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Meet The Owls: SCSU Swimming and Diving's Olivia Strelevitz

3/30/2020 10:00:00 AM

Southern Connecticut Athletic Communications will be featuring student-athletes from various teams throughout the remainder of the spring semester and into the summer months. Next up is SCSU Swimming and Diving freshman Olivia Strelevitz (Gales Ferry, Conn.). Strelevitz helped the Owls win the 2020 Northeast 10 Conference Championship by winning the Owls' heat in 800-Yard Freestyle Relay, while also finishing in fourth place in the 200 Yard Backstroke.

Meet SCSU Swimming and Diving's Olivia Strelevitz
 
Name Olivia Strelevitz
Nickname. What do your teammates call you? Why? Liv
What is your favorite tv show? Friends
What is your favorite movie? Toy Story or The Lion King
If someone made a movie about you, who would play your character? Why? Emma Watson—she is super independent and strong-willed, but really goofy (but only the real ones see her silliness).
What professional athlete inspires you? Why? Serena Williams—she isn't afraid to call out the injustices she is presented with.
Why did you choose Southern Connecticut? What set it apart from the other schools you visited? My team. On my recruit trip, they showed me what it would be like to be surrounded by people who love and support you. What a truly healthy social environment is.
What's your favorite course that you've taken at Southern Connecticut and why? How We Choose Our Leaders (HON202-06)—it truly has to do with our modern world, especially in an election year. It doesn't lean to any one side politically. It is literally just teaching us how to look at things and determine if they are fair.
What does wearing the SCSU logo mean to you? Promoting a community that accepts, encourages, and loves anyone and everyone.
Who is your funniest teammate and why? Madelyn Dean (Lawrence, Ks.) — she has the silliest and most unsubtle humor, but she cracks herself up and that is the funniest part.
What's your favorite inspirational quote? She believed she could, so she did.
What is your favorite cereal? Lucky Charms or Cinnamon Toast Crunch
What's the strangest talent you have? I can speak fluent gibberish.
What are three things on your bucket list? See the Northern Lights, live in another country for more than 2 months, volunteer for something that I truly care about.
If you could have any one superpower, which would you choose? Breathe under water...Tim Quill's practices would be so much better
If you could be any animal in the world, what animal would you be and why? Seagull—they just chill, fly, swim, and steal people's food
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