LSU Record-holder in the 200 individual medley, 200 backstroke and 800 freestyle relay
2010 NCAA Championships Qualifier
Counsilman-Hunsaker National Collegiate Swimmer-of-the-Week (10/20/09)
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2009-10)
Emerged as a school record-holder and one of the team’s top performers in her first season with the program … Also qualified individually for the NCAA Championships … Led the team in the 100 and 200 back and 200 I.M. … Competed in nine dual meets, Houston’s Cougar Classic Invitational, SEC Championships, Bulldog Last Chance Meet and NCAA’s … Swam in three events and two relays at NCAA’s … Placed 28th in the 200 I.M. with a mark of 1:59.70 … Also recorded 33rd and 44th in the 100 and 200 back, respectively … Reached the finals of the 100 and 200 back at SEC’s, earning seventh in both with marks of 53.73 and 1:56.89, respectively … Her time in the 200 back shattered the program record and her mark in the 100 back is second all-time at LSU … Also finished 14th in the 200 I.M. (2:01.59) and led off the Lady Tigers’ program record-breaking 800 free relay, which took fourth (7:14.54) … Led the women’s squad at the Cougar Classic with a school-record performance and four NCAA provisional qualifying cuts … Broke Lady Tiger great Lucy Findlay’s 14-year-old school record in the 200 I.M. with a time of 1:58.74 to earn second overall … Swam to a runner-up finish in the 100 back (54.34) and took third in both the 200 free (1:48.05) and 200 back (1:58.48) at that competition … Named Counsilman-Hunsaker National Collegiate Female Swimmer-of-the-Week (10/20/09) after a stellar LSU debut in the season-opener versus nationally-ranked Tennessee … Swept her individual events, broke a then-school-record in the 200 back (1:57.45) and recorded ‘B’ cuts in both the 200 I.M. and 200 back … Won 14 individual races during the dual-meet season in the 100 and 200 back, 200 I.M., 100, 200 and 500 free, 100 butterfly and 100 breaststroke … Registered sweeps of her individual events in a tri-meet against Houston, Rice and Tulane as well as a home win versus Tulane … Earned her first varsity letter.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2008-09 AT CALIFORNIA)
An impact performer and NCAA qualifier in her first season with the national champion California Bears … Transferred to LSU and will be eligible to compete in the 2009-10 season … Competed in three individual events at the 2009 NCAA Championships … Posted a 29th-place finish in the 100 back with a time of 53.44 … Finished 36th in the 200 back (1:54.85) and 38th in the 200 I.M. (1:59.51) … Qualified for the ‘A’ final of all three of her races at the Pac-10 Championships … Claimed fourth overall in the 200 back with a mark of 1:54.71 … Took eighth in both the 100 back (53.55) and 200 I.M. (2:00.73).
PRIOR TO CALIFORNIA
One of the top swimming prospect at the prep level in the country … Named Swimming World Magazine’s National Female High School Swimmer of the Year in both 2007 and 2008 … Shattered a national high school record in the 200 I.M. with a time of 1:56.45 and broke the public high school record in the 100 back (53.03).
PERSONAL
Born Aug. 7, 1991 in Anchorage, Alaska … Parents are Gene and Martha Beck … Has one younger sister, Margaret … Majoring in marine biology.
TOP TIMES (AT CALIFORNIA AND LSU)
200 freestyle, 1:47.40, 2009 Pac-10 Championships
100 backstroke, 53.44, 2009 NCAA Championships
200 backstroke, 1:54.36, 2009 Pac-10 Championships
200 individual medley, 1:58.74*, 2009 at Cougar Classic Fall Invitational
* – Indicates LSU record