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  Tracy Karpinski

Tracy Karpinski

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Chicago, Ill.

High School:
St. Ignatius

Height:
5-4

Event:
Back/Free

Birthdate:
11/30/1990

2010-11: Finished 18th overall at the Atlantic 10 Championship in the 200 backstroke (2:10.12) and 24th in the 100 backstroke (1:00.32)... Was second in the 100 backstroke (1:02.79) against St. Francis (NY)... Took third in the 200 backstroke (2:14.16) and fourth in the 100 backstroke (1:02.41) against Massachusetts... Placed fourth in the 200 backstroke (2:15.13) against La Salle... Was third in the 200 backstroke against C.W. Post (2:16.56)... Placed sixth in the 100 backstroke at the BC/Williams meet (1:03.84)... Was fifth in the 100 backstroke against Boston University (1:01.97)... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2009-10: Won the 200 backstroke against C.W. Post (2:11.89), and finished second in the 100 backstroke against St. Francis (1:00.76)... Placed 16th overall in the 200 backstroke at the Princeton Invitational (2:15.40)... Helped the 400 freestyle relay team place first against Stony Brook (3:40.37)... Took sixth in both the 100 (1:03.72) and 200 (2:16.75) backstroke at the Husky Invitational... Was fifth in the 100 backstroke in the Rams' dual meet with St. Peter's and Fairfield (1:03.36)... Posted the Rams' third-best 200 backstroke time and fifth-best mark in the 100 backstroke.

Before Fordham: Four-year varsity swimmer and water polo player at St. Ignatius High School... Team captain of both squads... Set four varsity swimming records... Two-time Coaches' Award recipient for swimming as well as once for water polo... All-American Consideration time in the 200 freestyle relay...Honorable Mention All-Sectional for water polo in 2009... Member of the National Honor Society... Earned Magna Cum Laude on the National Latin Exam as well as Highest Honors on the National Greek Exam.

Major: Communications & Media Studies.

CAREER BEST TIMES
50 Free: 25.69
100 Free: 56.34
200 Free: 2:00.38
100 Back: 1:00.32
200 Back: 2:10.12