2023-24 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster
Heather Gardner
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-8
- Hometown:
- Mount Pleasant, Pa.
- Position:
- Sprint Free, Breast
- Prev School:
- Mount Pleasant Senior HS
2022-23 (So.)
• Focused on sprint freestyle and breaststroke
• VaSID All-State 2nd Team breaststroke
• Enters senior season ranked second in program history in 100 breaststroke (1:01.03) and fourth in 200 breaststroke (2:12.94)
• Earned first two career CCSA podium finishes
• Swam NCAA B cut, lifetime-best 1:01.03 in CCSA 100 breaststroke A Final, placing third
• Placed third in 200 breaststroke at conference meet with her lifetime-best, NCAA B cut 2:12.94
• Clocked 28.01 second leg of Liberty’s CCSA-winning 200 medley relay
• Turned in 1:01.32 breaststroke leg during 400 medley relay at CCSA Championships, helping Liberty place second
• Finished 18th overall in CCSA 50 free in season-best 23.48
• Competed in 100 breaststroke at Toyota U.S. Open
• Posted two individual-event wins, earning victory in 50 free against Campbell and winning 200 breaststroke (2:16.89) at TYR ’85 Invite
• Had a breakout swim at Arkansas, swimming a then lifetime-best 1:01.94 in 100 breaststroke
2021-22 (So.)
• Focused on sprint freestyle and breaststroke
• Named to CCSA Honor Roll
• Swam the ninth fastest 100 breaststroke time at CCSA Championships with a 1:04.18 clocking in prelims
• Her 24.06 was the fastest 50 free time of any exhibition swimmer at the CCSA Championships
• Clocked a 2:22.72 in CCSA 200 breaststroke prelims
• Won TYR ’85 Invite title in 50 freestyle, swimming collegiate best 23.70
• Claimed victory in 100 breaststroke at Campbell
2020-21 (Fr.)
• Focused on sprint freestyle and breaststroke
• Named to CCSA Honor Roll
• Earned one A Final (100 breaststroke), one B Final (50 freestyle) and one C Final (100 free) at CCSA Championships
• Swam season-best 1:02.94 in CCSA A Final of 100 breaststroke, placing fifth
• Finished 18th overall in CCSA 50 free (24.08) after swimming 23.81 in prelims
• Clocked 52.52 in 100 Free C Final at conference meet, placing 23rd overall
• Swam anchor leg of Liberty’s 200 medley relay in 23.65 and anchored 200 free relay in 23.66 at CCSA Championships
• Registered a season-best 2:20.68 in 200 breaststroke at Liberty Last Chance Meet
• Won 100 breaststroke at Campbell on Oct. 24
Prep
• Graduated from Mount Pleasant Senior High School
• Holds school records in 100 backstroke, 100 breaststroke and 50 freestyle
• Named All-American in 50 freestyle as a sophomore before being named All-American in 100 breaststroke as a junior
• Westmoreland County champion and record holder in 100 breaststroke, 100 freestyle and 50 freestyle
• Six-time WPIAL individual champion
• 2020 PIAA state champion in 50 freestyle, while earning three career PIAA individual runner-up honors and six total PIAA top-eight state finishes
• Junior Nationals qualifier in 100 breaststroke, 100 freestyle and 50 freestyle
• Tribune-Review Spotlight Athlete of the Week
• Centennial Chevrolet Scholar-Athlete
• Tribune-Review 2020 Athlete of the Year
• 2020 Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete finalist
• USA Swimming Futures qualifier
• Competed for Allegheny Mountain Swimming and Mount Pleasant Aqua Club
• Lifetime bests entering Liberty: 50 Free SCY – 23.24; 100 Free SCY – 51.84; 100 Breast SCY – 1:02.77
Personal
• Daughter of Joe and Valorie Gardner
• Intends to major in criminal psychology, with the goal of becoming a Pennsylvania State Trooper
• Birthday is June 3
Top Efforts in a Liberty Uniform
50 Free – 23.48
100 Free – 52.52
100 Breast – 1:01.03
200 Breast – 2:12.94
CCSA Individual Medalist Honors (2)
2023 100 Breast (3rd)
2023 200 Breast (3rd)
