Villanova Univeristy Athletics

Villanova Career: Competed for the Wildcats from 2017-21 and was a key contributor for the team in the distance freestyle events … Nine-time BIG EAST scorer who earned all-conference honors in the 1650 free as a sophomore and the 500 free as a senior … Was a part of four consecutive BIG EAST team titles during her collegiate career … Two-time selection to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team and four-time member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
 
2020-21: Earned All-BIG EAST honors in the 500 free and was a conference scorer in both the 1650 free and the 200 free … The all-conference accolade in the 500 free was the second of her career … Competed at all four of the Wildcats regular season dual meets during the abbreviated competition season; BIG EAST Championships (4/7-4/10): Registered her second career All-BIG EAST honor with a third place finish in the 500 free … Ranked fourth in the preliminary heats in 4:58.37 before moving up a spot to touch the wall in 4:54.61 in the final … Came in fourth in the 1650 free with a time of 17:10.79 on the final day of the meet … Registered a 10^th place finish in the 200 free and posted a time of 1:51.96 in the final after ranking ninth in the prelims with a time of 1:52.62; Delaware (2/13): Finished fourth in the 100 free (54.49) in the season opener and swam the second leg of the 400 free relay for the team’s “B” lineup which came in third in the race in 3:37.79; Drexel (3/3): Runner-up in both the 500 free (5:06.11) and the 1000 free (10:30.18) in a home meet versus the Dragons; Seton Hall (3/7): Finished second in the 500 free (5:10.74) and third in the 1000 free (10:29.44) … Swam the third leg of the 400 free relay in the “B” lineup which came in third in 3:38.27; Loyola Md. (3/13): Tallied second place finishes in both the 500 free (5:07.21) and the 1000 free (10:31.53) … Anchored the “B” lineup in the 400 free relay to a second place finish with a time of 3:39.07.
 
2019-20: Tallied three top-eight finishes at the BIG EAST Championships, scoring team points in the 1650 yard freestyle (fourth place), the 500 yard freestyle (sixth place) and the 400 yard individual medley (eighth place) … Her time of 17:02.52 in the 1650 free was her fastest in three races in the event during the year … Ranked seventh in the preliminary heats of the 400 IM with a season-best time of 4:27.28 and came in eighth in the final in 4:27.57 … Recorded a time of 4:56.05 in the final of the 500 free … Her other top times of the season were 4:55.98 in the 500 free at the WVU Invitational, 10:24.33 in the 1000 yard freestyle against Rutgers,2:08.28 in the 200 yard butterfly against Georgetown and 2:32.58 in the 200 yard breaststroke at La Salle.
 
2018-19: Earned All-BIG EAST honors in the 1650 yard freestyle with a third place finish at the conference championships … Recorded a time of 16:57.43 in the 1650 free and also tallied top-five finishes in the 400 yard individual medley and the 500 yard freestyle … Her time of 4:25.35 in the final of the 400 IM and 4:54.75 in the final of the 500 free were each season bests … Other top times during the year came in the 100 yard freestyle at the Bruno Invitational (53.26), the 1000 yard freestyle against Penn (10:19.69), the 100 yard breaststroke against West Virginia (1:10.70), the 200 yard breaststroke against Penn State (2:29.29), the 200 yard butterfly against Georgetown (2:07.07) and the 200 yard individual medley against La Salle (2:12.92) … Tallied a total of 13 top-three finishes in individual races during the year … Was the runner-up in both the 200 breast and the 400 IM against La Salle … Also came in second in the 500 free against Penn, the 1000 free versus La Salle and the 1650 free at the Bruno Invitational … Came in third in the 500 free and the 1000 free against West Virginia in the season opener … Placed third in the 500 free in a triangular meet against Princeton and Rutgers, as well as in a dual meet against Connecticut … Finished third in the 1000 free against Penn and Richmond.
 
2017-18: Recorded three top-five finishes and posted season-best times in all three of her events at the BIG EAST Championships … Top results were fourth place finishes in both the 400 yard individual medley and the 1650 yard freestyle … Also came in fifth in the 500 yard freestyle … Her top times at the conference meet were 4:53.48 in the 500 free, 16:52.48 in the 1650 free and 4:23.69 in the 400 IM … During the regular season her other season-best marks were 1:53.60 in the 200 yard freestyle at Rutgers, 10:15.51 in the 1000 yard freestyle against Penn and 1:00.41 in the 100 yard butterfly at the Nova Sprint Festival … Made her collegiate debut in a triangular meet against Drexel and La Salle where she placed second in both the 500 free and the 1000 free … Finished first in the 200 free (1:57.88) against Ursinus … Placed third in the 500 free in a five-way meet at Rutgers … Came in second in the 1000 free and third in the 500 free against Penn, second in the 1000 free versus San Diego and third in the 500 free against Princeton.
 
Saint Gertrude High School: Earned four varsity letters in swimming … Came in second in the 500 yard freestyle at the All States meet as a senior … Runner-up in both the 500 free and the 400 yard freestyle relay at the VISAA All-State competition … Named a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American as a sophomore and was a Richmond Times Dispatch Scholar-Athlete as a senior … President of her school’s Honors Council.
 
Personal: Born 3/27/99 in Glen Allen, Va. … One of two children of Greg and Maria Provenzo … Has one sibling, Regan … Enjoys volunteering and traveling in her spare time … Chose to attend Villanova because it was the perfect size school for her, was close to Philadelphia and had a great academic reputation … Communication major and Psychology minor.