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