Lauren Wichert

Class:
Senior
High School:
Hoover HS
Hometown:
Hartville, Ohio

Lauren Wichert's Personal Records
Event	Mark	Year
50-yard freestyle	24.68	2005-06
100-yard freestyle	54.05	2005-06
100-yard backstroke	1:00.74	2005-06

as a Junior (2006-07): Missed a large portionof the season, but fought back to compete in the final five meetsof the season ... finished with two individual top-five finishesand one relay top-five performance ... posted the fourth bestteam-times in both the 50-yard free (25.18) and the 100-yardbackstroke (1:01.05).

as a Sophomore (2005-06): Finished the season with oneindividual and three relay victories while tallying 14 individualand 19 relay top-five finishes ... posted the top time in the 50freestyle (24.68) while recording the team’s No. 3 time onthe season in the 100 freestyle (54.05) and 100 backstroke(1:00.74) ... helped the 200 medley relay team clock in thefifth-best time in program history (1:46.58) at the MACChampionships (2/23-2/25/06) ... was a member of the 400 freestylerelay team that posted the third-best time in school history(3:31.24) also at the MAC Championships ... earned her first-careervictory with a win in the 50 freestyle with a career-best time of24.96 against Buffalo (11/5/05) ... teamed up with DanielleBéland and Darcey Endicott to finish in second place in the300 butterfly event (2:59.54) at the Tom Stubbs Relays (10/14/05)... posted her second victory in back-to-back meets by helping the400 freestyle relay team to a victory against Miami (10/28/05) in atime of 3:37.33 ... assisted the 400 freestyle relay team to avictory (3:34.53) against Clarion and Duquesne (11/12/05).

as a Freshman (2004-05): Had a solid campaign,compiling three relay victories, 10 individual and 15 relaytop-five finishes ... was a member of the top 200 freestyle team(1:36.33), which is fifth-best in school history ... part of thetop UA relay team at the MAC Championship meet, helping the 200freestyle relay team to a fourth-place finish ... posted top-fivetimes for the team in three events, including the second-best timein the 100 backstroke (1:00.84), the fourth-best time in the 50freestyle (24.96) and the fifth-best time in the 100 freestyle(55.03) ... earned her first career relay victory, helping the 800freestyle relay team defeat Youngstown State (8:11.51) ... added asecond relay victory with a win against Eastern Michigan in the 400freestyle relay (3:34.89) ... ended the regular season with a thirdwin in as many meets with a win in the 200 freestyle relay(1:37.55) at the Buffalo/Bowling Green Tri-meet.

at Hoover High School: A five-time All-American... named the 2003 and 2004 Federal League Swimmer of the Year ...named the Stark County Swimmer of the Year in 2004 ... was afour-time state finals qualifier ... named first-team All-FederalLeague all four years of high school.

Personal: Daughter of Tom and Julie Wichert ...has one sister, Janie (24), who played golf for Anderson Collegeand Kent State ... majoring in financial services.