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2019-20 Carthage College Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Sam Payton, Carthage College
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Heather Walker

  • Position Backstroke/Breaststroke
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Chicago, Ill.
  • High School Von Stueben

Biography

2019-20: Posted a personal-best in the 50-yard freestyle (28.86) against Lake Forest and 19.87 in the 50-yard backstroke ... CCIW all-conference selection in the 200-yard freestyle relay. 

2018-19: Part of a relay team that won the CCIW Championship in the 200 yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:34.94 ... Qualified for the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships in the 400 yard freestyle relay, where the relay team placed 26th ... Part of relay team that placed second in the 200 yard medley relay at the CCIW Swimming and Diving Championships with a time of 1:48.28 ... Also finished third in the 400 yard freestyle relay, fourth in the 400 yard medley relay, fifth in the 100 backstroke, and ninth in the 50 yard freestyle at the CCIW Championships.

2017-18: Finished eighth in the 50 yard freestyle (24.65), ninth in the 100 yard backstroke (1:00.89) and tenth in the 200 yard backstroke (2:13.86) at the CCIW Swimming and Diving Championships. 

2016-17: Finished ninth in the 200 yard backstroke at the CCIW Swimming and Diving Championships with a time of 2:14.75 … Placed twelfth in the 100 yard backstroke (1:02.06) and took nineteenth in the 50 yard backstroke (25.40) at the CCIW Swimming and Diving Championships.

High School: Recipient of the Rookie of the Year, Mustang, four-year, and captain awards as a member of the water polo team at Von Stuben High School ... Team MVP of the water polo team ... Team registered second place at the Water Polo City Championships ... Two-year MVP and captain as a member of the swimming team ... Broke two individual school records, and two relay records on the swimming team ... Swimming & diving team notched fourth place at the City Championships ... Member of the Honor Roll ... Participated on the Northside Aquatics Club Team.

Personal: Physical Therapy major ... Daughter of Debra and Graham Walker. 

Career Results

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    Freestyle
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Freestyle
  • 2018-19Junior

    Freestyle
  • 2019-20Senior

    Backstroke/Breaststroke