2014-15 Swimming and Diving Roster
Roster
Sierra Sachtjen
- Position:
- Freestyle/Backstroke
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Lodi
- Hometown:
- Lodi, Wis.
2015-16: Swam a time of 2:05.22 in the 200 backstroke final (2/20).....200 freestyle time of 1:56.92 to make it in the Top-15 (2/19).... Took home third place in the 800 freestyle relay with Aftin Phyfe, Molly Lembezeder and Rachel Siebenaller, timing in at 7:27.70 (2/17)....Took second place in the 200 Backstroke with a time of 2:09.49 (1/23)…First place in the 200 Freestyle with a time of 2:00.86 (1/16)…Swam a 28.89 in the 50 Backstroke and a 1:00.47 in the 100 Backstroke (12/4)….Competed in the 200 Freestyle with a time of 1:56.25 and 100 Freestyle time of 54.04. 200 Backstroke time of 2:07.03(11/20-22)…Second place finish to fellow Panther Madison Rinaldi in the 200 Backstroke, with a time of 2:10 (11/14)…First place in 100 Freestyle with time of 54.39 (11/5)…Competed with Olivia Knowles, Kelsey Ostrowski and Abby Meyer for a time of 1:55 in the 200 Medley Relay. Took third place in the 200 Freestyle with a time of 1:57.95 (10/30)…Third place in the 200 Freestyle with a time of 1:59.43 and a time of 2:11.09 in the 200 Backstroke. Third place in the 400 Freestyle Relay with Abby Meyer, Alexa Klimes and Lauren Kacmarynski, with a time of 3:40.13 (10/23)…Second place in the 200 Freestyle Relay with Aftin Phyfe, Lauren Kacmarynski and Abby Meyer for a time of 1:52.76 (10/22)
2014-15: Seventh-place finish in the 200 backstroke....Prelim time of 2:04.28 re-broke her old school record.....800 freestyle relay team of Molly Lembezeder, Aftin Phyfe, and Rachel Siebenaller combined for a new school-record time of 7:29.47, besting the previous record by 11 seconds at the MVC Championships (2/18)
2013: Placed fourth in the 100 backstroke at UNO Invitational, runner up in the 200 backstroke (12/6-7) ... Finished fourth in the 100 freestyle vs Nebraska (12/13) ... Captured sixth place in the 50 freestyle at Illinois St., took fifth in the 200 backstroke (1/11) ... 200 medley relay team finished third vs Nebraska-Omaha, placed third in the 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke third-place finisher (1/24) ... 800 freestyle relay team placed fifth and set a new UNI school record at MVC Championships (2/13-15)
2012: ...
High School: Four-time letter winner in swimming at Lodi High School... All-conference in the 50 & 100 Free in 2012.. All-state in the 100 freestyle and all-state honorable mention in the 100 backstroke, both in 2012... Currently holds all the swimming records at her high school... Also a three-time letter winner in soccer... All-conference first-team forward in 2012.
Personal: Born December 16, 1993 in Madison, Wisconsin... Daughter of Tracy and Karl Sachtjen... Has one brother, Desmon (12)... Mother Tracy was an Olympic athlete... High school coach was Sarah Koening... Majoring in Biology with a Biomedical emphasis and a Chemistry minor... Hobbies include hanging out with family and friends, shopping, eating
Getting to Know Sierra
Favorite Movie: The Other Guys
Favorite Song: Good Time
Favorite Historical Figure: Michael Phelps
Favorite Sports Memory: Competing at state my senior year and having all my friends and family there supporting me
Best Lesson You've Learned in Life: Never give up even when things get tough
