Background
Dryden was born in Calgary, Alberta in 1975.
Dryden was born in Calgary, Alberta in 1975.
Brown University; University of Florida.
At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, Dryden reached the finals with the Canadian women"s relay teams in the 4x100-metre freestyle relay (eighth) and in the 4x100-metre medley relay (sixth). In the individual women"s 100-metre backstroke, Dryden advanced to the consolation final, finishing fourteenth overall. She also participated in qualifying heats of the women"s 200-metre freestyle and the women"s 200-metre backstroke.
Four years later at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, Dryden placed fourteenth in the women"s 800-metre freestyle.
Dryden earned her juris doctor degree from Brooklyn Law School in Brooklyn, New York in 2005, and currently works as a human rights and immigration lawyer in the New York City office of Fragomen, Delegate Rey, Bernsen & Loewy. Dryden previously served as a visa officer for the Australian High Commission in Sri Lanka and Kenya, and worked for the International Organization for Migration with Somali immigration officials.
Dryden also volunteers as an athlete ambassador for several organizations that work to support the rights of children around the world, including Right To Play and SwimLanka. She is also a celebrity swimmer for Swim Across America, a charitable organization that works with former Olympic swimmers to raise funds for cancer research.
Dryden accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she was a member of the Florida Gators swimming and diving team from 1993 to 1996.