Melissa Gary

Class:
Senior
High School:
Catholic Central
Hometown:
Grand Rapids, Mich.

Melissa Gary's Personal Records
Event	Mark	Year
50-yard freestyle	24.54	2008-09
100-yard freestyle	52.47	2008-09
200-yard freestyle	1:52.82	2008-09
500-yard freestyle	5:24.32	2008-09

as a Senior (2008-09): Claimed 23 individualtop 10 finishes 16 of which were among the top five…Pickedup the win in the 200-yard freestyle over BowlingGreen…Tapped in at second on four different occasions,including the 200-yard freestyle event against Buffalo andYoungstown State, the 100-yard freestyle race against Marshall andthe 100-yard butterfly against St. Francis… Helped the UAfreestyle relay teams to 15 top-five finishes and was a member ofthe 400-yard (3:25.44) and 800-yard freestyle (7:19.86) schoolrecord setting relay teams which garnered respective seventh andfifth place finishes at the Mid-American ConferenceChampionships… Set personal best marks in all threeindividual races at MACs, including the 50-yard freestyle (33rd),100-yard (27th) and 200-yard freestyle (21st) events.

as a Sophomore (2007-08): Gary combined for sixtop place relay finishes on the year in addition to notching twelvepersonal top five victories...Top finishes on the year included asecond place finishes in the 200-yard freestyle against Marshalland 100-yard butterfly against Youngstown State...Added a pair ofsecond place finishes in the 200-yard freestyle against Ball Stateand Buffalo...Gary was a member of both the 200 and 400-yard relayteams which finished in 7th place at the Mid-American ConferenceChampionships...

as a Freshman (2006-07): Was a part of ninerelay-top five finishes and tallied three individual top-fiveperformances ... best finish of the season came against YoungstownState (1/14/07) when she tapped the wall in 1:59.51 to end insecond place ... posted season-best times in the 200-yard free(1:58.11) and the 50-yard free (25.30) at the MAC Championships(2/14-2/17/07).

at Catholic Central High School: Four-year all-cityselection ... was a all-state selection in 2005 ... set a teamrecord in the 100-freestyle in 2005 ... set school records in the200 free and 50 free in 2002 and the 100 fly in 2004 ... was ahonorable mention selection in 2002 ... was named best offensiveplayer on the lacrosse team in 2005 and 2006 ... named to the honorroll 2002-2006.

Personal: Daughter of Kim and Pamela Gary ... hasone brother, Brendan (26) and two sisters, Michelle (24) andBrianne (22) ... majoring in nursing ... brother ran track andfield at Aquinas College (1999-2004) and sister Michelle playedvolleyball at Saint Mary’s College (2001-2005) ... aunt, JillJacobs, played softball at the Naval Academy.