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2024-25 Swimming Roster

Gretchen Gillenwater

  • Class Senior
  • Event(s) Free/IM
  • Hometown Charlotte, N.C.
  • High School Metrolina Christian Academy

Biography

AS A FRESHMAN (2021-22)
Season Bests: 50 Free (26.63), 100 Free (57.81), 200 Free (2:05.60), 500 Free (5:30.27), 1000 Free (1:05.64), 200 Back (2:21.13), 100 Fly (1:04.82), 200 Fly (2:37.91), 400 IM (5:03.45)
Registered top-5 finishes on seven occasions, including runner-up showings in the dual with Converse in both the 50 Free and the 1000 Free … Swam a leg on four relay squads, including the 200 Medley Relay team that finished third in the tri-meet with Lenoir-Rhyne and Mars Hill.

HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at Metrolina Christian Academy for father and coach Coy Gillenwater … Helped lead Warriors to three conference championships … Earned four consecutive conference championships in the 200-yard Freestyle event, while picking up a pair of conference crowns in the 500-yard Freestyle … Also swan with the New South Swimming club and coach Pierce Bradshaw.
 
PERSONAL
The daughter of Julie and Coy Gillenwater … Has two brothers, Cooper and Evan, and two sisters, Neva and Emily … Maintained a 4.0 cumulative grade point average at Metrolina Christian Academy … Names Olympian Katie Ledecky as her idol … Favorite movie is The Quiet Place and favorite foods are pizza and ice cream … Favorite sports team is the New Orleans Saints … An environmental chemistry major at UNCP.


 

PERSONAL BESTS AT UNCP (Updated: 11/15/2023)
50 Free 26.63
100 Free 57.81
100 Fly 1:04.82
100 Back 1:05.64
100 Breast 1:25.27
200 Free 2:05.60
200 Back 2:15.15
200 Fly 2:37.91
500 Free 5:40.39
800 Free 12:42.48
1000 Free 11:42.03
1650 Free 20:16.24
200 IM 2:39.19
400 IM 5:03.45
200 Medley Relay 1:55.10
200 Free Relay 1:43.15
400 Free Relay 3:56.61

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    Free
    5'2"

  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Free
    5'2"

  • 2023-24Junior

    Free/IM
    5'2"

  • 2024-25Senior

    Free/IM
    5'2"