COLLEGESWIMMING PROFILE
2019-20
• Became the first Biola swimmer to ever compete at a NCAA Division II Championship event when she swam the 400-IM at nationals
• Finished 18th in the 400-IM (4:27.00) at NCAA Division II nationals, improving eight places from the seeding
• Won the PCSC Championship in the 400-IM (4:25.10), setting a new school record
• Also set a personal-best in the 200-IM (2:06.12) to finish second in the conference and finished eighth in 200-butterfly (2:10.50)
• Had a great meet at the La Verne Collegiate Winter Invite, finishin top-3 in the 400-IM and 200-IM and winning the 200-butterfly (2:08.93)
• Helped the team to a program-best third-place finish at the PCSC Championships
2018-19
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Complete Times
• Swam primarily freestyle and individual medleys in her first year with Biola
• Swam the 200-IM and the 400-IM more than any other event
• Set her season-best in the finals of the 400-IM at the PCSC Championships (4:30.04)
• Also placed 5th in the finals of the 400-IM (4:30.04) and in the finals of the 1650-free (17:51.29) at the PCSC Championships
HIGH SCHOOL
• Prepped four varsity seasons at Cedar Park Christian School in Bothell, Wash.
• Finished fourth in Washington state in the 500-freestyle and fifth in the 200-IM in 2017
• Was a WIAA State Finalist in 2016 and 2017 and qualified all four years
• Led her team to an eighth-place finish in the state meet
• Recognized as a WIAA 4A State Academic Champion in 2015
• Won the WIAA Swim/Dive Scholastic Award all four years
• Also swam nine years under Dave Leonard and the Pro Swimming club
PERSONAL
• Born May 9, 2000 to Ed and Marcia Harper
• Has four siblings (Heather, Ryan, Bethany and Kristin)
• Her sister Heather was an All-American swimmer at Boise State and her father, Ed, played golf at USC
• Both her brother, Ryan, and sister, Bethany, swam at Biola
• Majoring in nursing, with plans of a career in pediatric nursing
• Is a swim instructor and lifeguard at Pro Swim Club
• Favorite Bible Verse: Proverbs 31:25
• Why I Chose Biola: “I chose Biola for the rigorous swim program, the nursing school and the Torrey Honors Institute."
