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Speedo Sectionals qualifier Sienna Zauder has announced her verbal commitment to stay in-state and swim at the University of Nevada beginning in the fall of 2027. She publicized the news in an email to SwimSwam, writing:
I am excited to announce my verbal commitment to the University of Nevada, Reno to continue my academic and swimming career!! Thank you to my family, coaches, teammates, and everyone who has supported me throughout this journey. I am grateful for this opportunity and excited for the next chapter as a member of the Wolf Pack family. Go Pack!!
A rising senior at Arbor View High School in Las Vegas, Zauder trains year-round with the Sandpipers of Nevada and primarily specializes in sprint freestyle and butterfly.
Zauder is coming off a 2025-26 short course season that saw her make a sizable leap in the butterfly events. She entered the season with personal bests of 58.69 and 2:18.76 in the 100 and 200 fly, and ended it with times of 57.58 and 2:07.59. In addition to her improvements across fly, she also chipped about two tenths off her best time in the 50 free.
Zauder set the majority of her current lifetime bests across two meets during the back half of her season: Speedo Sectionals – Walnut and the Western Zone Senior Championships. At Sectionals, she clocked a lifetime best of 2:07.59 in the 200 fly, a then-PB of 57.88 in the 100 fly, along with a season best of 24.07 in the 50 free, and times of 26.08 in the 50 fly, 53.34 in the 100 free, and 1:56.71 in the 200 free. She then capped her season at Western Zones in late March, where she clocked career bests in the 50 free (23.44) and 100 fly (57.58), in addition to a season best of 1:55.19 in the 200 free.
Her lifetime bests in the 100 and 200 free still stand from the 2024-2025 season; she posted 51.36 at the Southern Region Championships and 1:54.15 at the Sandpipers’ Las Vegas Super Finals Invite.
Top SCY Times:
- 50 Freestyle: 23.44
- 100 Freestyle: 51.36
- 200 Freestyle: 1:54.15
- 100 Butterfly: 57.58
- 200 Butterfly: 2:07.59
A Division I Mid-Major program, the Nevada women finished fifth out of 11 teams at the Mountain West Conference Championships this past season. To earn a second swim at the meet, swimmers needed times of 54.92 and 2:04.71 in the 100 and 200 fly, and 23.36, 50.98, and 1:51.49 in the 50, 100, and 200 free, cuts that Zauder’s current bests fall just outside of. Given that she’s within striking distance of those scoring times in the 50 and 100 free, and still has two full seasons of training ahead before lining up at her first conference meet, she will likely make an immediate impact for the Wolf Pack.
Zauder joins Kim Kulow and Mac Wheeler in committing to Nevada’s class of 2031 so far.
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