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Hillsdale College

2025-26 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Irene del Castro

  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Gijon, Asturias, Spain
  • High School IES Universidad Laboral
  • Events Backstroke

Biography

2024-25: Competed in four individual events for the Chargers at the 2025 G-MAC/MEC Championships, with a top finish of seventh in 200 backstroke (2:09.98)...also placed 10th in the 1,000 freestyle (10:59.73) and 11th in the 1,650 freestyle (18:39.30)...ranks 10th all-time in program history in the 200 backstroke.

2023-24: Competed in four individual events for Hillsdale at the 2024 G-MAC/MEC Championships, with top finishes of ninth in the 1,650 freestyle (18:32.73) and 10th in the 1,000 freestyle (11:01.89).

High School: Strong prospect from Spain...competed in 10 national championships in her home country, placing in the top 15 in the 200m backstroke in five of them and swimming in the finals in three of them...helped her club team, Real Grupo de Cultura Covadonga, promote from the second to the first division in Spanish competition in 2021...strong student who graduated with honors after posting the equivalent of a 3.8 or better GPA throughout her secondary school education...parents are Gonzalo Del Castro Galan and Silvia Marta Saavedra Garcia.

Top times:

50 Free: 27.76 (2023)

100 Free: 1:02.80 (2024)

200 Free: 2:06.78 (2023)

1,000 Free: 10:59.73 (2025)

1,650 Free: 18:23.88 (2023)

100 Back: 1:00.91 (2023)

200 Back: 2:09.98 (2025)

200 IM: 2:23.33 (2023)

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

  • 2024-25Sophomore

  • 2025-26Junior