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2020-21 Women's Swimming Roster

Bayley Zobel

Natalie Saul

  • Yr. Senior
  • Height 5-9
  • Events Middle Distance Freestyle/Backstroke
  • Hometown Georgetown, Texas
  • High School Rouse

Biography

Overall Career Honors
  • 2019 CSCAA Honorable Mention All-American (800 Free Relay)
  • 2020 RMAC Champion (200 Free Relay)
  • 6x Overall All-RMAC
    • 2x First Team All-RMAC - 200 Free Relay (2018, 2020)
  • School Record Holder (200 Free Relay - 1:33.82)
  • 2x Overall CSCAA Scholar All-American
    • First Team - 2019
    • Honorable Mention - 2020
  • 2020 RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll
2019-20 (Junior): Competed in ten meets, including the RMAC Championships, where she scored in all four of her individual and all seven total events… Won a conference crown and First Team All-RMAC honor as part of CMU’s winning 200 free relay team, which set a school-record time of 1:33.82… Also earned second team honors in the 50 free after tying for third with a season-best and NCAA “B” cut time of 24.02 seconds… Also advanced to the championship final in both the 100 free and 100 back, placing seventh in each… Recorded season-best altitude-adjusted times of 52.62 (100 free) and 58.21 (100 back)… The freestyle time came in the prelims… Also took 13th in the 200 free and helped the Mavs win the “B” sections of both the 200 medley and 400 free relays… Had a season-best 200 free time of 1:55.14 at the A3 Performance Invitational… Won both the 50 and 100 free at the Adams State dual on Oct. 25 after taking the 50 free the day before against Western Colorado… Named to the RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll... Named as an Honorable Mention CSCAA Scholar All-American.

2018-19 (Sophomore): Competed in nine meets, including the RMAC and NCAA Division II National Championships... Qualified for the championship finals in all four of her individual events at the conference meet... Earned Honorable Mention CSCAA All-America honors as a member of CMU's tenth place 800 free relay team at the national meet... Placed fourth in both the 100 free and 100 back at the conference meet... Earned Second Team All-RMAC honors for both efforts... Had turned in a personal-best and NCAA "B" Cut time of 51.59 in the 100 free prelims... Ranks fourth in program history with that time... Ranks eighth with her 100 back time of 57.00... Also took fifth in the 50 free with a "B" and PR time of 23.88 to rank sixth (tie) in program history... Finished eighth in the 200 free after turning in a season-best time of 1:55.22 to reach the finals... Also swam the anchor leg on the 200 free relay team, which set a school-record time of 1:34.66 and placed second to earn a third Second Team All-RMAC honor of the meet... Was third in the 200 medley relay as well... Scored 55 individual team points while helping the Mavs earn 90 more on her relays... Won the 50 free in a dual at Adams State... Was named to the CSCAA Scholar All-America Team.

2017-18 (Freshman): Competed in ten meets, including the RMAC Championships... Earned First Team All-RMAC plaudits in the 200 free relay after anchoring CMU's second place squad that turned in a school-record time of 1:34.71... Qualified for the consolation finals in each of her four individual events, placing 10th in the 50 free (24.18), 13th in the 100 back (59.06) and 15th in both the 100 free (53.48) and 200 free (1:56.64)... Also helped the Mavs' "B" 400 and 800 free relay teams place tenth... Had season-best times of 24.17 (50 free), 52.64 (100 free), 1:54.65 (200 free) and 58.41 (100 back), all at the A3 Performance Invite.

Prep: Competed for Rouse HS taking seventh in the 100 Free at the 2017 Texas 5A State Championships… Posted a high school career-best of 53.22 in the preliminaries of that meet… Has other bests of 24.59 (50 Free), 58.69 (100 Back) and 1:58.80 (200 Free)... Graduated in 2017 as the school record holder in both the 50 and 100 free... Was the team's MVP for three straight years (2015-17).
 
Club: Swam for Waterloo Swimming and coach Mike Varozza… Turned in her personal-best in the 100 back to finish third at the 2017 South Texas Age Group Championships... Competed at the 2017 short course sectionals at Texas A&M University and the 2018 long course sectionals at the University fo Texas.
 
Personal: Is majoring in mass communications and aspires for a career in social media promotions or politics… Enjoys hiking, camping and swimming. 

Why I Chose CMU: "I chose CMU for the athletic facilities and academic opportunities offered through my major. The athletic staff has the experience needed to help me achieve my goals and be the best athlete I can be when it comes to competing. The professors are knowledgeable and will prepare me for the real world."

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

    Sprint Freestyle/Backstroke
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    Sprint Freestyle/Backstroke
  • 2019-20Junior

    Middle Distance Freestyle/Backstroke
    5'9"
  • 2020-21Senior

    Middle Distance Freestyle/Backstroke
    5'9"