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Laura Goettler

  • position Breaststroke/IM
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Butler, PA
  • High school Butler Senior
  • position Breaststroke/IM
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Butler, PA
  • High school Butler Senior

Laura Goettler Bio

Goettler’s Top Times
Event

100 Breast

200 Breast

200 IM

400 IM

Time

1:01.93t

2:10.29t

1:58.16

4:10.27p

Date

3/2/24

3/2/24

2/15/23

2/16/22

Meet

at UGA Last Chance Meet

at UGA Last Chance Meet

SEC Championships

SEC Championships

Location

Athens, GA

Athens, GA

College Station, TX

College Station, TX

! = School Record  |  p = Prelims  |  t = Time Trial  |  # = Leadoff Split/Split

2023-24 (SENIOR)

  • Claimed a pair of event wins in the 200 breast, winning during the season-opener at UNCW and at the Gamecock Invitational
  • At the Gamecock Invitational, finished 7th in the 100 breast, 1st in the 200 breast, 4th in the 200 IM, and 2nd in the 400 IM
  • Made the SEC Championship team where she individually competed in the 200 breast, 200 IM, and 400 IM
  • Advanced to the finals of all three individual events that she competed in at the SEC Championships, finishing 8th in the 200 breast, 23rd in the 200 IM, and 13th in the 400 IM
  • Set a pair of new personal best times in the breaststroke events at the UGA Last Chance Meet – 1:01.93 in the 100 breast and 2:10.29 in the 200 breast

2022-23 (JUNIOR)

  • Was a top performer for the Gamecocks, consistently placing in the top-five of all four events that she competed in
  • In the 100 breast, placed third during four different dual meets – versus Army, LSU, North Carolina, and Georgia
  • In the 200 breast, won the event at the Gamecock Invitational and achieved four other top-three finishes
  • Made the SEC Championship team where she competed in the 200 breast, 200 IM, and 400 IM and set new personal best times in each event
  • Made the finals of all three individual events that she competed in at the SEC Championships placing 14th in the 200 breast (2:11.19), 20th in the 200 IM (1:58.16), and 8th in the 400 IM (4:13.37)
  • Earned an invitation to the NCAA Championships where she competed in the 200 breast, 200 IM, and 400 IM with her best finish coming in the 400 IM (27th) 

2021-22 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Competed in four events during her first year at South Carolina – the 100 and 200 breast and the 200 and 400 IM
  • Placed first in the 200 breast during the meet versus Gardner-Webb and first in the 200 IM during the meet at Georgia
  • Placed four entries in the program record book during her first year as a Gamecock
  • Competed on the SEC Championship team in the 200 breast, 200 IM and the 400 IM

PRE-SOUTH CAROLINA

  • Achieved Olympic Trial qualifying time at 2019 Summer Nationals in the 200 breaststroke
  • 2019 and 2020 PIAA champion in the 100 breaststroke
  • Recorded a pool record in the 200-yard breaststroke of 2:18.01 at Duquesne University, where she also was on the 200-yard medley relay team