2017-18 Merrimack College Women's Swimming Roster

Ireland Wilson

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Niantic, Conn.
  • High School / Prep (Previous College) East Lyme High School
  • Major Elementary Education

Biography

2017-18:

  • Competed in seven meets as a senior
  • Had eight top-five finishes on the year
  • Posted a pair of fourth-place finishes in the 50yd and 1000yd free events at Brandeis (1/13)
  • Finished with five personal-bests during senior year, including three at the NE10 Championships (2/9-2/11) in the 100, 200, and 500 yard free events.

2016-17:

  • Competed in all eight events in 2016-17
  • Posted a pair of 3rd-place finishes against Saint Michael’s (11/11) in the 200m Medley Relay and 200m Free Relay
  • Notched a 3rd-place finish against Siena (11/12) in the 200m Breast, as well as a 2nd-place finish in the 400m Free Relay
  • Finished with a pair of 2nd-place finishes against Brandeis (1/20) in the 200m Free Relays
  • Had a pair of 2nd-place finishes against New England (1/21) in the 200m Medley Relay and 400m Free Relay
  • Accomplished a pair of top-three outings against Bentley (1/29) including a 3rd-place finish in the 400 Yard Medley Relay and 2nd-place finish in the 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
  • Swam in the 200 & 400 Yard Medley Relays and the 200 & 400 Yard Freestyle Relays at the NE10 Championships

2015-16: Competed in all seven meets as a sophomore … Earned the first-ever NE-10 weekly award in program history with relay team, as the group earned NE-10 Relay Team of the Week honors following a first-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:52.88) during a double-dual meet in Standish, Maine (11/21) … Set program records with relay team in the finals of the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:44.53), the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:50.41) and the 200-yard medley relay (1:58.43) at the NE-10 Championships (2/4-7) … Posted a program-best time of 4:31.77 with relay team in the finals of the 400-yard medley relay and a personal record in the preliminaries of the 50-yard breaststroke (37.52) at the WPI Gompei Invitational (12/5-6) … At the NE-10 Championships, recorded career-best times in the preliminaries of the 100-yard breaststroke (1:17.71), the 200-yard breaststroke (2:49.24) and the 50-yard freestyle (27.92) … Opened the season with a career-best time of 1:03.46 in the 100-yard freestyle at the Louise Goodrum Invitational (11/7) … Finished second overall in the 50-yard breaststroke (38.23) and the 100-yard breaststroke (1:22.33) against Saint Michael’s (11/13) … Tallied a second-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:20.40) and a third-place finish in the 200-yard individual medley (2:36.47) during a double-dual meet in Standish, Maine … In a dual meet against Brandeis (1/12), finished second overall in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:19.59) and third overall in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:53.99) … Tallied a season-best time of 2:35.53 in the 200-yard individual medley during a double-dual meet in Waltham, Massachusetts (1/9) … Finished first overall with her team in the 200-yard medley relay (2:05.80) against Saint Michael’s. 

2014-15: Appreared in all but one meet during her rookie campaign … Against St. Michael’s she placed 4th in the 100 Breaststroke, 5th in the 50 Breaststroke, 4th in the 100 Freestyle, and helped her 200 Freestyle Relay team place 1st with a time of 1:55.73 … In the SCSU/Conn College Tri-meet she notched three top-10 finishes

Before Merrimack: Four year letter winner at East Lyme High School ... Team won Eastern Connecticut Conference all four years ... Swam 100 Breast all four years, 200 IM final three years ... Finished 5th in ECC in breastroke as a junior ... Placed in fourth in 200 IM as a senior ... Team captain as a senior

Personal: Born May 1, 1996 ... Daughter of Robert Wilson ... Has three siblings, Colleen, Rew and Fallon ... Elementary Education major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    IM/Breastroke
    5'7"
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    IM/Breastroke
    5'7"
  • 2016-17Junior

    5'7"
  • 2017-18Senior