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Ellie Masterson

  • position Breaststroke/im
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Louisville, KY
  • Major Sports and Entertainment Management
  • High school Sacred Heart Academy
  • position Breaststroke/im
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Louisville, KY
  • Major Sports and Entertainment Management
  • 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