Sara Lowe

Sara Elizabeth Lowe (born April 30, 1984), also known by her married name Sarah Lilly, was an All American competitor in synchronized swimming for Stanford University, and won a bronze medal in synchronized swimming team competition at the 2004 Athens Olympics. The 2004 U.S. Olympic team was managed by Santa Clara Aquamaid's Assistant Coach Nancy Hines.

Stanford University Considered the most impactful member of Stanford's synchronized swimming team in the program's history, Lowe started her role as a student involved in Stanford Collegiate athletics in the fall of 2004, and graduated with a degree in communication in 2008. She was an All-American four-times, and a member of Stanford teams that won four consecutive U.S. Collegiate National Championships, while capturing the Collegiate High Point Athlete award each of her four years at Stanford. She served as captain during her sophomore, junior and senior years. She completed a Masters in Business Administration from St. Mary's College in the Spring of 2017. In 2016, she guided the program to the U.S. Collegiate National Championship in Gainesville, Florida. In 2017, she coached the Stanford team to a second-place finish at the U.S. National Collegiate Championships in Columbus, Ohio, with the Ohio State team finishing first. From around 2015 until 2018, she coached Stanford's synhcronized swimming team to three first-place finishes at the Western Regional Championships.

Honors As an athlete, she was nominated for the United States Olympic Committee Sports Woman of the Year as a junior in 2007 and as a senior in 2008. She was named USA Synchronized Swimming Athlete of the Year twice.

She has twice been voted USA Synchro Coach of the year, once in 2013, and once in 2016.