2022-23 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster
Roster
Garcia, Elise
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Elise Garcia
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Crean Lutheran
- Hometown:
- Irvine, Calif.
Bio
2022-23:
Considered the No. 18 recruit in the country by SwimSwam.com ... A four-time CIF Southern Section 50 free champion with a best high-school time of 22.64
In 2016, helped her team to the state title ... Graduated Summa Cum Laude and was a four-time winner of the Student-Athlete GPA Excellence Award ... A four-time NISCA All-American ... Named the 2018 Orange County Register Swimming Athlete of the Year and was a three-time team MVP ... Helped her team's 4x100 free relay set a national high school record in 2015 ... Competed in the 50m free and 100m fly at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials ... Swam for SOCAL Aquatics
Personal: Born Jan. 13, 2000 to parents Stephen and Anita Garcia ... Older sister, Maddie, went to San Diego State ... Working on a master's in Marriage and Family Therapy Counseling ... At Cal, double majored in sociology and social welfare ... Featured in Sports Illustrated's Faces in the Crowd in 2016
GARCIA'S PERSONAL RECORDS:
- CSCAA All-American Honorable Mention (400y free relay)
- At Pac-12’s, Garcia placed 6th in the 100y free (48.66), 15th in the 50y free (22.64) and 21st in the 100y fly (54.59). She also helped USC to third-place finishes in the 200y medley relay (free leg), 200y free relay and the 400y free relay
- At NCAA’s, Garcia helped USC’s 400y free relay to a 10th place finish
- CSCAA Scholar All-America (First Team)
- As a senior in 2021-22, led the Bears in the 50 free (22.20) and ranked second on the squad in the 100 free (48.59)
- Set collegiate best times of 22.11 in the 50 free, 48.62 in the 100 free and 52.78 in the 100 fly during her junior season in 2020-21
- Swam on three relays at the 2022 NCAA Championships - 200 medley relay (anchor, 7th), 200 free relay (11th) and 400 free relay (11th)
- Competed in the B final of the 50 free (10th, 22.24) and 100 free (13th, 49.09) while also taking 21st in the 100 fly (54.36) at the 2022 Pac-12 meet. Helped the 200 free relay to a runner-up finish and the 400 free relay to third place
- Received Cal's Golden Bear Award as a senior in 2022
- A member of Cal's 2021 NCAA champion 200 free relay, while also anchoring the 200 medley relay to a fourth-place finish and swimming the third leg on the Bears' third-place 400 free relay. Individually, was 22nd in the 50 free (22.32), 17th in the 100 free (48.62) and 35th in the 100 fly (53.00)
- Helped two relays to titles at the 2021 Pac-12 Championships - 200 free relay and 400 free relay - while also scoring in three individual events after taking seventh in the 50 free (22.50), fourth in the 100 free (48.73) and ninth in the 100 fly (52.78)
- Part of the 200 free relay that set a pool and Cal dual-meet record in a meet against UCLA on Jan. 30, 2021
- Placed 13th in the 100 fly (53.83), 24th in the 50 free (23.29) and 26th in the 100 free (50.02) at the 2020 Pac-12 meet
- At the 2019 Pac-12 Championships, finished 14th in the 100 fly (53.40), 19th in the 50 free (22.75) and 24th in the 100 free (49.97)
- Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll in 2022
Considered the No. 18 recruit in the country by SwimSwam.com ... A four-time CIF Southern Section 50 free champion with a best high-school time of 22.64
In 2016, helped her team to the state title ... Graduated Summa Cum Laude and was a four-time winner of the Student-Athlete GPA Excellence Award ... A four-time NISCA All-American ... Named the 2018 Orange County Register Swimming Athlete of the Year and was a three-time team MVP ... Helped her team's 4x100 free relay set a national high school record in 2015 ... Competed in the 50m free and 100m fly at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials ... Swam for SOCAL Aquatics
Personal: Born Jan. 13, 2000 to parents Stephen and Anita Garcia ... Older sister, Maddie, went to San Diego State ... Working on a master's in Marriage and Family Therapy Counseling ... At Cal, double majored in sociology and social welfare ... Featured in Sports Illustrated's Faces in the Crowd in 2016
GARCIA'S PERSONAL RECORDS:
| EVENT | TIME |
| 50-yard free | 22.20 |
| 100-yard free | 48.59 |
| 100-yard fly | 52.78 |
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