PHILADELPHIA – Ursinus Women's Swimmer senior Katie Barlow was selected to the Philly-SIDA Women's Swimming Academic All-Area Team for the second straight season, announced by the organization on Monday morning.
 
 
 
To be nominated, student-athletes need to have at least a 3.30 cumulative GPA and have completed at least one full year of classes at their current institution. The team is voted on by the sports information offices of 30 area institutions from the Philadelphia metropolitan area.
 
 
 
The accolade adds to an already impressive academic resume for Barlow, who holds a 4.0 GPA as a politics and international relations major. Her efforts in the classroom earned her the 2024 Centennial Conference Women's Swimming Scholar Athlete of the Year accolade after holding the highest GPA among junior/senior student-athletes that earned All-Conference honors. Barlow earned her third straight selection on the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District team. Barlow won four medals during her time at Ursinus.
 
 
Below is the full team:

2024-25 Philly-SIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AREA WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING TEAM
 
   Student-Athlete              School                        Cl.           Major(s)                                                            Hometown
   Katie Barlow (2x)              Ursinus                       Sr.           Politics and International Relations                   Ocean City, N.J.
  Sydney Bergstrom             Penn                           Jr.            Mathematics                                                     Swarthmore, Pa.
  Genine Collins                    Swarthmore              So.          Pre-Major                                                           Stewartsville, N.J.
  Ava Craig                            Swarthmore              So.          Pre-Major                                                           Fairfax, Va.
  Anna Farley                        Villanova                  So.          Spanish Language (Literature minor)                 Edina, Minn.
  Maddy Koehle                   West Chester            Sr.           Nursing                                                               State College, Pa.
  Anna Moehn                      Penn                           Jr.            Finance                                                             Alton, Ill.
  Ella Pennington (2x)         Rowan                       Jr.            Biomedical Engineering                                      Elkton, Md.
  Erin Szuromi (2x)              Swarthmore              Sr.           Physica/Biology                                                    Pittsford, N.Y.
  Quinn Weygandt               Swarthmore              Jr.            Political Science/Philosophy/Economics              Madison, Wis.
 
                            Performer of the Year: Quinn Weygandt, Swarthmore