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2008 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Beverly Walker

Beverly Walker

  • Position:
    Backstroke
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Previous Team:
    George Walton HS
  • Hometown:
    Marietta, Ga.

Summary

Biography

As a Senior (2008-09): Was a first team all-Patriot League honoree … Won the 100 back title by setting school, league and meet records with a 54.83 in the finals … Posted the fifth best time in the program’s history in the preliminary rounds (55.36) …Swam the third fastest time in the program’s history in the preliminaries of the 200 back (1:59.74) before posting the fourth best time in the finals (2:00.82) in a second place effort … Turned in the sixth fastest time at Colgate with a personal best 23.37 in the 50 free en route to a sixth-place effort … Was a member of four relay squads that broke school, league, meet and pool records in winning fashion … Swam the second leg of the winning 200 free relay (1:31.57) and then swam the opening legs of the 400 medley relay (3:39.23), 200 medley relay (1:41.12) and 400 free relay (3:20.55) … Swam a personal best 50.83 split in the 400 free relay and a 26.14 split in the opening leg of the 200 medley relay … Posted personal bests of 1:56.21 in the 200 free versus Binghamton and a 2:11.12 in the 200 IM at the Nike Invitational.

As a Junior (2007-08)

As a Sophomore (2006-07)

As a Freshman (2005-06)

High School: Earned four letters in swimming at George Walton High School ... Team captain as a senior ... Led team to four consecutive state championships ... Set the Georgia state record in the 200-meter backstroke with a time of 2:16.53 ... A national championship consolation finalist ... Competed in the Olympic trials ... Named to the NISCA All-America first team for the 200 medley relay in 2002, 2003 and 2004, for the 100 back in 2003 and 2004, and for the 50 free in 2004 ... Named to the GHSSCA all-state team for the 100 back, 50 free and 200 medley relay in 2003 and 2004 ... Named GHSSCA Swimmer of the Year in 2004 and Atlanta Journal Constitution Swimmer of the Year in 2005 ... Honored by the Marietta Daily Journal as the 2003 and 2004 swimmer of the year, and the swimmer of the week on February 18, 2003 ... A USA Swimming Scholastic All-America in 2003 and 2004 ... A first-team all-county selection in 2002 and 2003 ... Earned NISCA All-America consideration in 2002 for the 100 backstroke ... Team MVP in 2003 and 2004 ... Named team's outstanding female swimmer in 2002 and 2005 ... A member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Beverly Jeanne Walker was born on March 28, 1987 in Atlanta, Georgia ... Daughter of Emery and Peggy Walker ... Has three sisters ... Majoring in natural sciences.

Walker's Personal Bests
50 Free - 23.37 (6th at CU)
100 Free - 50.83 (5th at CU)
200 Free - 1:56.21 
500 Free - 5:27.37
50 Back - 26.14
100 Back - 54.83 (1st at CU)
200 Back - 1:59.74 (1st at CU)
100 Fly - 54.02
200 Fly - 2:08:77
200 IM - 2:11.12

