Libby Walker
Position
Fly/Free/IM
Class
Senior
Hometown
Columbia, Mo.
High School
Hickman HS
Top Collegiate Times
Time | Event | Date | Meet |
---|---|---|---|
4:49.25 | 500 Y Free | 11/16/2018 | Kansas Classic |
10:12.00 | 1000 Y Free | 11/05/2016 | Nebraska |
16:32.71 | 1650 Y Free | 02/24/2016 | Big 12 Swimming & Diving Championship |
58.67 | 100 Y Fly | 01/03/2016 | Nebraska |
1:59.36 | 200 Y Fly | 02/24/2016 | Big 12 Swimming & Diving Championship |
2019-20 (Senior)
- Participated in the Sunflower Showdown (Oct. 4)
- Placed seventh in the 500-yard freestyle at the Sunflower Showdown (Oct. 4)
2018-19 (Junior)
- All-Big 12 First Team member
- Claimed silver in three 1,000-yard freestyle events
- Earned second-place in the 100-yard butterfly (59.60) against TCU (10/27)
- Earned a personal-best in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of (4:49.25) at the Kansas Classic (11/16)
- Swam to a personal-best time in the 1,650-yard freestyle (16:44.15) at the Big 12 Championship (3/2) which finished as the third-fastest time on the team in the event
2016-17 (Sophomore)
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Co-champion with Haley Bishop of the inaugural CSCAA five-kilometer (1:05:48.32) Open Water Nationals (9/17)
- Shared CollegeSwimming.com’s Big 12 Swimmer of the Week for 9/20 with Bishop
- Earned All-Big 12 Second Team honors for her performance at the conference meet (2/22-25)
- Recorded three top-seven individual finishes at Big 12s, placing fourth in the 1,650-yard freestyle (16:32.88), sixth in the 200-yard butterfly (1:59.67) and seventh in the 400-yard individual medley (4:20.29)
- Won the 500-yard freestyle at the Kansas Classic (11/18-20) by swimming a lifetime-best 4:50.83
- Gained another 500-yard freestyle (5:00.80) win against TCU on 10/27
- Lifetime-best 10:12.00 in the 1,000-yard freestyle earned a victory at Nebraska (11/5)
- Collected three additional 1,000-yard freestyle victories throughout the season, recording times of 10:20.55 in a double-dual against North Dakota and Missouri State (10/21-22), 10:15.03 against TCU and 10:23.12 at the San Diego Shootout (1/7)
- Swam a lifetime-best 2:10.64 against Iowa State (2/3-4) in the 200-yard IM
- Set two-lifetime bests at William Jewell (1/19) including a 1:19.17 in the 100-short course meter breaststroke and a Mabee Center record 4:55.97 in the 400-short course meter IM
2015-16 (Freshman)
- Named to the Fall Athletic Director’s & Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Rolls
- Recorded lifetime swims in four events at the Big 12 Championships, turning in top-five finishes and earning All-Big 12 First and Second Team honors in all but one race
- Placed second in the 1,650-yard freestyle (16:32.71), fourth in the 200-yard butterfly (1:59.70) and fifth in the 400-yard individual medley (4:18.46) at the league meet
- Won the 200 fly at Iowa State
- Finished in the top-two of each of the 1,000-yard freestyle races she competed in throughout the season with a season-best swim against Nebraska (10:13.51)
- Carved her name in the Kansas record books, registering the third-fastest time in school history in the 200 fly (1:59.70) and the fourth-fastest times in the mile (16:32.71) and the 400 IM (4:18.46)
- Qualified for ‘A’ finals in three events at the Big Challenge
- Competed at the AT&T USA Winter Nationals Meet
- A regular scorer for the Jayhawks, placing in the top-eight in every individual race she competed in during her freshman campaign
- Turned in NCAA B cut in the 400 IM
- Clinched an Olympic Trials cut in the 200-meter butterfly with a time of 2:14.19
High School
- Placed 10th in the 800 freestyle with a time of 8:57.12 at the NCSA Winter Junior Nationals
- Two-time sectional champion in the 1,650-yard freestyle
- Three-time distance high-point winner at sectionals
- Competed for Gary Galbreath and the Columbia Swim Club
Personal
- Born Elizabeth Walker
- Parents are David and Brenda Walker
- Has two older siblings, Brandon and Kate
- Plans to study psychology