- Elizabeth Beisel
Free/Back
- CLASS
- JR
- Hometown
- North Kingstown, R.I. (North Kingstown)
- Experience
- School
2008
Olympian for the United States
Member of the U.S. National Team
2011 400 IM World Champion
Nine-Time All-American Selection
2012 NCAA Champion in the 200 Back
10-Time
All-SEC Selection
2011
SEC Female Freshman Swimmer of the Year
2012
SEC Female Swimmer of the Year
2012
SEC Female Recipient of the Commissioner’s Trophy (High Point Award)
2012
SEC Champion in the 200 Back
2012
SEC Champion in the 200 IM
2012
SEC Champion in the 400 IM
2011 SEC Champion in the 200 Back
2011 SEC Champion in the 400 IM
2012
Capital One Academic All-America Women’s At-Large First Team Selection
2012 SEC Academic Honor Roll Selection
Top Times:
(Yards)
100 Free:
51.78 (LSU, 10/15/11)
200
Free: 1:47.42 (UVA, 10/11/2010)
500 Free: 4:37.74 (2011
SEC Championships)
1,650 Free: 16:09.89 (2011
All-Florida Invitational)
100 Back: 52.54 (2011
SEC Championships)
200 Back: 1:49.82 (2012
SEC Championships)
200 Breast: 2:16.25 (2011
All-Florida Invitational)
100
Fly:
55.82 (LSU, 10/15/11)
200
Fly: 1:58.38 (2011 Georgia Tech
Invitational)
200
IM: 1:54.83 (2012 SEC Championships)
400
IM: 3:58.35 (2012 SEC Championships)
(Meters)
200 Free: 1:59.17 (2011
FL Southern Zone Sectional C)
400 Free: 4:08.57 (XLIV
Santa Clara International)
800 Free: 8:58.96 (2011
NC Charlotte UltraSwim)
50 Back: 30.55 (Michigan/Stanford,
11/4/2011)
100 Back: 1:00.77 (2010
National Championships)
200 Back: 2:07.82 (2011
FINA World Championships)
200 Breast: 2:31.87 (XLIV
Santa Clara International)
100 Fly: 1:04.45 (2011
FL Southern Zone Sectional C)
200 Fly: 2:12.65 (2011
FL Southern Zone Sectional C)
200 IM: 2:10.75 (2011
ConocoPhillips USA Swimming National Championships)
400 IM: 4:31.78 (2011
FINA World Championships)
UF
All-Time Rankings
(Yards)
500 Free: Second
(4:37.74)
1,650
Free:
Tenth (16:09.89)
100 Back: Third (53.15s)
200 Back: Second (1:49.82)
200 IM: First (1:54.83)
400
IM: First
(3:58.35)
800 Free Relay: First (6:59.10)
Third (7:00.32)
200
Medley Relay:
Fifth (1:37.29)
400
Medley Relay: Second
(3:32.93)
Third (3:34.02)
(Meters)
400 Free: Third
(4:08.57)
100 Back: Second (1:00.77)
200 Back: Second (2:07.82)
200 Breast: Third (2:31.87)
200 IM: First (2:10.75)
400 IM: First (4:31.78)
National/International Competition: A member
of the U.S. National Team…Chosen
to represent the United States’ on its 2011 FINA World Championship Team in
Shanghai, China…Captured her first individual World Championship in the
400-meter IM, touching in a personal- and program-best 4:31.78. The time also
marked a new textile-best mark since the ban of non-polyurethane suits since
Katie Hoff at the 2007 World Championships…Took fifth in the 200-meter
backstroke in Shanghai, finishing in 2:08.16…Won three national titles at the
2011 ConocoPhillips USA Swimming National Championships in both the 200-
(personal-best, 2:10.75) and 400-meter IM (4:34.78), as well as the 200-meter
back (2:08.81)…Selected to represent the United States at The 2012 Mutual of
Omaha Duel in the Pool, where she was one of five NCAA female swimmers on the
20-person roster. Finished third in the 400m IM (4:26.48) and sixth in the 200m
back (2:04.57), en route to a 181.5-80.5 U.S. victory of the “European
All-Stars”…Finished fourth in the A finals of the 400-meter IM (4:50.40), fifth
in both the C finals of the 200-meter fly (2:18.20) and 100-meter back
(1:04.12) and eighth in the 200 back (2:16.55) and 800-meter free (8:58.96) at
the Charlotte Grand Prix in Charlotte, N.C…Won gold
medals in the 200 back and 400 IM at the 2010 Pan Pacific
Championships…Finished first in the 200 back at the 2010 ConocoPhillips USA Swimming National Championships…Won a bronze medal in the 200 back at the 2009 FINA World
Championships in Rome, Italy…The 2009 U.S. National Champion in the 400 IM and
200 back… Finished fourth as a 15 year old in the 200 IM and fifth in the 200
back at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing…Placed 12th in the 200
back at the 2007 World Championships and fifth in the 200 back at the 2006 Pan
Pacific Championships…A member of the U.S. National Team since age 13.
