2009-10 Women's Swimming Roster
Biography
2008-09 (Junior): Continued her development of one the most competitive swimmers in the PSAC with sensational freestyle performances and excellent contributions to relays…earned All-American status by setting the new school record in the 200-yard freestyle relay at the NCAA Division II National Championships (1:35.92)…eclipsed a 15-year-old record with the feat…placed three times at the conference championships on an individual basis and three more times with relays…finished ninth in the 100-yard freestyle (53.01) and the 200-yard IM (2:12.75), winning both consolation finals…placed 11th in the 200-yard freestyle (1:57.39)…was a part of the 200-yard freestyle relay (fifth; 1:37.88), 400-yard freestyle relay (sixth; 3:35.52) and the 800-yard freestyle relay (sixth; 7:55.85)…finished the season with the team’s fastest overall times in four events, including the 50-yard freestyle (24.31), the 100-yard freestyle (52.01), the 200-yard individual medley (2:09.70) and the 200-yard freestyle (1.54.67)…also posted the third-best team time in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:08.76), the fourth-best team time in the 50-yard backstroke (30.52) and the fifth-best team time in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:36.53).
2007-08 (Sophomore): Had another successful year with three appearances at the PSAC Championships…her best finish was fifth place in the 200-yard IM with a time of 2:12.56…other conference finishes included eleventh in the 100-yard freestyle and ninth in the 200-yard freestyle…she improved her personal bests in both the 200-yard IM and 50-yard free-style by over one second and her 100-yard freestyle time by more than two seconds… held team’s top times in 50-yard freestyle (24.56), 100-yard freestyle (53.09), 200-yard freestyle (1:56.31), 50-yard backstroke (29.04) and 200-yard individual medley (2:11.44)…also held second-best team time in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:09.10.
2006-07 (Freshman): Made immediate contribu¬tions as a valuable swimmer in her freshman season with the Lady Raiders…posted the second-fastest team time in the 200 IM event…recorded fifth and sixth-fastest times all-time at Shippensburg in the 100 backstroke and 200 IM respectively…member of school record-setting 200 medley relay team and earned Honorable Mention All-American status in five relays at the NCAA National Championships.
Personal: Full name is Whitney Garner…is the daughter of Keith and Deb Garner…born June 7, 1988…majoring in elementary education.