Sophia Frei

Position:
Back, Free
Height:
5-8
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Denver, Colo.
High School:
Regis Jesuit

Career Best Times

50 Free — 22.99 • 50 Back — 23.78r • 100 Back — 51.22r • 200 Back — 1:51.24

No. 1 All-Time 200-Yard Backstroke: 1:51.24 (2026)

No. 4 All-Time 100-Yard Backstroke: 51.22r (2026)

As a Junior (2025-26)
Competed in 10 meets • Set the school record in the 200 back at 1:51.24 • Moved to No. 4 all-time at UNC in the 100 back with a time of 51.22 as the leadoff leg of the 400 medley relay • Earned All-ACC honors by finishing eighth in the 200 back at the ACC Championships • Also placed 14th in the 100 back, 41st in the 50 free and helped the 400 medley relay to a sixth-place finish, the 200 medley relay to a seventh place and the 400 free relay to a 12th-place finish at the league meet • Claimed Honorable Mention All-America honors in the 200 back with an 11th-place finish at the NCAA Championships • Took 23rd in the 100 back and helped the 400 medley relay finish 14th and the 200 medley relay place 21st at the national meet • Named to the All-ACC Academic Team.

As a Sophomore (2024-25)
Competed in 10 meets • Posted six podium finishes in the 100 backstroke (3) and 200 backstroke (3) • Finished fifth in the 200 back and sixth in the 100 back against Auburn • Claimed bronze in the 100 and 200 back against South Carolina • Swam personal-best times in the 100 back (7th place) and 200 back (5th place) against Virginia • Lowered her best times in the 50 free, 100 back (3rd place) and 200 back (7th place) at the Gamecock Invitational • Placed fifth in the 100 and 200 back against Duke • Swam a personal-best time for fourth place in the 200 back and finished sixth in the 100 back at N.C. State • Moved to No. 5 all-time UNC in 200 back at the UNC Invitational • Scored in the 100 back (20th place, No. 10 all-time at UNC) and 200 back (11th place, No. 4 all-time at UNC) at the ACC Championships • Recorded a personal-best time to win the 200 back (No. 4 all-time at UNC, 1:52.64) and finished second in the 100 back at the Tennessee Last Chance Invitational • Earned CSCAA Second-Team All-America status in the 200 back (PB, 16th place, No. 2 all-time at UNC, 1:51.69) and competed in the 100 back at the NCAA Championships.

As a Freshman (2023-24)
Competed in eight meets • Landed six podium finishes • Posted PRs in 100 and 50 Back during the Cavalier Invitational and the Princeton Big AL Invitational

High School
Four-year letterwinner for coach Nick Frashersmith at Regis Jesuit High School • Trained and competed with the University of Denver Hilltoppers • NISCA All-America • Colorado high school state championship finalist • Placed second in the 100 backstroke at the 2023 CHSAA 5A championships • Speedo Sectional and Junior National qualifier.

Personal
Parents are Donald and Debbie Frei • Born May 16, 2005 in Denver, Colo. • Has an older brother, Aidan, and younger sister, Abigail.