MEET THE LUMBERJACKS Academic Notes: Majoring in health sciencespublic health with a minor in psychology…WAC All-Academic selection for 2010-11...Two time Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete Award recipient.
Fi Connell Back/IM 5-10 Junior Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia Hills Sports HS
CAREER BESTS 100 BACK - 54.09 200 BACK - 1:57.05 200 IM - 2:03.05
2010-11 (Sophomore): Won a gold medal in the 200 backstroke, a silver medal in the 100 backstroke, and a bronze medal in the 200 Individual Medley at the WAC Championships...Times of 1:57.05 in the 200 back and 54.09 in the lead leg of the 400 medley relay broke NAU school records and set NCAA "B" standard qualifying marks...Time of 2:03.05 in the 200 IM set personal record and was team high score for the season...Earned three All-WAC first team honors...Named a Mid-Major All-American by CollegeSwimming.com...Also part of NAU medley relay teams that finished fourth in the 400 and seventh in the 200 at WAC Championships...Member of team-best 200 and 400 medley relays times during the season...Had eight individual first place finishes in duals. 2009-10 (Freshman): Won two individual gold medals at the 2010 WAC Championships … Set NCAA "B" standard qualifying times in the 100yard backstroke and 200-yard backstroke at the championship meet … Became first multiple winAcademic Notes: Majoring in business…Two time Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete award recipient. 2010-11 (Sophomore): Swam in four events at the WAC Championship...Recorded a team season best time of 24.04 in the 50 freestyle and advanced to the C Final...Posted season best times in the 100 free (52.70) and 100 back (59.34)...Part of 200 free relay team which finished 7th in 1:34.55...Also swam 200 and 400 medley relays during the dual season...Finished second in 200 free relay vs Boise State.
Kelsey Loy Free/Back 5-8 Junior Encinitas, Calif. Torrey Pines HS
CAREER BESTS 50 FREE - 24.04 100 FREE - 52.70 100 BACK - 59.34
ner for NAU at a championship meet since Emily Simon in 2004 … Won silver medal in the 400 medley relay … Earned two All-WAC first team selections … Two All-WAC second team honors … CollegeSwimming.com Mid Major AllAmerican… Two Verizon Wireless WAC Swimmer of the Week awards … Set Wall Aquatic Center pool records in the 100 and 200 backstrokes … Had 11 individual first place finishes and four first place finishes on relays in dual meets. High School: Attended The Hills Sports High School in Seven Hills, New South Wales, Australia…Swam club for Port Macquarie Swim Club...Qualifier for the 2008 Olympic Trials…Semifinalist at Olympic Trials in 2008…Semifinalist at the 2007 and 2009 World Championship Trials…National short course finalist in 2008…Holds Australia Schools Championship records in the 17 and over 50 and 100 meter backstroke events…Represented state at Pacific School Games…Team captain for the state school swimming team final two years. Personal: Fiona Connell was born March 9, 1990 in Dorrigo, NSW, Australia…Daughter of Lyn and Matthew Connell ... Two sisters, Stacey and Lisa … One brother, Scott. Personal: Kelsey Nicole Loy was born Jan. 15, 1991 in La Jolla, Calif…Daughter of Roselle Thompson and Lamont Loy…One brother, Lukaas, and one sister, Ashley…Enjoys hiking, paddle-boarding, and surfing.
2009-10 (Freshman): Swam in three exhibition events at the WAC Championships … Turned in two season-best times in the 50-yard freestyle (25.05) and 100-yard backstroke (1:01.88) … Swam in all seven dual meets for the Lumberjacks … Part of second-place 200-yard freestyle relay against Washington State … On second-place 400-meter medley relay against Idaho. High School: Graduated from Torrey Pines High School in San Diego, Calif. … Swam for head coach Richard Contres … Named All-North County in 2009.
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