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Breckin Gormley

  • position Freestyle/Butterfly
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Ottawa, Ontario
  • High school Carleton Place
  • position Freestyle/Butterfly
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Ottawa, Ontario
  • High school Carleton Place

Breckin Gormley Bio

Gormley’s Top Times
Event Time Date Meet Location
200 Freestyle 1:49.61 11/16/23 Gamecock Invitational Columbia, SC
500 Freestyle 4:39.03! 2/19/25 SEC Championships Athens, GA
100 Butterfly 52.84 2/20/25 SEC Championships Athens, GA
200 Butterfly 1:55.71p 2/21/25 SEC Championships Athens, GA
200 IM 2:07.17p 11/15/23 Gamecock Invitational Columbia, SC

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

AWARDS/HONORS

  • 2x SEC Academic Honor Roll (2023*, 2024)
  • CSCAA Scholar All-American (1st team, 2025)

2024-25 (JUNIOR)

  • Competed in five events
  • Earned a first place finish in the 500 free at the Auburn dual meet after clocking a 4:44.71
  • Swam the 1000 free once this season and placed second at the Queens dual meet
  • Placed in the top three in the 200 fly at every dual meet
  • Qualified for the SEC Championship team for her second consecutive season where she swam three individual events and qualified for finals in each event
  • Broke the 500 free school record at SECs after clocking a 4:39.03 – becoming the first Gamecock woman to break 4:40 in program history
  • Qualified for NCAA Championships where she competed in three individual events and swam on the 800 free relay that broke the school record
  • Swam the second fastest 200 fly time on the team this season and fifth fastest in program history
  • Recorded the second fastest 200 fly and third fastest 100 fly times on the team this season, ranking fifth and sixth all-time in program history, respectively

2023-24 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Claimed the first individual event win of her career in the 500 free during South Carolina’s tri-meet versus Duke and UNC-Asheville
  • Tallied a pair on second-place finishes in the 200 fly versus Duke/UNC-Asheville and at Georgia Tech
  • At the Gamecock Invitational, placed 5th in the 200 free, 7th in the 500 free, 6th in the 100 fly, and 4th in the 200 fly
  • Made the SEC Championship team where she individually competed in the 500 free, 100 fly, and 200 fly
  • Advanced to the finals of both the 500 free and 200 fly at the SEC Championships, finishing 20th in the 500 free and 15th in the 200 fly

2022-23 (FRESHMAN)*

  • Competed for the University of Kentucky where she had five top-five finishes in dual meets, highlighted by a second-place finish in the 100 fly and a third-place finish in the 1000 free at Cincinnati
  • Made it to the finals of four events at the Ohio State Invitational with her highest finish coming in the 200 fly (2:01.32)
  • Top Times
    • 100 free – 52.68
    • 200 free – 1:48.68
    • 500 free – 4:48.17

PRE-COLLEGE

  • Swam club for the Nepean Kanata Barracudas under coach Scott Faithfull

PERSONAL

  • Daughter to Karen and Mark, sister to Emmerson
  • Favorite type of food is Mexican cuisine
  • Hobbies include shopping and hanging out with friends

* = occurred at previous school