Ellie Masterson
- position Backstroke/breaststroke/butterfly/im
- class Sophomore
- Hometown Louisville, KY
- High school Sacred Heart Academy
- position Backstroke/breaststroke/butterfly/im
- class Sophomore
- Hometown Louisville, KY
- High school Sacred Heart Academy
Ellie Masterson Bio
| MASTERSON’S TOP TIMES | ||||
| Event | Time | Date | Meet | Location |
| 200 Freestyle
100 Breaststroke |
1:54.75
1:03.04p |
10/23/21
11/19/21 |
at Georgia
Tennessee Invitational |
Athens, GA
Knoxville, TN |
| 200 Breaststroke | 2:15.30p | 2/19/22 | SEC Championships | Knoxville, TN |
| 100 Backstroke
200 Backstroke 200 Fly |
57.31
2:00.17 2:03.53 |
10/29/21
3/16/19 1/15/22 |
vs. Queens
CSCAA NIC vs. UNCW |
Columbia, SC
Cleveland, OH Columbia, SC |
| 200 IM | 2:01.64 | 1/29/22 | vs. Missouri | Columbia, SC |
| 400 IM | 4:14.38p | 2/17/22 | SEC Championships | Knoxville, TN |
! = School Record | t = Time Trial | # = Leadoff Split/Split | p = Prelims
AWARDS/HONORS
- 4x SEC Academic Honor Roll (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
- CSCAA Scholar All-American – 2022 (2nd team)
IN THE RECORD BOOK
- 3rd – 400 IM
2021-22 (SENIOR)
- Competed in seven different events during the regular season
- Set new personal best times in all seven of the events that she competed
- Earned first place in the 200 IM during the meet versus UNCW
- Made the SEC Championship team and competed in the 200 breast, 200 IM, and 400 IM
- Her performance in the 400 IM at the SEC Championships made her the third fastest swimmer in program history
2020-21 (JUNIOR)
- Set a new personal records in the 200 IM with a time of 2:02.89 and the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:15.38 during preliminary heats at the SEC Championships
- Took home a first place finish in the 200 breaststroke during the meet versus Gardner-Webb
- Competed in three different events at the SEC Championships – 200 breaststroke, 200 IM and 400 IM
- Consistently placed in the top-10 in all five of her events throughout the regular season
2019-20 (SOPHOMORE)
- Won her first career event, the 200 breaststroke at the SC College Invite with a 2:20.73
- Swam a new personal best in the 200 breaststroke at the UGA Last Chance, swimming a 2:15.89
- Placed second in the 400 IM against NC State
2018-19 (FRESHMAN)
- Finished third against Georgia Tech in the 200 breast at 2:21.49
- Competed primarily in breaststroke and IM events during her first year at Carolina
- Tallied 14 top-eight finishes on the season
- Placed third in the 200 IM against Georgia with a 2:08.90
PRE-COLLEGE
- Graduated from Sacred Heart Academy in Louisville, Ky.
- 200 butterfly state champion in 2018
- Was a four-year state championships event finalist and contributed to four straight team state championship titles
- Won her high school’s coaches and leadership awards
- Swam for Lakeside Seahawks Swim Team for coach Mike DeBoor
- Individual Best Times
- 200 IM 2:02.02
- 400 IM 4:18.57
- 100 back 57.13
- 100 breast 1:05.23
- 200 back 2:00.79
- 200 breast 2:17.85
- 200 fly 2:04.02
