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2019-20 Women's Swimming & Diving

Emma Buerger

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Mount Lebanon
  • Hometown Pittsburgh, Pa.

Biography

2019-20: Swam in five of Penn’s eight regular season meets … Raced to career best times in the 100 free (52.24) and 200 free (1:52.49) in the ECAC Championships.

2018-19: Competed in six of Penn’s eight regular season meets this season, including all four of Penn’s Ivy League meets … Set a personal-best time in the 50 free (25.51).

TOP TIMES
50 Free … 25.51
100 Free … 52.24
200 Free … 1:52.49
500 Free … 4:42.20
 
High School: Four year letter winner ... Served as captain senior year ... Member of the WPIAL (PA District 7 Swimming Championship) Champion 200 Freestyle Relay and 400 Freestyle Relay  in 2016 ... Member of the 2014 and 2016 WPIAL Runner-Up teams ... Member of the 2016 third-place team at PIAA (PA State Meet) ... Named an All-American in the 200 Freestyle Relay (2015 & 2016) and in the 400 Freestyle Relay (2015) ... KDKA Extra Effort Award Winner (2015) ... Awarded the 2014-15 scholarship for Pittsburgh's C. Harper Positive High School Athlete ... AMS Scholastic All-American ... Cum Laude ... Member of National Honor Society  ... Co-Founder of MLAC Swim-A-Thon.
 
Personal: Daughter of Laura and Dan Buerger … Father swam at Duke University from 1985-89 ... Cousins Jonathan and Matthew swam at Virginia and Notre Dame ... Cousin, Zach, currently swims at Princeton ... Enrolled in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

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