Amanda Rutqvist

• 2012 All-American (200 breaststroke) •
• 2012 All-SEC Second Team •
• 2011 All-American (100 breaststroke) •
• 2011 All-American (200 breaststroke) •
• 2011 SEC Champion (200 breaststroke) •
• 2011 All-SEC First Team •
• 2011 All-SEC Freshman Team •

2013-14 – Gamecocks top breaststroker … Saved her best performance of the season as she placed 10th in the 200 breaststroke at the SEC Championships, posting a NCAA B cut of 2:10.07 … Was 15th in the preliminary round at 2:13.00 … Placed 20th in the 100 breaststroke at the SEC Championships at 1:01.61 … Finished second in the 200 breaststroke at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a B cut time at 2:13.25 in the finals … Was her only defeat in the event during the regular season, winning the event at all six dual meets on the year … Captured three other individual wins during the season in the 100 breaststroke.

2012-13 – One of the top breaststrokers in the SEC…Made third consecutive appearance at the NCAA Championships…Finished 29th in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:11.63 and claimed 31st in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:01.01…Advanced to the finals in both breaststroke events at the SEC Championships…Made the championship final in the 200 breaststroke and finished eighth with a B cut of 2:11.66…Placed 15th in the 100 breaststroke with a season-best B cut of 1:00.80…Also swam the 200 IM at the SEC Championships, finishing 46th with a time of 2:05.63…Won nine individual races on the season…Had the team[apos]s fastest times in both the 100 breaststroke (1:00.80) and 200 breaststroke (2:09.97) and the second fastest time in the 200 IM (2:02.00)…Helped the Gamecocks swim the fifth fastest time in school history in the 200 medley relay (1:41.95) at the SEC Championships and the fifth fastest time in the 400 medley relay (3:43.88) at the Virginia Tech Invitational…Was a part of three relay wins during the regular season.

2011-12 –Gamecocks top breaststroker who earned All-America honors in the 200 breaststroke for second straight year…Named to the All-SEC second team…Placed 15th at the NCAA Championships in the 200 breaststroke with a mark of 2:09.92…Finished 33rd in the 100 breaststroke at the NCAA Championships with a time of 1:01.30…Narrowly missed repeating in the 200 breaststroke at the SEC Championships, claiming silver with a season best time of 2:09.48…Posted team[apos]s fastest 100 breaststroke mark with a NCAA B cut time of 1:01.18 to finish 10th at the SEC Championships…Won seven races on the season with four coming in the 200 breaststroke and three in the 100 breaststroke… Member of Carolina[apos]s 200 medley relay team that set the school record at the SEC Championships with a NCAA B cut time of 1:41.38…Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.

2010-11 – All-American in 100 and 200 breaststroke…Finished 5th in 200 breaststroke at NCAA Championships in 2:07.86, lowering her own school and SEC record…Took 16th in 100 breast at NCAA meet…Became South Carolina[apos]s first-ever SEC women[apos]s swimming champion, winning the 200 breaststroke at the 2011 SEC Championships in Gainesville, Fla….Set an SEC and school record with a time of 2:08.56…Shattered existing school record by nearly five seconds…Selected to All-SEC First Team and All-SEC Freshman Team…Has rewritten the Gamecock record books as a true freshman…Also broke the school record in the 100 breast (1:00.20), setting another `B[apos] cut time…Won all but three races in the 200 breast this season; two losses were to teammate Rachael Schaffer and the other was in the NCAA Championship final…Had 15 individual wins on the season…Part of team[apos]s top 200 MR (1:44.55) and 400 MR (3:46.64) squads…Also posted strong times in 200 IM (2:01.72 at SEC Champ) and 400 IM (4:27.55 vs. Arkansas/Missouri).

PRE-COLLEGE – Attended Kitas Gymnasium…Club team was Göteborg Sim…Competed at 2009 Swedish Short Course Championships…Finished 7th in 800-meter freestyle finals…Ranked in Europe[apos]s Top 100 in 200 breaststroke.

PERSONAL – Born Oct. 5, 1991, in Gothenburg, Sweden…Parents are Anders and Annika Rutqvist…Has a brother, Oskar, and a sister, Hanna…Her father was a swimmer at the University of Nebraska…Plans to major in business…Also considered an offer from NC State.