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2018-19 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Oreoluwa Cherebin

  • Position Butterfly
  • Height 5-0
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool St. Joseph's Convent
  • Hometown St. George, Grenada

Biography

2017-18

  • 2017-18 MAAC All-Academic Team
  • Placed third in the 50y freestyle and was part of the third place 200y medley relay team in the Oct. 27 dual meet win at Holy Cross
  • Placed third in the 100 SCM butterfly in the Nov. 4 dual meet win at Providence
  • Placed third in the 50y freestyle in the  Nov. 18 dual meet win at Marist
  • Placed third in the 50 SCM freestyle and 100 SCM butterfly and was part of the winning 200 SCM freestyle relay team  in the Jan. 12 dual meet win over St. Francis Brooklyn
  • Placed second in the 100 SCM breaststroke and third in the 200 SCM breaststroke in the Jan. 31 dual meet win over Manhattan
  • Placed third in the 50y freestyle in the Feb 3 tri-meet win over Coast Guard and Wesleyan


2016-17: At the Terrier Invitational in November swam the 100 butterfly in 1:00.61, the ninth fastest time in program history. Set two more personal bests at the MAAC Championships in Buffalo, New York. Finished the 50 freestyle in 25.31 and the 100 breaststroke in 1:07.46 finishing in ninth. Her time in the 100 breaststroke ranks third fastest in program history. Also earned a 16th place finish in the 100 butterfly B-Final with a time of 1:00.89. 

Before Fairfield: Attended Harrisburg Area Community College before transferring to Fairfield. Represented Grenada at the Commonwealth Games in 2014, at the FINA World Championships in 2013 and 2015, and the Pan American Games in 2015. Competed at the 2016 Olympics in Rio in the 100m butterfly.

Personal: Daughter of Pam and George Cherebin… Has three siblings, Xiomara Forsyth (31), Sam Cherebin (28), and Ifeoma Cherebin (13)… Major is Chemistry.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Sophomore

    Butterfly
    5'0"
  • 2017-18Junior

    Butterfly
    5'0"
  • 2018-19Senior

    Butterfly
    5'0"