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2024-25 St. Bonaventure Women's Swimming and Diving

Amy O'Rourke

  • Height 5-8
  • Year Graduate Student
  • Hometown Roodepoort, South Africa
  • High School St. Catherine's Convent
  • Position Free/Back/Fly
  • Major Occupational Therapy

Biography

As A Grad StudentĀ (2024-25) | Personal Bests

  • Took fourth in the 100-freestyle and 100-butterfly at Colgate (1/25)
  • Placed third 100-butterfly and fifth in the 50-freestyle vs Cleveland State (1/17)
  • Placed second in the 50-freestyle and 100-freestyle at Canisius (12/3)
  • Victorious in the 50-freestyle at Le Moyne (10/19)
  • Finished second in the 100-freestyle and third in the 100-butterfly at Youngstown State (9/26)

As A Senior (2023-24) | Personal Bests

  • Helped the 200-freestyle relay to a fifth-place finish at A-10 Championships
  • Tallied two third-place finishes in the 50- and 100-freestyle against Canisius (1/27)Ā 
  • Finished second in the 100-butterfly against Canisius with a time of 1:00.18 (1/27)Ā 
  • Finished second in the 50-freestyle at Canisius with a time of 24.34 (12/5)
  • Took fourth in the 50-freestyle at Cornell (11/4)
  • Placed second in the 100-freestyle against Le Moyne (10/28)Ā 

As A Junior (2022-23) |Ā Personal Bests

  • At Atlantic 10 Championships was a member of the 200-freestyle relay team that set a new program record with a time of 1:32.81 (2/16)
  • Earned a runner-up in the 50-freestyle (24.61) at the Colgate Invitational (10/7-8)
  • Finished third in the 100-freestyle (53.09) at the Cleveland State Tri-Meet (10/15)
  • Earned a pair of second-place finishes against Canisius in the 50-freestyle and 100-freestyle (12/3)
  • Registered a victory in the 100-freestyle with a time of 51.71 against Gannon (1/28)

As A Sophomore (2021-22) | Personal Bests

  • Victorious in the 100-freestyle against St. Francis (Pa.) with a time of 55.00 (9/25)
  • Placed sixth in the 100-freestyle with a time of 53.78 at the Colgate Invitational (10/9)
  • At Cornell, finished second with a time of 53.86 in the 100-freestyle (11/6)
  • Swam a time of 1:01.35 to place second vs. Binghamton in the 100-butterfly (1/22)

As A Freshman (2020-21)

  • Registered a sixth place finish in the 400-medley relay (3:45.63) and took 10th in the 400-freestyle relay (3:29.76) at Atlantic 10 Championships (4/17)
  • Placed second in the 100-freestyle (54.48) and finished third in the 200-freestyle (2:01.00), 100-butterfly (1:01.79) and 200-freestyle relay (1:43.57) at Binghamton (4/3)
  • Won the 100-backstroke (1:01.25) and 200-backstroke (2:15.55) while also finishing second in the 200-medley relay (1:53.10) and third in the 100-butterfly (1:01.62) vs. Niagara (3/7)

High School/Club
Three-time St. Catherine's Swimmer of the Year award winner ... chosen for the Gauteng Schools team three times ... Awarded Van Zyl Trophy for most records broken at school three times ... achieved full colors for eight years ... three-year club team captain ... three-time qualifier for Senior Nationals.

Personal
Daughter of Wendy and Paul O'Rourke ... occupational therapy major ... has one sibling Kieran.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Free/Back/Fly
    5'6"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Free/Back/Fly
    5'6"
  • 2022-23Junior

    Free/Back/Fly
    5'6"
  • 2023-24Senior

    Free/Back/Fly
    5'8"
  • 2024-25Graduate Student

    Free/Back/Fly
    5'8"