Friday, 8 July 2011

Caroline Burckle American international swimmer

Caroline Burckle born June 24, 1986 in Louisville, Kentucky is an American international swimmer who is an Olympic bronze medalist.
Contents
* 1 Swimming career
o 1.1 Collegiate career
o 1.2 2005-2007
o 1.3 2008 Olympics
o 1.4 2009 National Championships
* 2 Personal bests
* 3 Personal
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links
Swimming career
Collegiate career
Burckle attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she swam for coach Gregg Troy's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 2005 to 2008. She was named the 2008 NCAA Female Swimmer of the Year by virtue of winning two individual NCAA swimming titles and breaking the oldest-standing women's NCAA swimming record by swimming a 4:33.60 in the 500-yard freestyle.
2005-2007
In 2005, Burckle was selected to compete at the World Championships in Montreal. She swam in the preliminaries of the 4x200-meter freestyle relay for the gold-medal-winning U.S. team.
At the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Burckle won the gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle.
2008 Olympics
See also: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics
At the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, Burckle placed fourth in the 200 -meter freestyle, earning a place on the Olympic swim team for the 4x200-meter freestyle relay. Burckle also placed fourth in the 400-meter freestyle and fifth in the 800-meter freestyle in Omaha.
At the 2008 Olympic Games, Burckle earned a bronze medal swimming in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay. Burckle swam the lead-off leg in the preliminary heats in 1:57.86, and was selected to swim in the final. She swam the third leg of the final in 1:56.70.
2009 National Championships
At the 2009 National Championships, Burckle placed third in the 400-meter freestyle, barely missing the chance to compete a the 2009 World Championships Burckle was, however, named to the 2009–2010 U.S. National Team.
Personal bests
Long Course
Stroke Distance Time Date
Freestyle 200 m 1:57.86 Aug 2008
Freestyle 400 m 4:05.09 June 2008
Freestyle 800 m 8:32.26 June 2008

Caroline Burckle
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