Ava Ippoliti of Dripping Springs, Texas has announced her commitment to swim and study at Duke University starting in the fall. Ippoliti is currently a senior and swims year-round with Longhorn Aquatics.
Ippoliti is a breaststroke specialist. She’s already made strides her senior year, setting best times in the 100 breast (1:02.42) and 200 breast (2:15.58) at a Longhorn Aquatics-hosted meet in November. There, she also lowered her best times in the 200 IM (2:05.94) and 400 IM (4:29.83).
Ippoliti capped off her 2023 with an appearance at Winter Juniors – West where she made her first final at a junior national level meet, placing 15th in the 200 breast (2:15.77). At the 2022 edition of the meet, she placed 36th with a then-best time of 2:16.95.
She most recently competed at the Knoxville TYR Pro Swim Series in the 100 breast and 200 breast. In the shorter event she clocked 1:13.80, just off her best of 1:13.51, to place 40th overall.
Top SCY Times:
- 100 breast – 1:02.42
- 200 breast – 2:15.58
- 200 IM – 2:05.94
- 400 IM – 4:29.83
The Duke women recently placed 5th at the 2024 ACC Championships, amassing 779.5 points for their highest point total in program history. Their breaststroke group was led by sophomore All-American Kaelyn Gridley, who placed 3rd in the 100 breast (58.81) and 4th in the 200 breast (2:08.48).
Ippoliti already has ACC-scoring times in her primary events, and would have just snuck into the C-finals of the 100 breast (22nd) and 200 breast (23rd) at this season’s ACCs.
Ippoliti joins Alexa Conner, Clare Logan, Kate Meyers-Labenz, and Gemma Undercofler in Duke’s incoming freshman class.
Congratulations, Ava!