Lauren Sullivan

Position:
Backstroke/Freestyle
Class:
Junior
High School:
Bedford
Hometown:
Temperance, Mich.

2020-21: Received a prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship....MAC Senior Swimmer of the Year Nominee ... received BGSU's Community Service Award at the Ziggys, the athletic department's end-of-year awards ceremony, in June of 2021 ... earned the award for the second consecutive season ... that award goes to just one student-athlete across all sports at the University ... SAAC committee member ... Undergraduate student government athletics senator ... recorded a seventh-place finish in the 200 back at the MAC Championships, was ninth in the 100 back and was part of a fourth-place finish in the 200 medley relay at the league meet ... also was part of a fifth-place 200 freestyle relay team and a seventh-place 400 freestyle relay squad at the MAC Championships ... had 12 first-place in-season finishes.

2019-20: Earned MAC ‘B’ Finalist status for the second consecutive season, placing tenth in the 100 backstroke … recorded a personal best time of 25.75 in the 50 backstroke at the MAC Championships time trial, which qualified for the National Invitational Championship … recorded two personal bests and added a pair of third place finishes at the Magnus Cup … placed in the top five 11 times over the course of the regular season, including a pair of first place finishes against Davenport … was a member of three relay teams that finished first, as well as the 200 freestyle relay team that placed second at the Magnus Cup … swam the third leg for the 200 freestyle relay team that took fifth at the MAC Championships … named Academic All-MAC for the second consecutive season ... received BGSU's Community Service award at the Ziggys.

2018-19: Finished 8th in the 100 backstroke and 9th in the 200 backstroke at the MAC Championships, setting personal records in both events ... Academic All-MAC … competed in 24 events for Bowling Green … logged nine second-place finishes over the course of the year … finished in the top five in 14 events for BGSU … competed in both freestyle and backstroke events.

2017-18: Competed in backstroke and 50 freestyle during debut season with Falcons ... authored times in the 100 and 200 backstroke that earned spots in BGSU's all-time top-ten list ... tallied three of the top 11 times by BGSU in 100 backstroke and 2 of top 11 in 200 backstroke during season ... moved into eighth place in BGSU history for 100 back with 0:55.67 in prelims at 2018 MAC Championships ... that time earned spot in championship final, where she placed eighth (0:55.79) ... reached tenth place in BGSU history with 2:02.42 in 200 back in dual meet victory over Toledo ... earned second place in same meet vs Toledo during 100 backstroke (0:56.45) ... secured second place in both 100 back (0:58.59) and 200 back (2:06.53) in dual meet at Ohio ... made collegiate debut vs St. Francis with 0:28.31 in 50 backstroke and 0:25.11 in 50 freestyle ... posted personal record 0:24.31 in 50 free at Zippy Invitational.

Personal/Prior to BGSU: Daughter of Bill and Karin Sullivan ... has one brother, Ryan ... a Communication Sciences and Disorders major ... minored in Psychology ... Dean's List ... was a member of BGSU NSSLHA ... held positions as BGSU Swim and Dive SAAC representative and Undergraduate Student Government Athletics Senator ... also was a Research Assistant in the BGSU Motor Speech Lab.

Personal Bests
50 Backstroke: 25.75 (2020 MAC Championships)
100 Backstroke: 55.21 (2019 MAC Championships)
200 Backstroke: 1:59.99 (2021 MAC Championships)
100 Butterfly: 59.56 (2019 Magnus Cup)
50 Freestyle: 23.99 (2018 Zippy Invitational)
100 Freestyle: 51.50 (2019 MAC Championships)
200 Freestyle: 1:54.93 (vs Akron, 2019)
100 IM: 1:01.04 (vs Akron, 2021)
200 IM: 2:10.04 (2019 Magnus Cup)