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2013-2014 Women's Swimming Roster

Laura Harris

Laura Harris

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    Dulaney
  • Hometown:
    Phoenix, MD
  • Major:
    Biology

Summary

Biography

Primary Events: 50, 100 Back, 200 Back, 100 Fly

Middle Atlantic Conference Meet Record: 50-yard Freestyle - 23.83, 100-yard Freestyle - 51.90, 100-yard Butterfly - 56.96, 200-yard Backstroke - 2:03.30, 400 Free Relay – 3:33.42, 800 Free Relay - 7:49.43, 200 Medley Relay – 1:47.98

Widener University School Record: 50-yard Freestyle - 23.83, 100-yard Freestyle - 51.90, 100-yard Butterfly - 56.96, 100-yard Backstroke – 58.55, 200-yard Backstroke - 2:03.30, 400 Free Relay – 3:33.42, 800 Free Relay - 7:49.43, 200 Medley Relay – 1:47.98, 400 Medley Relay – 4:02.42

As a Junior in 2012-13: First team All-America in the 100-yard butterfly at the NCAA Championships... She also was Honorable Mention All-America in the 200-yard backstroke and the 200-yard IM... Became the first female athlete in school history and the first overall Widener student-athlete in seven years to become a three-time All-America over a one-week period... Named Most Outstanding Female Swimmer at the MAC Championships for the second time in three years... Won six championships at MACs to bring her career total to 16... Set the conference championship record in the 100-yard butterfly in 55.09 seconds and the 200-yard backstroke in 2:02.62... Won the 200-yard IM and helped Widener to a first-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay, the 400-yard freestyle relay and the 200-yard medley relay at the MAC Championships.

As a Sophomore in 2011-12: Competed in the 50-yard freestyle (24.02), the 100-yard butterfly (58.84) and the 200-yard backstroke (2:06.17) at the NCAA Championships (3/21-22)... Named MAC Women’s Swimmer of the Week (12/5)... Part of the winning 800-yard freestyle relay team that set a new meet-record in 7:49.43 at the MAC Championships (2/12). Also at the MAC Championships, she won the 50-yard freestyle in 24.01 to qualify for the NCAA Championships. She also was a "B" Qualifier after winning the 200-yard backstroke in a meet-record 2:03.30. Finished second in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 57.44. At the Swarthmore Invitational (12/3), she won the 50-yard freestyle in 24.46, took second in the 200-yard backstroke in a school-record breaking 2:07.86, and was a part of four victorious relay teams... Won the 200-yard backstroke over Albright (11/5) in 2:10.50.

As a Freshman in 2010-11: Named the Most Outstanding Female Swimmer and Rookie of the Year after the Women notched their second MAC title (2/13). She won the 50-yard freestyle in 23.93 seconds, the 100-yard butterfly in 56.96 seconds and the 100-yard freestyle in 52.28 seconds to provisionally qualify for the NCAA Championships in each event. Her times in the butterfly along with her 50-yard freestyle mark of 23.83 seconds and her 100-yard freestyle time of 51.90 seconds in the preliminaries are new meet records... Began her campaign with a win over Drexel (10/20) in the 200-yard IM with a time of 2:13.88. Against Scranton (10/30) she had three victories, all of which were records; 24/42 in the 50-yard freestyle, 53.67 in the 100-yard freestyle, and 4:09.30 in the 400-yard medley relay... Against Swarthmore (11/3) she notched three victories again, taking the 200-yard freestyle in 1:58.43, the 200-yard backstroke in 2:12.91 and the 400-yard medley in 4:11.64... She broke two of her own record in a meet against Albright (11/6), taking the 100-yard freestyle in 53.29 and the 400-yard medley relay in 4:07.19... She also won the 50-yard freestyle in 24.50... Against FDU-Florham (11/13), a 14-year old record was broken when she won the 100-yard backstroke in 59.81... At the Rowan Cup (11/20), she took the 50-yard freestyle in 25.08 seconds, the 100-yard freestyle in 55.62 seconds and the 100-yard butterfly in a school-record 1:01.14.School Record: 200-yard Backstroke-2:10.17 (1/22/2011)
MAC Women's Swimming Player of the Week (11/22/2010)
First Place 400-yard Freestyle Relay-3:57.60 (1/22/2011)
First Place 200-yard Freestyle Relay-1:44.19 (1/29/2011)

Notes: Majoring in Biology.

Top Times
Event Time Year
50 Free 23.83 2011
100 Free 51.90 2011
200 Free 1:58.43 2010
100 Back 58.55 2012
200 Back 2:03.30 2012
100 Breast 1:11.10 2012
100 Fly 56.96 2011
200 IM 2:13.88 2010
400 IM 4:53.08 2011

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