The University of Akron Athletics
2008-09 Women's Swimming and Diving

Cheri Baratto
- Class:
- Senior
 
- High School:
- South Vermillion
 
- Hometown:
- Clinton, Ind.
 
| Cheri Baratto's PersonalRecords | ||
| Event | Time | Year | 
| 100 Breast | 1:05.10 | 2006-07 | 
| 200 Breast | 2:22.91 | 2005-06 | 
| 200 IM | 2:23.56 | 2006-07 | 
as a Junior (2007-08): Helped the 200-yardmedley relay team to one 1st place victory against Marshall andtallied five 2nd place finishes (Ball State, Oakland, Miami,Buffalo and Toledo)...Impressive swims with the 400-yard medleyrelay team including a pair of 2nd place finishes against EasternMichigan and Bowling Green...Recorded a 3rd place finish againstOhio...In solo competition, landed among the top five swimmers onfifteen different occasions in either the 100 or 200-yardbreaststroke events...Baratto recorded a first place finish in the100-yard breaststroke against Oakland...Registered first placevictories against Ball State and Bowling Green in the 200-yardbreaststroke...Baratto also notched 2nd place victories in the sameevent against Ohio and Buffalo...
as a Sophomore (2006-07): Tallied 11 individualtop-five finishes and six relay top-five finishes, including onevictory in the 200 yard medley relay (1:53.53) vs. Youngstown State(1/14/07) ... shined at the MAC Championship meet (2/14/07-2/17/07)with a mark of 1:05.10 in the 100 yard breaststroke, which issecond all-time in school history ... recorded the second-bestteam-time in the 200 yard breast, clocking in at 2:23.73 at theSummaCare Invitational (12/1/06-12/3/06) ... set a newpersonal-best mark of 2:23.56 in the 200 yard IM at the SummaCaremeet.
as a Freshman (2005-06): Recorded one relayvictory while posting 14 individual and 10 relay top-five finishes... most impressive meet of the season came at the MACChampionships (2/23/-2/25/06) where she posted a fifth-place finishin the 100 breaststroke with a then personal-best time of 1:05.46... she later added a seventh-place finish in the 200 breaststrokeat the league championship meet with a time of 2:23.07 ... endedthe season on a tear, posting 10 top-five finishes in 11breaststroke events, including four runner-up finishes ... earnedher first relay victory in the first race of the season, helpingthe 300 breaststroke team to victory in a time of 3:25.68 at theTom Stubbs Relays (10/14/05).
 at South Vermillion High School: A four-yearletterwinner in swimming, cross country and track ... won the 100breaststroke at the sectional meet with a time of 1:07.21 andfinished seventh in the 100 breaststroke in a time of 1:08.11 atthe 2004 Indiana High School State Championships ... owns schoolrecords in the 100 breaststroke and the 200 IM ... earned all-statehonors in 2004 ... was a three-time team MVP honoree ... won foursectional championships and was a four-time state qualifier.
 Personal: Daughter of Raymond and Carolyn Baratto... has two sisters, Melinda (28) and Regina (25) ... doublemajoring in business ... has a 3.67 GPA.










