Grace Vertigans

Year:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Plymouth, England
Position:
Free/Fly/Back

SOPHOMORE YEAR (2015-16)
Earned two All-America honors at the 2016 NCAA Championships … First-Team All-Big Ten … CSCAA Scholar All-America ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Academic All-Big Ten … member of 800 freestyle relay team that placed eighth at the NCAA’s with a time of 6:59.82 … member of the 200 medley that placed 10^th overall at the NCAA’s with a time of 1:36.83 to earn Honorable Mention All-America honors … part of the 400 freestyle relay team that finished 24^th overall at NCAA Championships with a mark of 3:17.67 …member of the Big Ten Champion 200 medley relay team that won with a school-record time of 1:35.73 … member of 800 freestyle relay that won silver at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 7:00.83 … placed 12^th in the 50 freestyle at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 22.81 … set a personal-best in prelims with 22.76 … finished 13^th in the 200 freestyle at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 1:47.21 … placed 16^th in the 100 freestyle at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 50.02 … member of the 200 freestyle relay team that placed sixth at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 1:30.20 … won the 50 freestyle against Purdue.

FRESHMAN YEAR (2014-15)
Named to the All-Big Ten First Team … CSCAA Scholar All-America ... set the Big Ten record in the 800 freestyle relay with a time of 6:59.10 to win the Big Ten championship … set the new school record in the 400 freestyle relay at the conference championships with a third place time of 3:15.75 (NCAA A cut) … swam a career best 49.16 to earn an NCAA B cut and 10^th place finish in the conference’s 100 freestyle … helped post the fifth fastest 200 freestyle relay time in program history with a seventh place finish and a time of 1:30.61 at the Big Ten Championships … placed 22^nd in the conference’s 50 freestyle with a time of 23.14 … swam an NCAA B cut time of 54.47 in the 100 fly of the Big Ten’s ... All-American in the 800 freestyle relay with a sixth place finish and time of 7:02.61 … part of the nation’s 24^th place 400 freestyle relay with a time of 3:17.67.

PREP/PERSONAL
Two-time junior swimming Victrix Ludorum and senior swimming Victrix Ludorum winner ... top times include 25.45 in the 50-meter freestyle, 55.42 in the 100-meter free, 1:01.12 in the 100-meter butterfly and 59.54 in the 50-meter backstroke ... at the 2013 World School Games in Brazil, Vertigans won the 50-meter butterfly in 27.71 as part of the English Schools Swimming Association team ... also took home relay gold in the 400-meter freestyle relay ... at the 2013 World Junior Championships Vertigans took home silver as a member of Team Great Britain's 400-meter medley relay team ... a native of Colchester, England, Vertigans spent her youth in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia and Qatar, before moving back to England at age 13 to attend Plymouth College ... parents are Mike and Liz Vertigans ... has one sister (Laura) ... born March 24, 1996.