2019-20 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster
Peighton Gilbert
- Position:
- Freestyle, Breaststroke
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Center Grove
- Hometown:
- Greenwood, Ind.
BALL STATE TOP PERFORMANCES:
50 Free – 23.33
100 Free – 51.78
2019-20: Competed in the B Final of the 50 Free at the MAC Championships and finished 13th overall (23.51) … helped BSU win the 200 Free Relay at the Indiana Intercollegiate Meet … won the 50 Free (24.57) and finished as the runner up in the 100 Free (54.56) at Youngstown State … placed second in the 50 Fly against Eastern Illinois (27.29) … runner up in the 50 Free against Grand Valley State (24.82) … claimed victory in both the 50 Free (24.43) and 100 Free (54.90) to help Ball State defeat Toledo for the school’s first MAC win since 2016 … named to the Academic All-MAC Team.
2018-19: Earned third letter at Ball State ... part of the school record setting 200 free relay at the MAC Championships … first place finisher in both 200 medley relay (1:44.90) and 100 freestyle (53.58) at Eastern Illinois … at Miami, finished with first place in both 50 freestyle (24.33) and 200 medley relay (1:44.92) also second place in 200 freestyle relay (1:36.92) and fourth place in 100 freestyle (54.30) … finished with three second place times at Akron in the 100 freestyle (54.19), 50 freestyle (24.51), and 200 medley relay (1:45.91) and along earned third place in the 400 freestyle relay (3:41.20) … sixth in the 200 medley relay at the MAC Championship … named to the Academic All-MAC Team.
2017-18: Earned second letter at Ball State… earned second and fourth place finishes in the 50 freestyle (24.31) and in the 100 freestyle (54.97)… finished first with a final time of 24.55 in the 50 freestyle at the Indiana Intercollegiate Meet… set a season high in the 100 freestyle against Toledo/Oakland with a time of 54.30… helped team to a first place finish in the 200 medley relay against Illinois State… claim that top spot in the 50 freestyle (24.76) against Grand Valley State
2016-17: Earned first letter at Ball State…second best time on the squad and sixth in the school history in the 50 freestyle (23.55) and 100 freestyle (52.25)… another season high was set at the MAC Championships in the 100 breaststroke (1:07.18)...Marked a time of 24.76 in the 50 freestyle to earn ninth place at the Indiana Intercollegiate… part of a first place finishes in the meet with Indiana State and Eastern Illinois in the 200 medley relay (1:45.96) and in the 200 freestyle relay… earned first place in the 50 freestyle at 24.26… second place finisher in the 50 freestyle against Bowling Green (24.53)... helped squad to a 12th place finish in the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:56.50 set at Miami Invitational… part of an eighth place finish in the 400 freestyle relay with a team time of 3:30.82 set at Miami Invitational… part of a sixth place finish in the Miami Invitational with a time of 1:35.26 in the 200 freestyle relay… part of an eighth place finish at the MAC Championships with a team time of 3:29.59
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters at Center Grover under head coach Jim Todd… earned four Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference awards… sectional champion as senior in the 50 and 100 freestyle… holds school record and part of Center Grove Hall of Fame in the 200 freestyle relay… all-state as a sophomore and junior… MVP as a senior… team captain as a senior… four year state qualifier… three time sectional champion in the 50 freestyle… helped team to three straight sectional championships
PERSONAL: Daughter of Corey and Tressani Gilbert… two sisters, Kinsey and Gabby… born on Dec. 23, 1997, in Richmond, Ind… majoring in exercise science… full name Peighton Ashlyn Gilbert
