NCAA qualifier Miriam Sheehan has entered the NCAA Transfer Portal after one season at NC State University. Sheehan, a Puerto Rican Olympian, split her age group training between clubs in Arizona and Iowa.
She qualified for the NCAA Championships as a freshman via a 52.28 that she swam in the 100 backstroke in her very first collegiate dual meet on October 20th against Arizona State. She also had bonus swims from a 22.26 mid-season 50 free and a 52.41 in the 100 fly from the ACC Championships, though she wound up scratching the 100 fly at NCAAs last week.
Sheehan earned First Team All-America honors by splitting 21.91 on the anchor leg of NC State’s 7th-place 200 free relay.
She also swam the butterfly leg of NC State’s 3rd-place-finishing 200 medley relay that was disqualified when anchor Katharine Berkoff, who exchanged off Sheehan’s finish, left the block early.
Of those times for Sheehan, only the 50 free was a personal best at NC State.
Time Progression:
| Best Pre-NC State |
Best At NC State
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| 50 free | 22.49 | 22.26 |
| 100 back | 51.99 | 52.28 |
| 100 fly | 51.67 | 52.41 |
At NCAAs, Sheehan finished 57th in the 50 free (22.55) and 42nd in the 100 back (52.96) individually.
Sheehan represents Puerto Rico internationally and holds or shares nine different Puerto Rican Records in swimming. At the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, she finished 38th in the 100 free and 31st in the 100 fly. She holds best times of 55.95 and 59.94 in those events in long course, respectively.
The NCAA Transfer Portal for Division I swimming & diving opened on Wednesday, March 13th, and most athletes have 45 days to enter in order to be eligible for next season. While a few big names went in the portal upon opening, the activity is expected to pick up after the conclusion of the NCAA Championship meets last weekend and this coming weekend for men.
Entering the portal does not guarantee a transfer; rather it allows student-athletes the opportunity to discuss the possibility of transferring with other programs. On rare occasion, we have seen student-athletes enter the portal and ultimately decide to stay with their programs.
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I heard last night that a bunch of freshman women swimmers at NC state are entering the transfer portal. Is that right? Seems like a high energy program with a lot of talent.
100% speculation but it would fit if true. Maybe they know something about a coach going somewhere.
Wonder how this’ll shake out. Kinda excited 🤔
Sheesh. Don’t blame her one bit. She went into NCSU thinking they were 5th in the country only to end up 9th. That’s a huge slip. Somethings up, whether it’s the swimmers or the coaches, something has to change.
5th to 9th is a “huge” slip? It would be interesting to see actual data on this, but my perception is that it’s always been fairly volatile in the top 10/15 year to year, with like one or two teams being exceptions
Man, I wonder what will happen. Would red shirting next year be a option? Would she stop going to college? (Homeschool again) Maybe she does find a school but do they have a decent scholarship for her this late in the year? Is Olympic trials still on the table? Would she go with NC state? I’ve got so many questions.
Such as shame to see talent like that not work out. A loss for both sides.
Sheehan, I hope you keep moving forward, it’s a pity things didn’t go in a way you would’ve wanted. You’re an amazing swimmer. Keep working hard!
Maybe she didn’t get as much playing time as she thinks she deserves or is leaving in search of more NIL money….wait wrong thread….or maybe she is one of thousands of college freshmen who decide to try something new for a whole variety of personal reasons