Hamilton College

Astrid Escobar is in her third season as a member of the Hamilton College swimming & diving coaching staff. Escobar was the program's interim head coach during the 2016-17 season. She came to the Continental program after a stellar career at Sewanee (the University of the South).

A 2014 graduate of Sewanee, Escobar was a six-time NCAA qualifier for the Tigers. She competed in the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke three times apiece, earning All-America honors in the 100-yard breaststroke in 2012 and 2013 and the 200 breaststroke in 2013. She served as team captain her senior year and captured seven conference titles. Escobar set Sewanee's school and pool records in both breaststroke events and swam on school-record 200 and 400 medley relays.

She earned a bachelor's degree in biochemistry and was named Sewanee's senior athlete of the year in 2014. She was valedictorian of her high school class, graduating from Northview High School in Dothan, Ala., where she earned scholastic all-America recognition.