: Named to the all-Patriot League first team ... Won the Patriot League title in the 200 back with a time of 2:04.16, which ranks fourth in school history ... Posted the second-fastest time ever by a Raider in the 200 back, 2:03.77, at the Nike Invitational ... Finished second at the league meet in the 100 back with the 10th-fastest time ever at Colgate, 57.31 ... Placed second in the 100 back at the Nike Invitational with a season-best time of 57.13, which ranks eighth on Colgate's all-time performances list ... Swam the lead-off leg of the 200 medley relay that won the Patriot League title in the third-fastest time in school history, 1:45.20 ... Her split time for the 50 back portion of the relay, 26.79, was a season best ... Led off the 400 medley relay that won the league title in the second-fastest time ever at Colgate, 3:49.50 ... Anchored the 200 free relay that finished second at the conference championship in the fourth-fastest time in school history, 1:35.20 ... Swam the second leg of the 800 free relay that recorded the second-fastest time in school history, 7:30.17, at the Nike Invitational ... Part of the 400 free relay that recorded the 10th-fastest time ever at Colgate, 3:33.00, at Lehigh ... Finished the 100 fly in a season-best time of 57.49 at the league meet ... Posted a season-best time of 24.10 in the 50 free at the Nike Invitational ... Swam the lead-off leg of the 400 free relay in a season-best time of 53.60 for the 100 free at Dartmouth ... Recorded a season-best time of 1:57.25 in the 200 free at Lehigh ... Completed the 500 free in a personal-best time of 5:27.37 at Binghamton ... Turned in a personal-best time of 2:12.41 in the 200 IM against Lafayette.: Named to the all-Patriot League first team ... Selected team MVP ... Broke her own school record and won the Patriot League title in the 100 back with a time of 56.47 at the conference championship ... Earned a third-place finish in the 200 back with the second-fastest time in school history, 2:04.13, at the league meet ... Registered the eighth-fastest time ever at Colgate, 56.98, in the 100 fly at the conference championship ... Tied for the eighth-fastest time in school history, 23.95, in the 50 free at the Terrapin Cup ... Posted the seventh-fastest time ever at Colgate, 52.04, in the 100 free as the lead-off leg of the 400 free relay at the Terrapin Cup ... Relay finished with a Patriot League and Colgate varsity record time of 3:25.70 to take second place at the meet ... Recorded a personal-best time of 26.76 in the 50 back as the lead-off leg of the 200 medley relay at the Patriot League meet ... The 200 medley relay finished second at the league meet with a varsity record-setting time of 1:44.71 ... Swam the third leg of the 800 free relay that broke the Colgate record with a time of 7:29.53 to take second at the conference championship ... Part of the 200 free relay that recorded the second-fastest time ever at Colgate, 1:34.66, at the Terrapin Cup ... Led off the 400 medley relay that posted the second-fastest time in school history, 3:50.56, at the Terrapin Cup ... Was part of the Raiders' 400 (3:25.70) and 800 free (7:31.67) relay foursome that established new league records  at the Terrapin Cup ... Swam the 200 free in a season-best time of 1:57.26 at Lafayette.: Named to the all-Patriot League first team ... Part of four winning relays at the conference championship meet ... Swam the backstroke portion in both the 200 and 400 medley relays that capture gold with times of 1:44.73 and 3:47.51, respectively ... Her time of 26.80 in the leadoff portion of the 200 medley relay is a personal best for the 50 back ... Swam the third leg of the 200 and 800 free relays that broke the Patriot League and meet records with times of 1:34.15 and 7:33.68, respectively ... The 800 free relay was composed entirely of rookies, and shattered the Colgate freshman record ... Won the 100 fly and 100 back at the Patriot League Championship ... Her time in the 100 back (56.72) is a Colgate, Patriot League and meet record ... Her time in the 100 fly (56.56) ranks second in school history ... Broke the school record in the 200 back with a time of 2:03.67 at the conference meet ... Part of the 200 free relay that posted a time of 1:38.19 versus Army, the 400 free relay that finished in 3:33.15 against Binghamton, and the 200 medley relay, which turned in a time of 1:51.78, all of which are Colgate freshman records ... Swam the backstroke portion of the 200 medley relay that broke the Lineberry Natatorium record with a time of 1:48.29 versus Bucknell ... During the Patriot League time trials, completed the 50 free in 24.03, which ranks second in Colgate history on the all-time performers list and eighth on the all-time performances chart ... Recorded personal-best times in both the 200 free and 200 fly versus Lafayette ... Her 200 fly time (2:08.77) ranks third on the all-time Raider performers list and fifth on the performances ledger, while her 200 free time (1:56.42) ranks seventh on the all-time performers list ... Achieved a personal-best time of 54.04 in the 100 free versus Binghamton ... Finished the season with six of the top-10 performances in school history in the 100 back, four in the 200 back, and three in the 100 fly.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2005-06First Year

    Backstroke

  • 2006-07Sophomore

    Backstroke

  • 2007-08Junior

    Backstroke

  • 2008-09Senior

    Backstroke