2014-15 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster
Roster
Chelsea Lawson
- Position:
- Back/Free
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Inverkeithing
- Hometown:
- Fife, Scotland
Top Times
(Yards)
100 Back: 55.58 (2015 SEC Championships)
200 Back: 1:57.55 (11/20/2015, Ohio State Invitational)
500 Free: 4:53.09 (11/20/2015, Ohio State Invitational)
200 IM: 2:12.57 (9/18/2015, 2015 All Florida Invitational)
400 IM: 4:34.83 (Kentucky, Oct. 16, 2014)
(Meters)
100 Back: 1:01.82
200 Back: 2:12.66
100 Fly: 1:05.99
200 Free: 2:09.35
400 Free: 4:27.87
800 Free: 9:03.10
1,500 Free: 18:00.57
200 IM: 2:26.45
400 IM: 4:58.87
National/International Competition:
Won the 200 back at the Scottish National Championships in 2014… Scottish record holder in the 200m back for her age group (17 years).
At Florida
2015-16:
SEC Championships: Competed across three events in her final year at the conference meet, swimming to a 32nd-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke on season-best time of 55.79… finished 33rd in the 200-yard backstroke, touching out with a time of 1:58.60… clocked a time of 5:01.08 in the 500-yard freestyle and finished 56th overall. Participated in all 10 regular-season duals and opened the season on a strong note, clocking three season-best times at the All Florida Invitational… registered top times in the 100-yard freestyle (54.84), 200-yard IM (2:12.57), and 400 IM (4:42.53)… also had a strong showing at the Buckeye Invitational on Nov. 20, swimming to a trio of season-best marks in the 200-yard freestyle (1:53.20), 500-yard freestyle (4:53.09), and a 200-yard backstroke time that ranked fifth on the Florida roster this season (1:57.55)… also ranked fifth among the Florida women in the 1,000-yard freestyle on a 10:15.42 achieved against South Carolina on Nov. 6… Honors: Named to the 2015-16 Winter Academic Honor Roll selection…
2014-15:
SEC Championships: Finished sixth in the 200-yard backstroke C-Final with a time career-best time of 1:57.91… Also clocked personal-best marks in the 100-yard backstroke (55.58) and 500-yard freestyle (4:58.48) races at the conference meet… Made her UF debut in a dual meet against Arkansas and notched a fifth-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke (58.88)… Competed in various events in all dual meet and invitational competition for the Gators.
Prior to Florida:
Ranked as the No. 130 recruit in the class of 2014 by CollegeSwimming.com… Trained with the Carnegie Swimming Club under John Szaranek… Club teammate of classmate and current Gator Mark Szaranek… Parents are Mark and Pauline… Has one sibling, Chloe… Chose Florida over Indiana, James Madison and Ohio State… Chose Florida because of the campus, facilities, academics and the great reputation of the swimming and diving program.
