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2009-10 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Penny Baxter

  • Position Breaststroke/Backstroke
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Quebec City Canada
  • High School Rouge et or Universite Laval

Biography

2008-09: Swam a season-best mark of 2:14.29 in the 200 IM prelims at the Sun Belt Conference Championships (2/18/09-1/21/09) ... also achieved a season best in the 100 breast preliminaries at the league meet, finishing in 1:06.53 ... went on to finish 11th in the SBC Championship 100 breast consolation finals, touching in 1:06.92 ... her season-best 100 breast mark was second on the team while her 11th-place finish time was third ... notched a lifetime best of 2:18.14 in the 200 back prelims at the SBC Championships ... combined with Danielle Sneir, Kariann Stevens and Colleen Neubert for the team's top 200 medley relay time (1:52.21), good for a second-place finish versus Miami (10/18/08) ... at the Houston Invitational (11/14/08-11/15/08), teamed with Vicnan Torres, Caroline Foster and Nicola MacKenzie for FIU's second best mark of the year for the 200 free relay.

2007-08: Participated in the 100 backstroke, 100 breaststroke, 200 individual medley, 200 freestyle relay and 400 medley relay ... took part in setting an FIU record in the 200 free relay (1:39.24) and placing sixth at the Sun Belt Conference Championships (2/28/08-3/1/08) ... had FIU's best time in the 100 back (1:01.36) while placing 16th at the SBC ... took first place in the 100 back (1:02.70) against St. Leo (2/2/08) ... established three of squad's top-10 times in the 100 breast, including an eighth-place finish (1:05.70) at the SBC Championships ... member of the 400 medley relay team that placed fifth at the SBC Championships with a time of  3:56.32.

Prior to FIU: Swam for Rouge et Or Universite Laval in Quebec City, Quebec and for La Academia de Natacion in Barranquilla, Colombia ... attended Universite Laval in 2006-07 ...has competed in the Canadian Senior Nationals.

Personal: Born December 30, 1988 ... daughter of Maureen Baxter ... attended high school in two different countries: John McCrae Secondary School in Ottawa, Canada and Colegio Biffi La Salle in Barranquillo, Colombia ... majoring in chemistry and has aspirations to move back to Colombia to teach English and French ... sister, Tara, is a scholarship swimmer at Oakland University ... mother, Maureen swam in college at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

CAREER BESTS
50 Free: 26.22 (2009 SBC Championships, 2/18/09-1/21/09)
100 Free: 59.81 (vs. FGCU, 10/25/08)
100 Breast: 1:06.53 (2009 SBC Championships, 2/18/09-1/21/09)
200 Breast: 2:37.95 (vs. FAU/FSU, 10/3/08)
200 IM: 2:14.29 (2009 SBC Championships, 2/18/09-1/21/09)
100 Back: 1:01.94 (Houston Invitational, 11/14/08-11/15/08)
200 Back: 2:18.14 (2009 SBC Championships, 2/18/09-1/21/09)

 

Historical Player Information

  • 2007-08Sophomore

    Sprint
  • 2008-09Junior

    Sprint
  • 2009-10Senior

    Breaststroke/Backstroke