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Amanda York

	Class: Sophomore
	Hometown: Newburgh, N.Y.
	High School: Newburgh Free Academy

	Height: 5-3
	Event: Fly/Free

02/17/2013

Saints Fight Hard, Finish Seventh In MAAC Championships

Saints Jump Two Spots in Final Day

02/16/2013

Swimming and Diving Ninth After Day 2 In MAAC Championships

Five Saints Finish With Career Best Times

02/13/2013

Swimming And Diving Prepares for MAAC Championships

Youthful Saints In Search Of First MAAC Crown

01/27/2013

Saints Swept in Final Meet

Team Will Now Concentrate on the MAAC Championships

01/19/2013

Kwok, Pioneers Down Saints on Senior Day

Senior Bjornberg Had Three Top-Three Finishes on the Afternoon

11/14/2012

Holy Cross

Holy Cross Meet

04/13/2012

Women's Swimming MAAC Championship

2011-12: Big contributor in the relay races helping the Saints to four victories...Won the 200 medley relay against Bryant and Niagara (1:53.02) and Sacred Heart (1:54.85)...Helped Siena to a first place finish in the 400 medley relay against Holy Cross (4:11.55) and the 400 free relay (3:42.29) versus St. Francis...Individual champion in the 200 fly against Holy Cross (2:14.97)...10th place finisher in the 200 fly in the MAAC Championships (2:08.92)

BEFORE SIENA:Earned six varsity letters at Newburgh Free Academy...A Goldback Award-winner...Notched a top-20 finish at the 100 fly at state championships.

PERSONAL:Born September 26, 1993...The daughter of Eben and Lisa York...Has a younger sister, Jenna...Chose Siena because she fell in love with the campus and the people...Also recruited by La Salle and Rider.

KUETERMAN ON YORK: "A great flyer both 200 and 100. She's very versatile and I think she is going to move up to the top eight in a lot of her events this year."

GETTING TO KNOW AMANDA YORK:

Major: Psychology

Minor: Communications

Twitter Handle: @amandayorkkk

What I like most about Siena College: That it is small, everyone is so nice and I love that the swim team is like a family

Where do you see yourself in another five years: Graduate from grad school with my CCCs to be a speech language pathologist

My favorite class at Siena: Phonetics

My favorite spot on campus: The big TV at the bottom floor in new dorm

Other sports I like to follow at Siena: Waterpolo

What I like most about Siena swimming and diving: Everyone gets along and we're like a family

My best swimming and diving moment has been: Last year when we beat Bryant and Canisius

What I like most about Coach Kueterman: He can always make you laugh

The player on the team who I relate to best is: Podz (Amanda Podczerwinski)- we have the same name, same comforters, and are roomies. Amanda² 4 Life!

The funniest player on the team is: Christen Cherry, I just love her childhood stories.

My most embarassing sport moment: Stretching on the block, trying to imitate the girl next to me, and falling.

My hidden talent is: I can put my hair up with a hair tie really fast

What is one thing, you can't do without: Bravo

If I could travel anywhere in the world, I would go to: A cruise around the coast of Italy, Greece and all of the countries surronding

The best player I ever played against was: Lea Neal

My hobbies are: Watching TV

The best piece of advice I have gotten is: Be nice, because nice matters

The person who has helped me the most is: My mom <3

My Favorite:

Professional athlete: Ryan Lochte

Pro sports team: New York Yankees