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Laura Goettler

  • position Breaststroke/IM
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Butler, PA
  • High school Butler Senior
  • Major Retail Management
  • position Breaststroke/IM
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Butler, PA
  • High school Butler Senior
  • Major Retail Management

Laura Goettler Bio

Goettler’s Top Times
Event

100 Breast

200 Breast

200 IM

400 IM

Time

1:02.25

2:10.50p

1:58.16

4:10.27p

Date

10/23/21

2/18/23

2/15/23

2/16/22

Meet

at Georgia

SEC Championships

SEC Championships

SEC Championships

Location

Athens, GA

College Station, TX

College Station, TX

College Station, TX

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

IN THE RECORD BOOK

  • 5th – 200 breast
  • 4th – 200 IM
  • 4th – 400 IM
  • 7th – 400 medley relay

2022-23 (JUNIOR)

  • Was a top performer for the Gamecocks, consistently placing in the top-five of all four events that she competed in
  • In the 100 breast, placed third during four different dual meets – versus Army, LSU, North Carolina, and Georgia
  • In the 200 breast, won the event at the Gamecock Invitational and achieved four other top-three finishes
  • Made the SEC Championship team where she competed in the 200 breast, 200 IM, and 400 IM and set new personal best times in each event
  • Made the finals of all three individual events that she competed in at the SEC Championships placing 14th in the 200 breast (2:11.19), 20th in the 200 IM (1:58.16), and 8th in the 400 IM (4:13.37)
  • Earned an invitation to the NCAA Championships where she competed in the 200 breast, 200 IM, and 400 IM with her best finish coming in the 400 IM (27th)

2021-22 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Competed in four events during her first year at South Carolina – the 100 and 200 breast and the 200 and 400 IM
  • Placed first in the 200 breast during the meet versus Gardner-Webb and first in the 200 IM during the meet at Georgia
  • Placed four entries in the program record book during her first year as a Gamecock
  • Competed on the SEC Championship team in the 200 breast, 200 IM and the 400 IM

PRE-SOUTH CAROLINA

  • Achieved Olympic Trial qualifying time at 2019 Summer Nationals in the 200 breaststroke
  • 2019 and 2020 PIAA champion in the 100 breaststroke
  • Recorded a pool record in the 200-yard breaststroke of 2:18.01 at Duquesne University, where she also was on the 200-yard medley relay team