2019-20: Placed first in the 200 free in back-to-back meets against Oakland (11/1) and Michigan State (11/2) ... Took gold in the 200 free and 100 back as well as earning an NCAA 'B' cut time of 1:56.18 in the 200 back at the TYR Invitational (11/24)... Contributed 73.5 individual and 48 relay points to the 4th place finishing Big Ten Championship team… Was a part of school record setting 800 relay team that finished 6th at Big Ten Championship… Finished 4th place and a NCAA B cut at the 2020 Big Ten Championship in both the 100 and 200 Back… Earned her first individual NCAA Championship qualification in the 100 and 200 back
2018-19: Fastest Wildcat in 200 free (1:48.65) and second fastest Wildcat in 200 back (1:56.16) and 100 fly (53.89) ... Finished second in the 200 back in the first meet of the year against Michigan, also tallying three third-place finishes (50 free, 200 free, 50 back) (10/19) ... Took first in the 100 back in quad-dual against UIC/Chicago/Illinois (10/26) ... Record four second-place finishes at the TYR Invite, including an NCAA 'B' Cut time and personal best in the 200 back, another career high in the 100 fly, a 1-5 Wildcat sweep, and two season bests in the 50 and 100 back ... Also contributed to season-best win in the 200 free relay (11/16-18).
2017-18: Posted the second-best time in Northwestern history at the Big Ten Championships with the 400 medley relay team, taking ninth place ... Also contributed to a B-final win in the 800 freestyle relay ... Set a career-high time in the 200 back at the Big Tens ... Recorded her first win of the season in the 500 free against Georgia Tech (10/21) ... Tallied two wins in a team victory against Chicago/UIC, in the 200 free and the 100 fly (10/28) ... Took home five event wins at the TYR Invitational (11/17-19) ... Contributed to a pool record win in the 800 free relay, a victory in the 400 free relay, and three solo event wins in the 50 back, 100 back, and 100 fly, setting four career highs ... Finished third in the 100 back in two straight wins over FGCU (12/17) and Iowa (1/20).
2016-17: Dominant freshman in the back, fly and free…First on the Northwestern top time list in the 100 back and 100 fly, second in the 200 free, and on the list in seven other event…Finished 20th in the 100 back, 23rd in the 100 fly and 23rd in the 200 free at the Big Ten Championships and set a season high for each event (54.36, 54.31 and 1:47.92 respectively)…Her 100 back and 100 fly times were good enough for NCAA B Cut times…Member of the 800 free relay team that got sixth at the Big Ten Championships (2/15) and set the Northwestern all-time record with a time of 7:06.64…Took third in the 100 back and 200 back during her first collegiate meet, the Chicago Quad-Dual (10/22)…Finished third in the 100 free, fourth in the 100 fly and sixth in the 200 free at the Illinois/Rutgers Triple-Dual (10/29)…Came in ninth at the TYR Invitational (11/20) in the 100 fly…Swam to a fifth place finish in the 100 fly and sixth place finish in the 200 free against Notre Dame (1/14)…Finished the Iowa Dual (1/21) with a fourth place 100 fly finish and a sixth place finish in the 200 free...Finished ninth in the 100 free and 10th in the 100 fly at the Purdue Triple Dual (1/28).
Bio: Swam for four years for the Stuyvesant Penguins ... Earned the April Lao Award, which is given to the best freshman swimmer in the Public Schools Athletic League (PSAL) ... Also won the Francine Schnarr Memorial Award, given to the most outstanding senior in the conference ... Won the MVP award for the Penguins after both 2014 and 2015 ... Scholastic All-American and All-American swim team member ... Took home the Staten Island Advance All-Star Athletics Award ... In 2014, took home second and third in the 100 back and 100 fly, respectively, in the NYSPHSAA swimming championships ...Holds seven individual school records and three relay records ... Has the PSAL record for 100 back and 200 free relay ... A part of a Stuyvesant team that won the school's eighth-consecutive A Division swimming and diving championship ... Competed for Asphalt Green Unified Aquatics for three years ... Swam with fellow Wildcat signee Nicole Aarts ... Holds the record for the 100 back and 100 fly for her club ... Qualified for Olympic Trials in the 100 back with a time of 1:03.28 ... Scholastic All-American ... Played saxophone for nine years, reaching NYSSMA level six, the highest possible … Chosen as an alternate for the New York All-State Band … Chose Northwestern over Penn and Vanderbilt ... Major is sociology, minor is business institutions
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LARA'S CAREER BESTS:
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2018-19: Fastest Wildcat in 200 free (1:48.65) and second fastest Wildcat in 200 back (1:56.16) and 100 fly (53.89) ... Finished second in the 200 back in the first meet of the year against Michigan, also tallying three third-place finishes (50 free, 200 free, 50 back) (10/19) ... Took first in the 100 back in quad-dual against UIC/Chicago/Illinois (10/26) ... Record four second-place finishes at the TYR Invite, including an NCAA 'B' Cut time and personal best in the 200 back, another career high in the 100 fly, a 1-5 Wildcat sweep, and two season bests in the 50 and 100 back ... Also contributed to season-best win in the 200 free relay (11/16-18).
