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Torie  Buerger - Swimming & Diving - University of Kentucky Athletics

Torie Buerger

  • position Backstroke/Butterfly
  • class Sophomore
  • Hometown Wexford, Pa.
  • Major Animal Sciences
  • High school North Allegheny Sr. High School

Top Times (SCY):
100 Backstroke: 52.79 (Tennessee Invitational, 11/16/23)
200 Backstroke: 1:54.84 (Ohio State Last Chance, 2/26/23)
200 IM: 1:58.99 (SEC Championships, 2/15/23)

Top Times (LCM): 
100 Backstroke: 1:01.24 (IN Indy Spring Cup, 05/19/23)
200 Backstroke: 2:12.34 (Phillips 66 National Championships, 7/27/22)
200 IM: 2:16.60 (GA ABSC Bulldog Summer Invite, 7/1/22)

Career Notes:

  • 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier
  • 2021 All-SEC Freshman Team
  • 2022, 2023 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
  • 2021 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
  • 2022 CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention

In the Record Book:

  • No. 9 in 100 back (2023)

2022-23 (Junior): Made three finals at the SEC Championships racing to 19th in the 200 back (1:55.53), 22nd in the 200 IM (1:59.54) and 23rd in the 100 back (53.48) … Set a personal best time in the 200 back at the Ohio State Last Chance Qualifier (1:54.84) … Had ten, top-10 finishes in dual meets … Competed at the Toyota US Open Championships in the 200M backstroke … Finished inside the top-10 in three events at the Ohio State Invitational … Was eighth in the 100 back (53.54), ninth in the 200 back (1:57.40) and ninth in the 200 IM (2:00.36).

2021-22 (Sophomore): Won the C-final of the 200 back (1:54.97) in a lifetime best at the SEC Championships to finish 17th overall, also taking 19th in the 100 back (53.22) … Placed 11th in the 200 back (1:56.26) and 14th in the 100 back (54.50) at the midseason Ohio State Invitational … Had six top-5 finishes throughout the dual meet season, highlighted by her first collegiate win in the 100 back (56.19) against Cincinnati … Finished third in the 200 back (2:00.32) versus Marshall … Placed fifth in the 100 back (56.65) in the season-opening tri-meet against Indiana and Indiana State.

2020-21 (Freshman): Named to All-SEC Freshman Team … Won the B-final of the 200m back in 2:14.12 at Wave I of the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials … Finished 13th in the 200 back (1:55.51), 16th in the 100 back (53.47) at the SEC Championships … Split 50.71 on the 400 freestyle relay as UK won their first-ever SEC title … Recorded seven top-6 finishes throughout the dual meet season, including a runner-up showing in the 200 back against Tennessee … Placed fifth in the 200 back, seventh in the 100 back, and 11th in the 200 IM at the Missouri Invitational … Named to the SEC First-Year Honor Roll.

Prior to UK: 2020 Pennsylvania 3A state champion in the 200 IM … Six-time Pennsylvania State Championship finalist … Three-time WPIAL gold medalist … Also swam for Allegheny North Swim Club where she was a U.S. Open qualifier … 2019 Geneva Futures 100m back champion … NISCA and USA Swimming Scholastic All-American.

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