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2021-22 Women's Swimming Roster

Bella Walters

  • Yr. Redshirt Junior
  • Events Butterfly/Backstroke/Individual Medley
  • Hometown Broomfield, Colo.
  • High School Legacy

Biography

Overall Career Honors
  • 2020 RMAC Champion (200 Fly)
  • 3x All-RMAC (200 Fly)
    • 2020 - 1st Team
    • 2019 - 2nd Team
    • 2022 - 2nd Team
  • 3x Second Team/Honorable Mention CSCAA Scholar All-American (2019, 2020, 2022)
  • 3x RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021 & 2022)
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As a Redshirt Junior (2021-22):
Competed in nine meets, including the RMAC Championships, as one of the team’s top butterflyers… Set her best times of the season at the A3 Performance Invitational, posting altitude-adjusted marks of 57.95 (100 Fly), 2:07.31 (200 Fly) and 2:13.09 (200 IM)… Led the team with her 200 fly mark before going on to earn Second Team All-RMAC honors with a third place finish… Also reached the RMAC Championship final in the 100 fly, finishing eighth… Took 12th in the 200 IM and swam the third legs on CMU’s 200 medley and 200 free relay “B” teams that finished ninth and tenth, respectively… Accounted for 32 team points in her individual events and another eight when considering her quarter of the relay team points at the conference meet… Was named as a Second Team CSCAA Scholar All-American and to the RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll.

As a Junior (2020-21): Competed in five dual meets during the pandemic-abbreviated season… Posted season-best altitude-adjusted times of 59.28 (100 fly), 2:11.89 (200 Fly), 2:13.80 (200 IM) and 1:01.73 (100 Back)… Named to the RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll.

As a Sophomore (2019-20): Competed in ten meets, including the RMAC Championships… Won the conference title and First Team All-RMAC honors in the 200 fly (2:05.92) after setting a RMAC-leading season-best of 2:04.95 (altitude-adjusted) to win at the A3 Performance Invitational… That time was also good for a NCAA “B” cut… Also advanced to the RMAC Championship final in the 100 fly, placing eighth… Had a season-best altitude-adjusted and winning time of 56.89 in that event at the A3 meet… Ranks sixth in program history with that mark… Set season-best marks of 2:08.09 (200 back) and 2:09.42 (200 IM) in her other two events at the conference meet… Placed 11th and 17th in those events scoring 37 team points at the conference meet…Claimed a 100 fly dual meet win against Adams State… Was an honorable mention selection to the CSCAA Scholar All-America Team for the second straight year... Named to the RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll.

As a Freshman (2018-19): Competed in eight meets, including the RMAC Championships... Earned Second Team All-RMAC honors with a third place finish in the 200 fly (2:06.46) at the RMAC Championships... Had won that event with an altitude-adjusted NCAA "B" Cut time of 2:04.93 at the A3 Performance Invitational... Ranks third in program history with that time... Also made the RMAC Championship final and placed sixth in the 100 fly with a season-best time of 57.17 second... Qualified for the consolation final in both the 200 IM and 200 back, placing 12th and 13th, respectively... Accounted for 38 total team points at the conference meet... Won the 100 fly at the Adams State triangular on Oct. 25... Was an honorable mention selection to the CSCAA Scholar All-America Team.


Prep: 4-year state qualifier in the butterfly, backstroke and IM events for the the Legacy HS Lightning…Also a league finalist.

Club: Swam for coach Andrew Brand and the Front Range Barracudas… Competed for the club since 2012… Qualified for the senior zone championships during all four years of high school… Qualified in six events for the Speedo Sectionals as a junior and senior.

Personal: Is majoring in biochemistry… Daughter of Jodi and Ryan Walters... Has a brother (Jude)... Aspires to work in the medical research field.

Why I Chose CMU: “I committed to CMU for their solid academic options, phenomenal coaching staff and great team dynamics."

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Butterfly/Backstroke/IM
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Butterfly/Backstroke/Individual Medley
  • 2020-21Junior

    Butterfly/Backstroke/Individual Medley
  • 2021-22Redshirt Junior

    Butterfly/Backstroke/Individual Medley