Sydney Grube Photo contributed
Sydney Grube, a senior at The Potomac School, has committed to swim for the University of Chicago. Grube will become the first Potomac athlete to swim at the collegiate level since 2006. “It’s been a goal of mine to swim in college,” she says. “I’m very excited about this opportunity.”
So far in her senior season, Grube has captained Potomac’s girls swim team to a seventh-place finish in the Independent School League championships; individually, she placed third in the 100-yard breaststroke. During her junior season, Grube finished sixth in the 100 breaststroke and 11th in the 200 individual medley at the Virginia states. In addition, she set school records at the Washington Metropolitan Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Championships in the 100 breaststroke, 200 individual medley, and the 200 medley relay. She notes, “It’s been a lot of fun watching the team continually improve.”
Grube is eager to bring her skills to a University of Chicago team that was ranked eighth in the country for Division III swimming in December. “I was attracted to the school’s well-rounded liberal arts education and strong swimming program,” she says. “I’m looking forward to training hard and contributing to the team.”