2017-18: Posted the second-best time in Northwestern history at the Big Ten Championships with the 400 medley relay team, taking ninth place ... Also contributed to a B-final win in the 800 freestyle relay ... Set a career-high time in the 200 back at the Big Tens ... Recorded her first win of the season in the 500 free against Georgia Tech (10/21) ... Tallied two wins in a team victory against Chicago/UIC, in the 200 free and the 100 fly (10/28) ... Took home five event wins at the TYR Invitational (11/17-19) ... Contributed to a pool record win in the 800 free relay, a victory in the 400 free relay, and three solo event wins in the 50 back, 100 back, and 100 fly, setting four career highs ... Finished third in the 100 back in two straight wins over FGCU (12/17) and Iowa (1/20).
2016-17: Dominant freshman in the back, fly and free…First on the Northwestern top time list in the 100 back and 100 fly, second in the 200 free, and on the list in seven other event…Finished 20th in the 100 back, 23rd in the 100 fly and 23rd in the 200 free at the Big Ten Championships and set a season high for each event (54.36, 54.31 and 1:47.92 respectively)…Her 100 back and 100 fly times were good enough for NCAA B Cut times…Member of the 800 free relay team that got sixth at the Big Ten Championships (2/15) and set the Northwestern all-time record with a time of 7:06.64…Took third in the 100 back and 200 back during her first collegiate meet, the Chicago Quad-Dual (10/22)…Finished third in the 100 free, fourth in the 100 fly and sixth in the 200 free at the Illinois/Rutgers Triple-Dual (10/29)…Came in ninth at the TYR Invitational (11/20) in the 100 fly…Swam to a fifth place finish in the 100 fly and sixth place finish in the 200 free against Notre Dame (1/14)…Finished the Iowa Dual (1/21) with a fourth place 100 fly finish and a sixth place finish in the 200 free...Finished ninth in the 100 free and 10th in the 100 fly at the Purdue Triple Dual (1/28).
Bio: Swam for four years for the Stuyvesant Penguins ... Earned the April Lao Award, which is given to the best freshman swimmer in the Public Schools Athletic League (PSAL) ... Also won the Francine Schnarr Memorial Award, given to the most outstanding senior in the conference ... Won the MVP award for the Penguins after both 2014 and 2015 ... Scholastic All-American and All-American swim team member ... Took home the Staten Island Advance All-Star Athletics Award ... In 2014, took home second and third in the 100 back and 100 fly, respectively, in the NYSPHSAA swimming championships ...Holds seven individual school records and three relay records ... Has the PSAL record for 100 back and 200 free relay ... A part of a Stuyvesant team that won the school's eighth-consecutive A Division swimming and diving championship ... Competed for Asphalt Green Unified Aquatics for three years ... Swam with fellow Wildcat signee Nicole Aarts ... Holds the record for the 100 back and 100 fly for her club ... Qualified for Olympic Trials in the 100 back with a time of 1:03.28 ... Scholastic All-American ... Played saxophone for nine years, reaching NYSSMA level six, the highest possible … Chosen as an alternate for the New York All-State Band … Chose Northwestern over Penn and Vanderbilt ... Major is sociology, minor is business institutions
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LARA'S CAREER BESTS:
| Event | Career Best |
| 50 back | 25.34 |
| 100 back | 52.54 |
| 200 back | 1:53.37 |
| 50 free | 23.19 |
| 100 free | 51.10 |
| 200 free | 1:46.53 |
| 500 free | 5:00.96 |
| 50 fly | 25.92 |
| 100 fly | 53.89 |
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