2017-18 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Jim Burgess
Jim Burgess

Paige Scheriger

  • Position Breaststroke
  • Class Junior
  • High School Pope John Paul II
  • Hometown Hendersonville, Tenn.

Biography

Career Accolades

  • 2018 SEC Academic Honor Roll
 
2017-18 (Redshirt Junior)
SEC Championships
  • Competed in the 100 breast, 200 breast and 400 IM
  • Finished 29th in the 100 breast with a career-best time of 1:02.44
  • Placed 30th in the 200 breast with a time of 2:14.66
  • Swam a time of 4:21.51 in the 400 IM, good for 36th overall
Regular Season
  • Totaled four relay wins during the season
  • Notched B-cuts in the 100 breast (1:02.44) and 200 breast (2:14.66)
 
2016-17 (Junior)
  • Did not compete in the pool during the season; ran cross country and track for the Gators
 
2015-16 (Sophomore)
SEC Championships
  • Just missed the ‘C’ finals cut-off in 100 and 200 breast, placing 27th in the 100 (1:03.06) and 26th in the 200 prelims (2:15.80)
  • Her 200 breast time was a season-best mark… Rounded out her conference showing with a 4:23.24 in the 400 IM to finish 35th among the field
Regular Season
  • Swam season-best times across four regular-season meets, including the 200 fly (2:09.11) at the All Florida Invitational and 400 IM (4:20.79) at the Ohio State Invitational
  • Led the Gators in the 100 breast (1:03.04) at the Bulldog Invitational
  • Led the way in the 200 breast (2:14.37) against Tennessee
  • Both times were season-best marks
  • Participated in all 10 regular-season meets and recorded five wins on the season (three individual)
  • Honors:
  • Named to 2015 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
 
2014-15 (Freshman)
SEC Championships
  • Clocked career-best times in the 100 breast (1:02.69), 200 breast (2:15.25), 200 IM (2:02.79) and 400 IM (4:19.65)
Regular Season
  • Finished her season by clocking a career-best time in the 100 fly (58.75) at the Gators Last Chance Meet
  • Placed second in the 200 breast in UF’s dual meet at Florida State with a time of 2:19.41
  • Captured third in the 200 breast (2:19.20) in Florida’s dual meet at Kentucky
  • Appeared in multiple events and recorded a third-place finish in the 200 breast (2:19.56) at the Pinch-A-Penny All-Florida Invite
  • Made her UF debut in a dual meet against Arkansas when she competed in three events and captured two third-place finishes in the 100 and 200 breast
 
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION:
  • Qualified for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, Neb.
  • Competed and set a personal-best time of 2:35.74 in the 200-meter breast at the 2011 Speedo Junior National Championships
  • 400 IM: 5:10.32, 11/20/2015 Ohio State Invitational.
 
Career-Best Times at Florida:
50 Free 25.38 All-Florida Oct. 3-5, 2014
100 Fly 58.75 Last Chance Meet March 9-11, 2015
200 Fly 2:09.11 All-Florida  Sept. 18, 2015
100 Breast 1:02.44 SEC Championships Feb. 14-18, 2018
200 Breast 2:14.37 Tennessee Jan. 30, 2016
200 IM 2:02.54 SEC Championships Feb. 16, 2016
400 IM 4:19.65 SEC Championships Feb. 20, 2015
 
Prior to Florida:
  • Tennessee high school state qualifier
  • Trained with Excel Aquatics under A.J. Miley
  • Parents are Todd and Justine
  • Has one sibling, Michael
  • Chose Florida because it is one of the best collegiate swim programs in the country and she has always wanted to swim for Coach Troy

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    Breast
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    Breast
  • 2017-18Junior

    Breaststroke