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Amanda Rutqvist
Amanda Rutqvist

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Gothenburg, Sweden

Height:
5-11

Event:
Breaststroke

04/25/2012

Gamecocks Tie for Top Honors on SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll

South Carolina places 48 on the league's honor roll, tying Alabama and Florida for the most

03/17/2012

Rutqvist Advances to 200 Breaststroke Finals, Earns Third All-America Honor

Forcucci finishes 19th in platform diving

03/17/2012

Rutqvist Finishes 15th in 200 Breaststroke to Conclude NCAA Championships

Gamecocks place 29th overall

03/16/2012

Forcucci Advances to Three-Meter Finals at NCAA Championships

Gamecock senior finishes fifth in prelims to earn third-career All-America honor

03/16/2012

Forcucci Takes Fifth on Three-Meter Board to Earn All-America Honor

Gamecocks in 25th after two days of competition

• 2011 All-American (100 breaststroke) •
• 2011 All-American (200 breaststroke) •
• 2011 SEC Champion (200 breaststroke) •
• 2011 All-SEC First Team •
• 2011 All-SEC Freshman Team •

2010-11 - All-American in 100 and 200 breaststroke...Finished 5th in 200 breaststroke at NCAA Championships in 2:07.86, lowering her own school and SEC record...Took 16th in 100 breast at NCAA meet...Became South Carolina's first-ever SEC women's swimming champion, winning the 200 breaststroke at the 2011 SEC Championships in Gainesville, Fla....Set an SEC and school record with a time of 2:08.56...Shattered existing school record by nearly five seconds...Selected to All-SEC First Team and All-SEC Freshman Team...Has rewritten the Gamecock record books as a true freshman...Also broke the school record in the 100 breast (1:00.20), setting another `B' cut time...Won all but three races in the 200 breast this season; two losses were to teammate Rachael Schaffer and the other was in the NCAA Championship final...Had 15 individual wins on the season...Part of team's top 200 MR (1:44.55) and 400 MR (3:46.64) squads...Also posted strong times in 200 IM (2:01.72 at SEC Champ) and 400 IM (4:27.55 vs. Arkansas/Missouri).

PRE-COLLEGE - Attended Kitas Gymnasium...Club team was Göteborg Sim...Competed at 2009 Swedish Short Course Championships...Finished 7th in 800-meter freestyle finals...Ranked in Europe's Top 100 in 200 breaststroke.

PERSONAL - Born Oct. 5, 1991, in Gothenburg, Sweden...Parents are Anders and Annika Rutqvist...Has a brother, Oskar, and a sister, Hanna...Her father was a swimmer at the University of Nebraska...Plans to major in business...Also considered an offer from NC State.

Rutqvist's Top Times
Event Time Date Meet Location
100 breast 1:00.20! 2/18/11 SEC Championships Gainesville, Fla.
200 breast 2:07.86!$ 3/19/11 NCAA Championships Austin, Texas
200 IM 2:01.72 2/17/11 SEC Championships Gainesville, Fla.
400 IM 4:27.55 11/6/10 Arkansas/Missouri Fayetteville, Ark.
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