SDSU TOP-10 MARKS
400 Free Relay (2nd)
200 Free Relay (7th)
800 Free Relay: (7th)
SDSU HONORS
2024 Mountain West Champion (200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay)
2024 All-Mountain West (200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay)
2023 Mountain West Champion (400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay)
2023 All-Mountain West (50 Free, 200 Free, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay)
Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2022-23)
Mountain West All-Academic Selection (Spring 2023)
Link: Season & Career Bests
2022-23 SEASON (As A Sophomore): Enjoyed a solid debut in her first year as an Aztec after transferring from Pomona-Pitzer … Garnered all-Mountain West accolades in the 50 and 200 freestyle a and as a member SDSU’s triumphant 400 and 800 freestyle relay teams following the conference championships … Helped the Aztecs claim their second straight MW title after logging three personal bests at the league meet, highlighted by a fourth-place finish in the 200 free with a swim of 1:49.46 (2-17-23) … Recorded a 22.99 in the preliminaries of the 50 free before placing eighth in the finals with a clocking of 23.00 (2-16-23) … Won the consolation finals of the 100 free and finished ninth overall with a time of 50.06 … Took home a pair of gold medals in the 400 free relay (3:20.21) and 800 free relay (7:12.08) … Swam leadoff in the latter event, with her squad posting the seventh-best time in school history (2-15-23) … Helped SDSU capture its 50th consecutive dual-meet victory with a second-place effort of 1:54.97 in the 200 free at San Diego (1-27-23) … Emerged triumphant in the 100 free (51.52) and finished second in the 50 free (23.92) in another dual-meet win over Pepperdine at Aztec Aquaplex (1-13-23) … Contributed to the Scarlet and Black’s home sweep of Incarnate Word and Cal State East Bay with two additional victories in the 50 free (23.92) and 100 free (52.14) (1-5-23) … Helped SDSU take home the tournament crown at the highly competitive SMU Invitational with a winning effort of 50.72 in the “B” final of the 100 free to go with a second-place performance of 23.02 in the “B” final of the 50 free … Also led off the Aztecs’ second entry in the 200 free relay (1:32.16) that finished sixth (11-17/19-22) … Aided SDSU’s dual-meet triumph vs. Utah Tech after winning the 50 free with a time of 23.93 and finished fifth in the 500 free with a season-best 5:32.28 (11-5-23) … Also anchored the Aztecs’ 400 medley relay “B” team that finished second vs. the Trailblazers with a 3:52.26 clocking … Anchored SDSU’s winning 200 medley relay team (1:42.80) and recorded a pair of second-place swims in the 100 free (51.97) and 200 free (1:54.25) on the first day of the GCU Quad Meet, as the Scarlet and Black compiled a 6-0 mark vs. Grand Canyon, LMU and Seattle during that weekend (10-21-22) … Logged a pair of top-10 individual finishes at the Fresno State Chick-Fil-A Invitational, placing sixth in the 100 free (51.67) and 10th in the 50 free (23.50) (10-7/8-22) … Also swam the second leg of the Aztecs’ third-place 200 free relay (1:33.58), as the Scarlet and Black took second at the meet … Anchored SDSU’s winning 200 medley relay team (1:45.06) in a dual-meet victory at Pepperdine (10-6-22) … Earned Mountain West all-academic honors following the spring semester and received conference scholar-athlete recognition.
2021-22 SEASON AT POMONA-PITZER (As a Freshman): Made a huge splash in her first collegiate campaign, helping the Sagehens to a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Division III Championships with 226 team points, which marked the squad’s highest placement in over three decades … Collected All-America honors in the 50, 100 and 200 freestyle, the 200 and 400 freestyle relay, as well as the 200 and 400 medley relay … Finished as the national runner-up in the 100 free with a time of 50.10, while placing sixth and seventh in the 50 free (23.00) and 100 free (1:50.55), respectively … Was named the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Newcomer of the Year after helping the Pomona-Pitzer capture the league championship … Emerged victorious in the 200 free (1:50.03) at the SCIAC meet to go with a second-place performance in the 100 free (50.49) and a third-place effort in the 50 free (23.33) … Also contributed to the Sagehens’ four triumphant relay teams, including the 200 medley (1:43.12), the 400 medley (3:45.00), the 200 free relay (3:47.39) and the 400 free relay (3:23.80).
PRIOR TO COLLEGE: Graduated in 2021 from Chatfield High School in Littleton, Colorado, where she was named class valedictorian … Was a prep teammate of fellow Aztec Abby Storm … Earned first-team Class 5A all-state honors from the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) in the 200 free relay as a junior in 2020 … Recorded a pair of fifth-place individual finishes at the 2021 state meet in the 50 free (23.50) and 100 free (51.30) … Joined forces with Storm on Chatfield’s third-place 200 free relay (1:34.47) and their fourth-place 400 free relay (3:27.21), helping the Chargers to a seventh-place team finish with 198 points.
Avery Turney Season 2022-23
PositionFREE
ClassSophomore
HometownLittleton, Colo.
Previous SchoolPomona-Pitzer
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