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William & Mary Athletics

2021-22 Women's Swimming Roster

Anna Kenna

  • Position Back/Free/Fly
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Chantilly, Va.
  • High School Seton School

Biography

Event Time Date
100 Back 54.58 2/21/20
200 Back 1:57.51 3/31/21
50 Free 23.59 11/21/19
100 Free 52.05 H.S.
100 Fly 56.12 11/22/19
 
2021-22
Swam in 14 events over seven meets and had nine first place finishes including a gold medal at the CAA Championships… Began the year winning the 100 and 200 back events at Johns Hopkins (10/16/21)... Won the 100 and 200 back events at home against Towson and the 100 back and 100 free against UMBC (10/23/21, 10/30/21)... Finished third in the 100 back and fourth in the 200 back at the West Virginia Invitational (11/18/21)... Finished first in the 200 back on Senior Day (1/15/22)... Took home first place in the 100 back swimming a lifetime best 54.50 at the CAA Championships… Took home the bronze medal in the 200 back… Swam a career-best 23.36 to place seventh in the 50 free… Took home a gold medal with the 200 medley relay team that set a William & Mary record… Had a second place finish with the 200 free relay team.

2020-21
The team's leading point scorer had seven individual wins on the season... Won the 100 back with a time of 54.77 to earn her first CAA Championship... Swam a lifetime-best 1:57.51 in the 200 back, and finished second at the CAA Meet... Helped the 400 free relay finish second overall in 3:21.95, the fifth-fastest time in school history... Led off the 200 medley relay team that won the CAA Championship and put in the fifth fastest time in school history.

2019-20
CAA Champion as the anchor on the 200 free relay ... Also earned All-CAA honors leading-off the runner-up 200 medley relay ... Individually, finished second overall in the 100 back with a lifetime-best time of 54.58 seconds ... Also finished sixth in the 200 back with another lifetime-best of 1:59.93 ... At the West Virginia Invitational, finished second in the 100 back ... Also took fifth in the 200 back and seventh in the 50 free ... Swam a lifetime-best 23.59 in the prelims of the 50 free ... Finished 10th in the 100 fly with another lifetime-best 56.12 ... Anchored W&M's 200 free relay to a pool-record and dual-meet record time on Senior Day against George Washington ... Totaled 304 points on the year with 15 podium finishes ... Won the 100 back against Delaware, Old Dominion, and Davidson ... CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll for having a GPA over 3.0 in the fall.

2018-19
Named All-CAA three times on W&M's relays ... Led-off both medley relays ... Also swam on the third-place 200 free relay ... Broke W&M's freshman record in the 50 back at 25.65 while leading-off the 200 medley relay ... Individually, made the finals of all three of her events ... Championship finalist in the 100 back, swimming a lifetime-best 55.52 for fifth place ... Won the consolation finals in the 200 back with another lifetime-best, 2:00.37, for ninth overall ... Finished 16th in the 50 free after swimming a personal-best in the prelims ... Broke W&M's dual-meet record in the 100 back against Duke and Queens (N.C.), swimming 56.56 ... At the TYR Invitational in November, finished ninth overall in the 200 back and 11th in the 100 back ... Also made the "C" finals of the 50 free and the 100 fly, finishing 21st in both events ... Led all freshmen and ranked fourth overall on the team with 241.75 points ... Won eight races and totaled 21 podium finishes ... Opened her career with a sweep of the backstroke events against East Carolina ... Also swept the 100 back and 200 back against Johns Hopkins ... Won the 100 back against UMBC, and against Delaware and UNCW at the CAA Pod Meet ... Final win came in the 100 back against VMI on Senior Day ... CAA Academic Honor Roll for having a GPA over 3.0.
 
Prep
National Catholic School's meet record-holder in the 100 back ... Won national titles in 2014, 2017, and 2018 ... Virginia Independent School's all-state in the 100 back each of the last two years, finished third in both 2017 and 2018 ... Finished fourth in the state championships 50 free as a junior and the 100 free as a senior ... Prep All-American consideration in the 100 back in 2018 ... Named the Swimmer of the Championships at her conference meet as a senior ... ISCA Junior National Qualifier in five events ... Also played on the varsity basketball team, taking second in the state in 2017 ... Member of the National Honor Society ... VP of the student government ... Dancer at the Boyle School of Irish Dance.
 
Personal
Daughter of Kim and Ray Kenna ... Is the sixth of seven siblings, all of whom have competed in college ... Mother played lacrosse at Russell Sage College ... Father played rugby at St. Anselm ... Sister, Mary Kate, swam at St. Vincent ... Another sister, Claire, also swam and played lacrosse at St. Vincent ... Brother, Patrick, played lacrosse at St. Vincent ... Another brother, Nicolas, played both lacrosse and golf at Misericordia ... A third brother, Joseph, played lacrosse at North Carolina ... Enjoys painting, art, and Irish dancing.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Back/Free/Fly
    5'8"
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Back/Free/Fly
    5'8"
  • 2020-21Junior

    Back/Free/Fly
    5'8"
  • 2021-22Senior

    Back/Free/Fly
    5'8"