Lauren English
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Lauren Anne English is a United States Swimmer and represented the United States at the Pan Pacific Championships (2006), the World University Games (2007) and the Junior Pan Pacific Games (2005). English was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey
, and currently resides in Lincoln Park, New Jersey
. She set the United States Open Record in the 50 Meter Backstroke. She currently swims for the University of Georgia.
At the turn of the decade, she was named one of the ten most outstanding female high school athletes in New Jersey of the past ten years.
and swims on their nationally ranked swim team under coach Jack Bauerle
. As a Freshman, though she reached the finals of the SEC Championships, made the all Freshman SEC team in two events, and made NCAA cuts she labored the entire year under a serious shoulder injury and was unable to compete at the NCAA's. However, as a result of her academic and athletic performances she was named an Academic All American. She did not compete in her sophomore year while rehabbing from an operation to correct the shoulder injury. She was a member of the University of Georgia team which won the SEC Championships in 2010 and which was the runner - up in the NCAA Championships, her junior year.
in 2007 she helped the United States team to a Silver in the 400 Medley Relay (pr) and was a finalist in the 50 Back.
Glen Ridge, New Jersey
Glen Ridge is a borough in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 7,527. In 2010, Glen Ridge was ranked as the 38th Best Place to live by New Jersey Monthly magazine....
, and currently resides in Lincoln Park, New Jersey
Lincoln Park, New Jersey
Lincoln Park is a Borough in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 10,930....
. She set the United States Open Record in the 50 Meter Backstroke. She currently swims for the University of Georgia.
High school
Growing up in Montville, New Jersey she attended Montville Township High School and was a four-time state champion in the 100 yard Backstroke, where she holds the state record. She was also state champion and holds the New Jersey record in the 50 yard freestyle. Her 100 Meter Backstroke record for Massachusetts, set in 2006 at a meet held at Harvard, was recently broken by Rachel Moore at the MIAA Division 1 Swimming and Diving Championships in November 2010. English was New Jersey Swimmer of the year twice and was named high school swimmer of the year by the National High School Coaches Association in 2007. She was a nine-time High School All American and a multiple Academic All American. In addition to swimming for her high school team, she swam for the Cougar Aquatic Club.At the turn of the decade, she was named one of the ten most outstanding female high school athletes in New Jersey of the past ten years.
College
She is a Senior at the University of GeorgiaUniversity of Georgia
The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
and swims on their nationally ranked swim team under coach Jack Bauerle
Jack Bauerle
Jack Bauerle is the head coach of the University of Georgia men's and women's swimming teams. In the spring of 2006, he finished his 27th year as a head coach for UGA...
. As a Freshman, though she reached the finals of the SEC Championships, made the all Freshman SEC team in two events, and made NCAA cuts she labored the entire year under a serious shoulder injury and was unable to compete at the NCAA's. However, as a result of her academic and athletic performances she was named an Academic All American. She did not compete in her sophomore year while rehabbing from an operation to correct the shoulder injury. She was a member of the University of Georgia team which won the SEC Championships in 2010 and which was the runner - up in the NCAA Championships, her junior year.
National Competitions
English came in ninth in the 2004 Olympic Trials in the 100 Backstroke at the age of 15. In 2005 she gained a Silver at the U.S. Open.In 2006 She got a Bronze at the Spring Championships and got a Silver in the 100 Backstroke at the Summer Nationals. She broke the US Open Record for the 50 Backstroke in 2007 at the Toyota Grand Prix at the University of Missouri, winning a Gold in the event. In National competitions she swam for the Cougar Aquatic Club in Montclair, New Jersey under Coach Kit Ashenfelter.International Competitions
She won a Silver in the 100 backstroke, a bronze in the 200 backstroke, and a Bronze in the 400 Medley Relay at the 2005 Junior Pan Pacific Meet. She was a member of USA's Pan Pacific team and was a finalist in the 100 backstroke at the 2006 Pan Pacific Meet. At the World University GamesUniversiade
The Universiade is an International multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation . The name is a combination of the words "University" and "olympiad"...
in 2007 she helped the United States team to a Silver in the 400 Medley Relay (pr) and was a finalist in the 50 Back.
External links
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- http://usaswimming.org/USASWeb/DesktopModules/BioViewManaged.aspx?personid=bc16bfe4-58ff-4653-984e-96a7124669e5&TabId=388&Mid=597
- http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/13652.asp
- http://www.nhsca.com/hsnews_2007_may.php
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