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blank Amanda Rutqvist
04/25/2012 Gamecocks Tie for Top Honors on SEC Winter Academic Honor RollSouth 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 HonorForcucci finishes 19th in platform diving 03/17/2012 Rutqvist Finishes 15th in 200 Breaststroke to Conclude NCAA ChampionshipsGamecocks place 29th overall 03/16/2012 Forcucci Advances to Three-Meter Finals at NCAA ChampionshipsGamecock 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 HonorGamecocks in 25th after two days of competition • 2011 All-American (100 breaststroke) •
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.
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