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Lindsay Gendron                  Class: Sophomore Hometown: Bloomington, Ill. High School: Normal Community Height: 5-11 Event: Free, IM Club: Bloomington-Normal YMCA Waves (Coach Charlie Yourd)

Career Best Times
50y free	23.30
100y free	50.09
200y freek	1:43.75
500y free	4:38.74
1000y free	9:37.36
1650y free	16:01.77
200y IM	2:02.30
400y IM	4:20.45

2011-12: Racked up five All-America honors at the NCAA Championships, highlighted by top eight finishes in the 400y medley relay, 200y free and 400y free relay...The 400y MR (3:29.92) and 400y FR (3:14.51) marks are both Tennessee records, finishing third and seventh in the events, respectively...Placed sixth in the 200y free after a clocking of 1:43.89, while also notching 16th individually in the mile (16:14.14)...Was also on the 10th-place 800y free relay that touched in at 7:04.60...Finished third or better in six events at the SEC Championships, highlighted by swimming the anchor leg on the first place and SEC record setting 400y medley relay(3:30.36)...Claimed silver medals in the 200y free, 500y free and 1650y free at the meet, as her 500y free time of 4:38.74 is a Lady Vol record, along with her 1,000y split time of 9:37.36 in the mile being one too...The 400y and 800y free relays each notched third...Won 22 of the 24 dual meet events she competed in, while never finishing below second in any free event this season...Tabbed the SEC Swimmer of the Week on Jan. 31 after winning four events against No. 2 Florida...Had UT's lone first-place finish at the Tennessee Invite, taking the top spot in the 200y free...Holds NCAA B-cut times in three individual events and in all five relays.

2010-11: Was a force in free events and on relays, winning multiple events in every dual meet or invitational she competed in...Notched All-America status in six events, including first team honors after finishing fourth in the 400y medley relay, seventh in the 400y free relay and eighth in the mile at the national championships...Also won the 200y free `B' final and had top-16 finishes in two relay events at NCAAs...Was a member of the UT and SEC record setting 400y MR at SECs...Earned First Team All-SEC accolades...Also swam on two third-place relays (400y FR, 800y FR) and grabbed third in the 200y free and fourth in the 1650y free at SECs...Her 500y free and 800y free relay times are both UT records...Won the 500y free in every dual meet she competed in the event on the season...Won three events at Florida and Kentucky and against Virginia...Won the 200y and 500y free events versus Georgia...Tabbed SEC Freshman Swimmer of the Week twice on the season...Earned national recognition, being tabbed CollegeSwimming.com's Counsilman Hunsaker Division I National Collegiate Swimmer of the Week for her performance against UGA...Swept her events against Arkansas and Louisville... Never finished below second in any individual event at every dual meet...Named to the SEC All-Freshmen Team...Also earned a spot the SEC Freshmen Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: Joined the swimming and diving team at Normal (Ill.) Community High School during her senior year...During the first three years of her prep career, she swam exclusively for her club team, Redbird Swim...Was an Illinois State Champion in the 100y free (50.54) and finished runner-up in the 200y IM...Broke Normal's 50y free record in her high school debut...Named by SwimmingWorld Magazine as a five-star recruit...Posted Olympic Trials qualifying times...Was a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American.

PERSONAL: Majoring in marketing with international business...Names her club coach, Charlie Yourd, as her biggest swimming influence...Former teammates competing at the collegiate level include Emily Hanson of Michigan, Caitlin Hamilton of Purdue and Monica Drake of Arizona...Has two brothers, Jacob, 22, and Jason, 21...Lindsay Danielle Gendron, daughter of Jeff and Karen Gendron, was born Oct. 16, 1992, in Bloomington, Ill.