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Christina Lappin

  • position Freestyle/Butterfly
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Iron Station, N.C.
  • High school Lincoln Charter HS
  • position Freestyle/Butterfly
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Iron Station, N.C.
  • High school Lincoln Charter HS

Christina Lappin Bio

LAPPIN’S TOP TIMES
Event Time Date Meet Location
50 Freestyle 22.29! 2/19/20 SEC Championships Auburn, Ala.
100 Freestyle 48.95! 2/23/19 SEC Championships Athens, Ga.
200 Freestyle 1:49.69# 11/17/17 Georgia Tech Invite Atlanta, Ga.
100 Butterfly 52.27! 2/20/20 SEC Championships Auburn, Ala.
100 Backstroke 53.97p 11/23/19 Georgia Tech Invite Atlanta, Ga.


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

AWARDS/HONORS

  • CSCAA All-American (100 butterfly 2020)
  • 2x CSCAA Scholar All-American (1st Team 2020; Honorable Mention 2017)
  • 4x SEC Honor Roll (2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20)

 

IN THE RECORD BOOK

  • 1st — 100 butterfly
  • 1st — 50 freestyle
  • 1st — 100 freestyle
  • 4th – 100 backstroke
  • 1st, 3rd, 5th, 6th, — 400 medley relay
  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, — 200 medley relay
  • 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 9th, 10th — 200 freestyle relay
  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 7th — 400 freestyle relay


2019-20 (SENIOR)

  • Capped off her storied Gamecock career with All-America honors in the 100 butterfly
  • Led the program with 10 event wins on the season
  • Qualified for her first SEC A-final, placing sixth in the 200 butterfly
  • Broke four records on the season – 50 free, 100 fly, 200 free relay and 200 medley relay

     

2018-19 (JUNIOR)

  • Beat her own school record with a 22.29 in the 50 free at the NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas
  • Set a new Carolina record in the 100 free, swimming a 48.95 to qualify for the B-final at the SEC Championships
  • Tallied 15 total top-three races with one win in the 100 free, three wins in the 50 free and three wins in the 100 fly
  • Swam the leadoff leg in both the 200 freestyle relay and 400 freestyle relay at the SEC Championships in which the Gamecocks set new program-best marks
  • Twice set a new school record in the 100 fly – at Georgia Tech (52.98) and at the SEC Championships (52.61)
  • Earned B-final swims in each of her three events at the SEC Championships, finishing 13th in the 100 fly, 16th in the 100 free, and 13th in the 50 free

 
2017-18 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Continued to establish herself as one of the best female sprinters at Carolina with seven first-place finishes in the 50 freestyle and four first-place finshes in the 100 freestyle
  • Set a new school record (22.39) in the 50 freestyle to finish first at the CSCAA Invite
  • Finished in a tie for 18th at the SEC Championships in the 50 free (22.53)
  • Placed 23rd in the 100 free at the SEC Championships (49.44)
  • Recorded four total first-place finishes in the 100 butterfly including a school record (53.18) to finish first at the CSCAA Invite
  • Finished 18th at the SEC Championships in the 100 butterfly (53.23)
  • Was a part of 10 different relay teams to finish in first-place throughout the season

2016-17 (FRESHMAN)

  • Swam in three events as a freshman (50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 100 butterfly)
  • Finished 25th in the 50 freestyle (23.01) and 38th in the 100 freestyle (50.82) at the SEC Championships
  • Tallied 12 top-10 finishes throughout the regular season
  • Recorded four first places finishes during the regular season
  • Finished first in the 50 freestyle at the Kentucky dual meet and the Arkansas dual meet
  • Finished first in the 100 freestyle at the Kentucky dual meet and the Arkansas dual meet

PRE-COLLEGE

  • Graduated from Lincoln Charter High School
  • Four-time state champion
  • Four-time team MVP
  • Member of SwimMAC Carolina