University of California, Santa Barbara

UC SANTA BARBARA

2016-17:
Season best times in 500 Freestyle (4:59.86) and 1650 Freestyle (17:33.90)...Received MPSF all academic achievement.

2015-16:
Placed 15^th in the 1650 free (17:38:21), and 18^th in the 500 free (5:02.32) at MPSF...Received MPSF all academic achievement.

2014-15:
Season-best times include 100 freestyle (53.10), 200 freestyle (1:52.79), and 500 freestyle (5:02.92)...Received MPSF all academic achievement.

HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from San Marcos High School...swam under Coach Brian Roth...Broke two 32-year old high school relay records...Earned Swimmer of the Year and San Marcos MVP...League champion in the 200 free...Varsity Captain from sophomore to senior year...Led the San Marcos team to becoming League Champions for the first time in over 20 years...Also swam club at Santa Barbara Swim Club under Coach Mark Warkentin.

PERSONAL
Dasha Depew was born July 31, 1995... She is a Global Studies major with a minor in Chinese and dreams of working in politics and making a difference in the world...Can speak Thai, Chinese, and English...In her free time she enjoys watching musicals and going on hikes...Lists her top pre-race pump up song as "I Wanna Get Better" by The Bleachers...Enjoys eating cheese and trail mix before meets...Has been swimming since age 9...If she could add an event to each meet it would be the 50 fly...Favorite aspect of college swimming is instantly having friends and family on her team...Beating Dos Pueblos in the San Marcos vs. DP duel meet is the proudest achievement of her swimming career.

"Why not me?"