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2022-23 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Parker Waters

Mya Drost-Parra

  • Class
    Senior
  • Highschool
    Fairview
  • Hometown
    Boulder, Co.

Biography

Mya Drost-Parra

Career Top Times:

50 Back: 27.74 at Phill Hansel Invitational (11/21/19 - 11/23/19); Pre-Tulane: 27.44 (12/17)

50 Free: 26.21 at  (11/22); Pre-Tulane: 25.09 (2/19)

50 Fly: 25.82 at CSCAA National Invitational Championship (3/12/2020)

100 Back: 57.09 at Phill Hansel Invitational (11/21/19 - 11/23/19); Pre-Tulane: 56.57 (2/19)

100 Fly: 55.09 at (2/22) 

100 Free: 54.24 at (11/22); Pre-Tulane: 53.68 (3/19)

200 Back: 1:58.44 at American Swimming and Diving Championships (2/19/2020 - 2/22/2020)

200 Fly: 2:01.58 at American Swimming and Diving Championships (2/19/2020 - 2/22/2020)

200 Free: 1:54.07 at Phill Hansel Invitational (11/17/2022 - 11/19/2022)

200 IM: 2:04.13 at Phill Hansel Invitational (11/17/2022 - 11/19/2022)

400 IM: 4:18.07 at AAC Championship (2/13/23 - 2/18/23)

 

As a Senior (2022-23): Started the season with a sixth place finish (2:06.00) in 200-yard butterfly and a fifth place finish (2:04.70) in 200-yard backstroke at LSU (Sep. 23)... Finished fourth (4:31.03) at the Triple Dual Meet in Dallas (Jan. 13 - 14) in the 400 yard IM... Member of the second place (1:48.48) 200 yard medley team at UWF (Jan. 28)... Placed second at the UWF meet (Jan. 28) in the 200 IM (2:09.35) and 100 yard butterfly (57.79)… Set a lifetime best at the AAC Championship (Feb. 13-18) in the 400 IM (4:18.07)... Achieved a season best in the 200 back (1:58.44) at the AAC Championship (Feb. 13-18)

 

As a Junior (2021-22): Started her season on the podium in both the 200 IM (2:09.02) and the 200 butterfly (2:05.53) at Little-Rock (Oct. 8)... Placed first as a part of the 400 medley relay team (3:39.12) and the 200 butterfly (2:06.49) at West Florida (Oct.15)... Earned at first place finish in the 400 IM (4:30.09) at Vanderbilt (Nov. 6)... Finished second in the 200 backstroke (2:05.49) at LSU (Dec. 4)... Had a career best time in the 200 butterfly (2:03.34) at Houston (Jan. 21)... Earned All-Conference honors as a member of the 400 medley relay team (3:40.15) at the AAC Championships (Feb. 16)

 

As a Sophomore (2020-21): Opened her second season Uptown with a second-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly (58.38) against Delta State (Oct. 17), also helping Tulane’s 200-yard medley relay team to a first-place finish (1:46.87)...Finished second in the 200-yard backstroke (2:02.80), third in the 400 IM (4:28.29) and fourth in the 200-yard butterfly (2:05.88) at Rice (Nov. 20-21)...Finished third in the 400-yard IM (4:23.87), fourth in the 200-yard backstroke (2:03.19) and fifth in the 200-yard butterfly (2:04.50) at LSU (Dec. 14)...Earned a second-place finish in the 400-yard IM with a time of 4:28.34, also finishing third in both the 100-yard backstroke (57.96) and 200-yard backstroke events (2:04.80) against SMU (Jan. 23)…Won the 200-yard butterfly (2:06.65) and 100-yard butterfly (58.36) events against West Florida (Jan. 30)...Helped Tulane to a third-place finish in the 400-yard medley relay with a time of 3:41.73, also finishing seventh in the 400-yard IM (4:23.81) and the 200-yard backstroke (2:01.13) and earning a career-best time of 2:04.28 in the 200-yard butterfly at the AAC Championship (2/25-2/27)

 

As a Freshman (2019-2020): Made her collegiate debut at LSU (Sept. 28), as she competed in two events...Posted a pair of third-place finishes in the 100-yard butterfly (58.33) and 200-yard butterfly (2:06.64) events at Houston (Oct. 3)...Finished runner-up in the opening day of Dual-A-Pool-Ooza against FIU (Oct. 18)...Swam the opening leg of the 100-yard medley relay (49.89) that finished runner-up against Rice...Placed fourth in the 400-yard IM (4:33.14) while competing against FGCU, Illinois and Liberty (Jan. 4)...Posted a pair of top three finishes against West Florida and Hendrix (Jan. 10), as she took second in the 100-yard butterfly (58.46) and third in the 200-yard butterfly (2:13.18)...Placed fourth in the 400-yard IM (4:18.99) and eighth in the 200-yard backstroke (1:58.44) in the American Athletic Conference Championships (Feb. 19-22)

 

Prior to Tulane: Enjoyed a stellar high school career where she was a four-time Colorado 5A State Championship finalist…Ranked as the 17th-best prospect in the state of Colorado according to CollegeSwimming.com…Swam on the third-place 400 freestyle relay team during the state championships…Helped guide Fairview High School to a second-place team finish in 2017 and 2018 and a winning performance in 2016…Received the school's High Character Athlete Award


Personal: Majoring in psychology with a minor in Spanish.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    Back/Fly
  • 2020-21Junior

    Back/Fly
  • 2021-22Junior

    IM/FLY/BACK
  • 2022-23Senior