Four years ago Shea Solt finished an outstanding high school swimming career.

The Palmerton grad lettered for four years, was a four-time PIAA state qualifier, two-time District 11 Class AA champion and two-time TIMES NEWS Swimmer of the Year.Shea also was an All-American in the 500 freestyle in 2010 and a junior national qualifier.Her scholastic success led her on to the University of Delaware, where she finished up her senior season this year.Solt left her mark on the Blue Hens' swim program making the All-Time top 10 list in five events."It was a little tough making the adjustment in the beginning, making new friends, but swimming definitely made it a little easier," Solt said. "The workload in college was the biggest shock to me. I had to learn time management and that helped me make the adjustment."It didn't take Solt that long to make he adjustment to the pool as she became one of the team's top distance swimmers. It was in her freshman season that she made the Top-10 list in four events.Solt had the second fastest time on the team in the 500 and 1,000-yard freestyle, the 200-yard backstroke and the 400-yard IM She won two events that year and picked up two second place and two third place finishes. In her first collegiate meet against Georgetown, she finished first in the 500-yard freestyle in 5:05.84. She also touched the wall first in the 200-yard backstroke against Widener in 2:14.91.Shea posted the eighth fastest University of Delaware time in the 500 free at the CAA Championships, placing 29th in 5:03.81.She also finished second against George Mason and James Madison in the 1,000 free, in what was the team's second fastest time of the season and the fifth fastest all time (10:23.49).Solt finished 14th at the CAA Championships in the 200-yard backstroke with the fifth fastest time in school history and second fastest on the team (2:04.92).Her final Top-10 time came in the CAA Championships also, when she placed 14th in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:31.14, the fifth fastest in UD program history and second on the season.In her sophomore season, Shea had the eighth fastest 500-yard freestyle time of 5:02.24 at the CAA Championship where she finished 21st. She also posted the third fastest time in UD history in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:28.74. Finished 16th at the CAA Championships in the 400-yard individual medley.Solt swam the second leg of the 800-yard freestyle relay for the team that set the third best time in school history at the CAA Championships. She swam a season's best time of 10:30.88 in the 1000-yard freestyle at the meet against Drexel and Northeastern while winning the event.Shea won the 1000-yard freestyle at the meet against Georgetown and the meet against George Mason and also finished first in the 500-yard freestyle at the meet against Georgetown with a time of 5:12.21. Solt had the team's second best 200-yard backstroke time while competing at the CAA Championships finishing 21st (2:06.06). She also swam a season's best 200-individual medley with a time of 2:13.26, while finishing second at the meet against Widener. Shea also won the 200-yard backstroke against Widener.As a junior, Shea finished second in the 400 IM (4:27.01) and third in the 500 free (5:01.58) at the Bucknell Invitational. Her 500 free time set a team best time for the 2013 season.In a duel meet against Drexel and Northeastern, she finished finish first in the 1000 free (10:23.85) to set a team best for the year. Shea competed in the 1650 free (17:45.24) at the CAA pod meet, set a team season best time in the 200 back (2:06.09) at the Bucknell Invitational and finished first in the 200 free (1:55.44) against George Mason.In her final season, Shea opened up with a first in the 400 IM (4:35.11) for a season personal best and added another season personal best against James Madison in the 1650 freestyle (17:41.39). Against William and Mary and UNC Wilmington in the same POD meet, Shea won the 400 IM (4:40.32).She set a Delaware Top-10 time in the 1,000 freestyle in a tri-meet with Drexel and Northwestern finishing first (10:22.44). She also won the 500 freestyle in that meet (5:07.08)."In high school, the events are much shorter," Solt noted. "The 500 freestyle is the longest, but the 500 was one of my shorter events in college," Solt noted. "It's tough to get used to, tough to train for, like the mile and 2000, but I really enjoyed doing the 400 IM, that was probably my favorite and the 200 back. It was definitely a change going from the 500 (her longest event in high school) to the mile (longest in college)."With the 1000 meters available only at dual meets, Solt took swam that event as much as she could and she felt it was her strongest event during the season.The practice schedule was a little different in college also, with morning practices Monday through Thursday from 5 to 7 a.m. Then after classes, it was back to the pool again from 3 to 5 p.m. The NCAA regulation is that you can practice 20 hours a week."That probably was one of the biggest adjustments I had to make," she said.Solt actually liked swimming the shorter races better, but she was a lot stronger in the longer races. That's why she didn't mind to do both."From my freshman year to my senior year, my events didn't really change that much, because I always swam the 400 and 500 IM, " she said.Solt plans to coach some summer leagues in Delaware and then move to South Carolina after graduation.Despite holding the To-10 times in five events, Solt said her best memory will be her last race ever, because right before it, she realized that was it."I worked my whole life to get there," she said. "I wouldn't have gotten there if I didn't put in all of the hard work in high school."Swimming for 16 years since she was five years old, Shea will finally get to take a break from the day in, day out hard work. And she's earned it.