From the moment Sevanah Oravets swam her first race for Southern Regional as a freshman in 2022, everybody knew she was a special breed of swimmer. As her four years blazed by, it was obvious to anybody who knew her that college swimming was in her future.

“I don’t know myself without swimming. I’m not even sure what life would be like. I wouldn’t know what to do,” said Oravets, a week before leaving for Harrisonburg, Va. “When I was growing up, I did a lot of other sports.