2011-12: Became the first Gator
swimmer under head coach Gregg Troy and first since Tracy Caulkins
in 1984 to be selected to the 2012 Capital One Academic All-America ® Women’s
At-Large First Team…Named to the Capital One Academic All-District IV At-Large
Team…Claimed the first NCAA Championship of her career with a 1:50.58
performance in the 200 dorsal to record the 15th-fastest time ever,
and to take home UF’s sixth title in the event…Earned a bronze medal for her
efforts in the 400 IM with the third swim under four minutes in her career
(3:59.37); helped lead the 800 free relay squad to a sixth-place finish and 400
medley relay to a 10th-place swim in the consolation final to earn
four All-America honors at the 2012 NCAA meet in Auburn, Ala.,…Named the 2012 SEC Female Swimmer of the Year and Awarded
the Commissioner’s Trophy (high point award) for her performance at the
conference championships after earning four All-SEC honors…Was the lone swimmer
at the conference meet to claim three individual wins, taking home gold each
night of the meet…Becomes just the second swimmer in UF history to be named the
SEC Female Swimmer of the Year, joining two-time honoree Gemma
Spofforth (2009, 10)…Had a career performance at the
conference championships; winning the 200 back in 1:49.82 – for the
second consecutive year – it was the fourth fastest time in NCAA history, and
just the fifth swimmer to touch under 1:50.00 (Gemma Spofforth – 1:48.34, Elizabeth Pelton
– 1:49.16, Natalie Coughlin – 1:49.52, Kate Fesenko –
1:49.92); defended her 2011 crown in the 400 IM and broke her own SEC record
when she touched in 3:58.35 – the second fastest time in NCAA history and the
first sub-4:00 effort of her career and claimed the 200 IM after she stopped
the clock at 1:54.89…Broke the UF record in the 200 IM during the prelims at
the conference championships (1:54.83)…Named the SEC Female Swimmer of the Week
after she won a meet-high three vents at the double-dual against Michigan and
Stanford as just one of two swimmers to post individual victories in both the
LCM and SCY pool when she claimed the 400m IM (4:43.01), 400m free (4:14.70)
and 200y backstroke (1:56.18)…Pushed Florida past Auburn winning all of her
individual events: 100 back (1:03.16), 200 back (2:12.79) and 200 IM
(2:17.59)…Won each of her individual events at the Dallas Classic with a sweep
of the 100y (54.65) and 200y (1:54.44) backstroke as well as the 200y (1:58.77)
and 400y IM (4:10.79)…Claimed three individual titles against top-ranked
Georgia (LCM), taking the 400m free (4:!4.47), 800m free (8:43.25) and 100m
back (1:03.96) – all in Olympic Qualifying Trial marks…Swam undefeated in all
races against FSU and Arkansas, winning four individual and four relays through
both dual competitions…Helped lead head coach Gregg Troy to his
12th consecutive top-10 finish at NCAA’s.
2010-11: Selected as a 2011 CSCAA Division I
Scholar All-America Award Winner…Named the 2011 Female Freshman Swimmer of the
Year for her efforts during the regular season and at the SEC Championships…
Picked up five All-America honors at the 2011 NCAA Championships in Austin,
Texas in the 200 back (1:51.60), 500 free (4:42.18), 400 IM (4:00.87), 800 FR
and an honorable mention for contributing to the Gators’ 400-yard medley
relay…Finished second in the 400 IM, third in the 200 back, eighth in the 500
free and contributed to the Gators’ fifth place finish in the 800 FR in her
first NCAA Championships…One of only three freshmen in the country to place in
the finals of three individual events at the 2011 NCAA Championships…Garnered a
team-best six All-SEC selections, to lead the women’s team, including two First
Team honors in the 200 back and 400 IM, one Second Team honor in the 800 FR and
three All-Freshman nods in the 200 back, 500 free and 400 IM…Collected two
crowns in her first SEC Championships in the 200 back (1:51.55) and the 400 IM
(4:00.83), as well as a silver and bronze medal in the program’s,
record-breaking 800 FR team (6:59.10) and 500 free (4:37.74) respectively…The
only freshman in SEC history to be named the SEC Female Swimmer of the Week
four times in a single season, and becomes the third swimmer in the conference
to win the award four times over all… Named the Counsilman-Hunsaker
National Collegiate Swimmer of the Week for the week of Nov. 2-8, 2010 after
capturing all four of her individual events with NCAA provisional marks against
Stanford and Michigan in a double-dual meet… tallied a women’s team-high 27
victories with 24 individual and three relay titles…stamped her name in the
record books after breaking two Orange and Blue records in the 400 IM (4:00.83)
and as a part of the 800 FR (6:59.10)…Her record breaking time in the 400 IM
was both an O’Connell Center Pool and SEC Championships Record recorded on Feb.
18…On Nov. 5, broke the Avery Aquatics Center pool record by over a second when
she finished the 200 back in 1:54.27…After her freshman campaign, her name
appears at the top of the women’s yards all-time top-10 list in both the
400-yard IM (4:00.83), 800-yard FR (6:59.10)…Nominated by USA Swimming for the
Golden Goggle Awards as the 2010 Female Athlete of the Year…Helped lead head
coach Gregg Troy to his 11th consecutive top-10 finish at NCAA’s.
Prior to Florida: Graduated from North
Kingstown High School, where she trained with Bluefish Swim Club under head
coach Chuck Batchelor… A
six-star recruit by SwimmingWorldMagazine.com…Her top time in high school in
the 400 IM (4:04.59) would have been in the A final at the 2009 NCAA meet,
while her 500 free time of 4:40.42 would have made the B final… A four-year
honor roll student.
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