Top Collegiate Performances
50 Free: 30.48; at MIT Invitational (Dec. 1-3, 2023) PB
100 Free: 1:05.40; at MIT Invitational (Dec. 1-3, 2023) PB 
500 Free: 6:10.86; at GNAC Championship (Feb. 2-4, 2024) PB
1000 Free: 13:09.85; UNE - Colby Sawyer (Nov. 11, 2023) 
50 Breast: 37.33; at GNAC Championship (Feb. 2-4, 2024) PB 
100 Breast: 1:20.92; at GNAC Championship (Feb. 2-4, 2024) PB
100 IM: 1:14.65; GNAC Championship (Feb. 2-4, 2024) PB
200 IM: 2:45.16; at MIT Invitational (Dec. 1-3, 2023) PB

2023-24: Appeared in eight meets for the Sharks ... Registered a top collegiate time of 1:19.76 in the 100 Yard IM against Westfield State (Oct. 16) ... Posted a top collegiate performance at the time in the 500 Yard Freestyle (6:26.15) against Smith College (Oct. 27) ... Nearly eclipsed her top collegiate time in the 500 Yard Freestyle in a double dual meet against Merrimack and Wellesley (Nov. 4), touching the wall with a time of 6:29.41 ... Recorded a pair of top collegiate times in a double-dual meet against the University of New England and Colby-Sawyer (Nov. 11): posting a time of 13:09.85 in the 1,000 Yard Freestyle and a time of 41.53 in the 50 Yard Breaststroke, which would later be broken ... Member of the 400 Yard Freestyle Relay B squad that finished third with a time of 4:22.04 against the University of New England and Colby-Sawyer College (Nov. 11) … Swam a  top collegiate time of 1:25.06 in the 100 breaststroke at the MIT Invitational (Dec. 2) … Shed over a second off her 50-yard breaststroke at the Seven Sisters Invitational with a time of 40.08 (Jan. 21) … Posted a new personal best in four events over the span of the weekend at the GNAC Championship, finishing with 6:10.86 in the 500 Yard Freestyle (Feb. 3), 1:14.65 in the 100 Yard IM (Feb. 3), registering a top collegiate time in the 100 Yard Breaststroke of 1:20.92 (Feb. 2), and shedding an additional 3 seconds off her previous 50 Yard Breaststroke record, for a time of 37.33 (Feb. 4).

Before Simmons: 
Three-sport Varsity letterwinner at Waltham High School ... Swam four years on the Hawks swimming and diving team ... Captained the Hawks as a senior ... Also played four years of Varsity field hockey and four years of Varsity lacrosse ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Excelled in AP Biology and Principles of Biomedical Science ... Daughter of Lauren and Brian Doherty ... Enjoys reading and spending time with family and friends and dog, Henry.