Laura Williams

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Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Covington, Wash.
High School:
Kentlake

JUNIOR (2017-18)

HONORS - Member of Mountain West Conference Championship Team ... part of Broncos’ MW champion 400 medley relay team ... earned four All-Mountain West honors in 100 and 200 breaststroke races, 200 individual medley, and 400 medley relay ... CSCAA Honorable-Mention Scholar All-American, Academic All-Mountain West and Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (3.5 or better cumulative GPA) ... HIGHLIGHTS - opened season by placing-second in 100 breast (1:06.04) against Idaho (Oct. 7) ... took second in 100 breast (1:04.83 altitude adjusted), third in 200 breast (2:19.50 altitude adjusted) and fourth in 200 IM (2:06.81 altitude adjusted) at Nevada (Oct. 27) ... at Art Adamson Invitational (Nov. 16-18) swam a personal-best in 100 fly (55.57), took 21st in 100 breast (1:02.94) and 200 breast (2:17.51), clocked a 2:02.88 in 200 IM to place 29th ... placed second in 200 breast (2:21.46) and third in 100 breast (1:04.61) against Wyoming (Jan. 16 ) in Boise ... won the 100 breast (1:04.05 altitude adjusted) at Northern Arizona (Jan. 27) ... at Mountain West Championships (Feb. 14-17) in San Antonio, Texas, recorded four top-8 finishes placing seventh in both the 200 breast with season-best time of 2:14.66 (B cut) and 200 IM (2:02.77) after clocking a personal-best time in prelims (2:01.30, B cut), placed eighth in 100 breast with career-best time of 1:02.07, part of MW winning 400 medley relay team (3:36.03).

SOPHOMORE (2016-17)

HONORS - Member of Mountain West Conference Championship Team ... won Mountain West title with the 400 medley relay, earned three All-Mountain West honors in the relay, as well as the 100 and 200 breaststrokes ... Academic All-Mountain West and Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (3.5 or better cumulative GPA) ... HIGHLIGHTS - part of winning 200 and 400 medley relays, took fifth in the 100 breast (1:05.79) and 200 breast (2:22.39) at the Chick-Fil-A Invitational (Oct. 7-8) ... made the C Final in the 100 breast (1:04.46) at the Art Adamson Invitational (Nov. 17-19) ... part of winning 200 medley relay at Idaho (Jan. 14) ... finished second with the 200 medley relay B team, took third in the 200 breast at Wyoming (Jan. 20) ... took fifth in the 200 breast against Nevada, Northern Arizona (Jan. 28) ... part of Mountain West title-winning 400 medley relay (school-record 3:34.40), posted top-eight finishes in the 100 breast (fourth) and 200 breast (fourth), scored in the 200 IM with 11th-place finish at Mountain West Championships (Feb. 16-19).

FRESHMAN (2015-16)

HONORS - Claimed a Mountain West event title in the 200 medley relay and two All-Mountain West honors in the 200 and 400 medley relays ... CSCAA Honorable-Mention Scholar All-American, Academic All-Mountain West and Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (3.5 or better cumulative GPA) ... HIGHLIGHTS - was part of the victorious 400 medley relay (3:48.66) and topped the field in the 200 breast (2:20.74) while taking second in the 200 medley relay (1:47.37), 200 IM (2:08.13) against Idaho (Oct. 9-10) ... grabbed a win with in the 200 medley relay (1:42.82), took fourth in the 100 breast (1:05.50) and 200 IM (2:09.76, altitude-adjusted), and fifth in the 200 breast (2:24.36, altitude-adjusted) against Utah and Florida Gulf Coast (Oct. 30) ... picked up another win with the 200 medley relay team (1:43.45) while taking second in the 100 breast (1:06.81, altitude-adjusted) and fourth in the 200 breast (2:23.84, altitude-adjusted) and 400 IM (4:39.27, altitude-adjusted) at BYU (Oct. 31) ... took second with the 200 medley relay (1:42.88) and third in the 100 breast (1:04.97) and 200 breast (2:20.16) at Nevada (Nov. 7) ... finished fourth with the 200 medley relay (1:39.79), sixth with the 400 medley relay (3:38.11) at the Art Adamson Invitational (Nov. 19-21) ... second with the 200 medley relay (1:44.47) and fourth in the 100 breast (1:06.21) at UC San Diego (Jan. 2) ... captured the 200 medley relay (1:43.10) and took fourth in the 200 breast (2:23.31) against Utah and No. 18 UCLA (Jan. 16) ... part of winning 200 medley relay (1:42.06) and took second in both the 100 breast (1:04.50) and 200 breast (2:20.41) against Denver (Jan. 23) ... swept the 100 breast (1:05.25) and 200 breast (2:20.74) and was part of the winning 200 medley relay (1:42.86) against Oregon State (Jan. 30) ... part of the victorious 200 medley relay (1:37.63) and runner-up 400 medley relay (3:35.97), and took sixth in the 100 breast (1:02.45), 12th in the 200 breast (2:17.16) and 13th in the 200 IM (2:03.31).

HIGH SCHOOL

Captured title in the 200 IM (2:05.72) and bronze in the 100 breast (1:05.02) at the 2015 4A Washington State Championships ... part of the 200 medley and 200 free relay teams that hold the Kentlake High records in those respective events ... captured the 100 breast in 1:05.86 at the 4A West Central District meet ... is a multiple-time finalist at the 4A Washington State Championships.

COLLEGIATE PERSONAL-BEST TIMES

50-yard Freestyle - 25.08 (at Art Adamson Invite; 11-17-2016)
100-yard Backstroke - 1:00.72 (at UCSD Invite; 1-2-2017)
100-yard Breaststroke - 1:02.07 (at MW Championships; 2-16-2018)
200-yard Breaststroke - 2:14.45 (at MW Championships; 2-18-2017)
100-yard Butterfly - 55.57 (at Art Adamson Invite; 11-17-2017)
200-yard Individual Medley - 2:01.30 (at MW Championships; 2-15-2018)
400-yard Individual Medley - 4:38.09 (at Art Adamson Invite; 11-20-2015)
^S = Split Time, ^T= Time Trial, ^R = Relay Leg, ^A = Altitude Adjusted Time