jan. 5)
Earned third in the 50 free with a 23.81 time, raced in the 200 medley relay with a time of 23.71, touched the wall third in the 100 free with a 52.05 time and swam in the 400 free relay with a time of 41.34 against Purdue and Illinois (Jan. 13)
Won the 100 free with a time of 49.13, finished sixth in the 100 fly with a time of 55.33, completed the 50 fly in 25.60, competed in the 200 free relay with a 22.29 time and the 400 free relay with a 49.26 time at the Tiger Qualifier (Feb. 2-3)
Placed eighth in the 100 free with a 48.94 time, crossed the finish line in 22.44 in the 50 free, swam in the 200 free medleys with a time of 22.22 and 22.26 and raced in the 400 medley relay with a time of 48.01 at the SEC Championships (Feb. 19-24)
Won the 50 free with a time of 22.50 and the 100 free with a time of 48.88 and competed in the 200 free relays with a 22.48 and 22.29 time at the Mizzou Qualifier (March 2-3)

2022-23 (JUNIOR)

Finished sixth with a time of 23.83 in the 50 Free, finished fourth with a time of 51.02 in the 100 Free against Georgia and Arizona State (Oct. 1)
Notched sixth with a time of 23.37 in the 50 Free, placed first with a time of 50.19 in the 100 Free against Purdue (Oct. 14-15)
Notched third with a time of 23.90 in the 50 Free, finished third with a time of 52.10 in the 100 Free against Indiana (Oct. 29)
Finished first with a time of 22.84 in the 50 Free, touched the wall second with a time of 49.85 in the 100 Free, finished fifth with a time of 1:50.05 in the 200 Free at the Mizzou Invitational (Nov. 16-18)
Finished second with a time of 50.22 in the 100 Free, finished third with a time of 1:50.60 in the 200 Free against Missouri State (Dec. 3)
Finished fifth with a time of 23.14 in the 50 Free, notched seventh with a time of 50.34 in the 100 Free against Louisville (Jan. 6)
Finished fifth with at time of 23.77 in the 50 Free, notched fifth with a time of 51.28 in the 100 Free against Tennessee (Jan. 7)
Touched the wall first with a time of 23.19 in the 50 Free against Southern Illinois (Jan. 27)
Touched the wall in 22.77 in the 50 Free, touched the wall in 49.68 in the 100 Free at the SEC Championships (Feb. 14-18)
Finished first with a time of 48.70 in the 100 Free at the Mizzou Qualifier (Feb. 25-26)

2021-22 (SOPHOMORE)

Claimed First Team All-America honors as part of Mizzou’s eighth-place 200 free relay at NCAAs
Earned All-America Honorable Mention accolades as part of Mizzou’s 12^th-place 400 free relay at NCAAs
Named to the All-SEC Second Team
Swam on Mizzou’s third-place 200 free relay at the SEC Championships
Placed 21^st in the 100 free at the SEC Championships
Also finished 27^th in the 50 free and 36^th in the 200 free at SECs
Ranks ninth all-time at Mizzou in the 100 free (48.97)
Recorded season-best times of 22.65 in the 50 free, 48.97 in the 100 free, 1:48.13 in the 200 free and 57.98 in the 100 back
Won the 50 free against Southern Illinois

2020-21 (FRESHMAN)

Swam on Mizzou's 400 free relay team at the NCAA Championships, which finished 17th, just one spot out of All-America consideration
Ranks ninth all-time at Mizzou in the 100 free (49.06)
Posted season-best times of 22.66 in the 50 free, 49.06 in the 100 free and 1:47.71 in the 200 free
Placed 16th in the 100 free, 22nd in the 200 free and 24th in the 50 free at the SEC Championships

PREP

100 free and 200 free Minnesota 2A State Champion
100 free and 200 free Minnesota 2A State Championships runner-up
Placed third in the 50m free at the 2019 Minnesota Swimming Senior LC Championships
Career-best times of 23.07 in the 50 free, 50.22 in the 100 free and 1:48.28 in the 200 free

PERSONAL