Former Brewer High swimming phenom and Texas commit is coming off a championship-winning season

Brynn Lavigueur could have had a short-lived swimming profession at Brewer High School but it surely was definitely a memorable one.

As a freshman, she set 4 particular person faculty information and swam legs for 2 faculty record-setting relay groups.

She was chosen the Swimmer of the Meet on the Penobscot Valley Conference championships and went on to win two particular person occasions on the state meet: the 50 yard freestyle 100 yard backstroke.

She then left Brewer for a extra aggressive swim atmosphere in Florida and, by her highschool and membership group performances over the previous two years, she has continued to climb the nationwide ladder within the swimming ranks.

Lavigueur, who has verbally dedicated to swim for powerhouse the University of Texas, has had an eye-opening nine-month run culminating within the 50 meter backstroke victory on the Junior National Championships in Irvine, California, a number of weeks in the past with a time of 28.42.

She additionally took fourth within the 100 backstroke (1:01.18).

Lavigueur led all girls in factors accrued on the USA Swimming Futures Championships in Ocala, Florida, earlier this summer season by profitable the 100 backstroke (1:01.65) and 50 backstroke (28:37) and including a second place end within the 200 particular person medley (2:16.34), a 3rd within the 100 freestyle (56.18) and a fourth within the 200 freestyle (2:02.28).

Last December, she gained her first U.S. Junior National occasion when she triumphed within the 200 yard freestyle (1:45.82) in Greensboro, North Carolina. That got here a month after she gained the 200-yard particular person medley (1:59.31) and 100 yard backstroke (52.67) for her Riverview High School group in Sarasota on the Florida State 4A championships.

“I’m very happy. I never thought I would be at this point where I am now,” stated the 6-foot-1 Lavigueur, who’s vacationing together with her household at their house on Pushaw Lake.

She stated leaving Maine for Florida as a 15-year-old, despite the fact that her household has a house in Sarasota, wasn’t straightforward.

“It was hard, The coaching and the practices were a lot different from what I was used to. So it probably took six or seven months to become fully adjusted,” Lavigueur stated.  “I went to virtual school, which was helpful.”

She has no regrets in regards to the transfer.

“I’m super happy I did it. It has paid off. There are a lot more teams and a lot of us have the same goals. There’s a lot more competition than there is in Maine,” Lavigueur stated.

She was closely recruited by faculties and went on three visits earlier than deciding on Texas.

“It was a tough decision but Texas has always been my dream school,” Lavigueur stated.

The Longhorns have been runners as much as Virginia within the NCAA Division I championships the final three years.

Lavigueur swims 12 months–spherical and has added pilates to her exercise routine.

She is primarily a freestyle and backstroke specialist however has added the person medley to her resume lately. That occasion includes swimmers utilizing 4 totally different strokes: butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle.

She has a brand new membership swim group, the Windermere Lakers. She had been swimming with the Sarasota Sharks.

The 17-year-old daughter of Frank and Krystal (Fogler) Lavigueur has definitely benefited from the gene pool.

Her mom is within the University of Maine’s Sports Hall of Fame as she as soon as held six particular person faculty swimming information and was a part of 5 record-setting relay groups.

Lavigueur is wanting ahead to her senior 12 months at a brand new Florida highschool, Windermere High, the place she hopes to defend her state titles.

It’s each swimmer’s dream to compete within the Olympics, however Lavigueur stated that’s “so far down the road.”

“I’m excited to be able to swim in the NCAA and if it goes further, we’ll see,” Lavigueur stated.