Chelsea Giuffre

Position:
Freestyle, Butterfly
Class:
Senior
High School:
St. Joseph
Hometown:
St. Joseph, Mich.

2008-09 (Jr.): Earned third letter at Ball State . . . logged career-fast swims in the 200 free (1:59.71) and 500 free (5:18.30) at the Mid-American Conference Championships (2/25) . . . swam career-best times in the 1000 free (11:05.77) at Miami (2/6) and the 1650 free (18:11.41) at the IUPUI House of Champions (12/5) . . . her 1650 free clocking ranked fourth on the team, while here 1000 free time was sixth . . . posted season-best times of 1:03.72 in the 100 fly at the Doug Coers Invitational (11/21) and in the 200 fly (2:13.01) at IUPUI.

2007-08 (So.): Earned second letter at Ball State . . . her time of 18:27.72 in the 1650 free at the Mid-American Conference Championships (2/20) ranked as the fourth-fastest individual performance on the squad during the season . . . also swam in the 500 free (5:22.17) and 200 fly (2:14.57) at the MAC Championships . . . posted BSU's fourth-fastest 1000 free (11:10.49) versus Toledo (11/2).

2006-07 (Fr.): Earned first letter at Ball State . . . clocked in with a career-fast time of 2:12.84 in the 200 fly, and season-fast times of 5:20.14 in the 500 free and 18:16.82 in the 1650 free at the MAC Championships (2/14) . . . recorded a season-best clocking of 2:04.93 in the 200 free at Michigan State (12/9) . . . added a career-fast time in the 100 fly (1:03.23) at IUPUI (1/31), while earning a season-fast time of 11:07.36 in the 1000 free.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters at St. Joseph for Coach Paul Hirn . . . qualified for state all four years . . . was a top 16 finisher in the 100 fly as a sophomore . . . captured top times in the 100 fly (1:02.09), 500 free (5:29.5) and 200 free (2:01.89).

PERSONAL: Majoring in health science . . born July 20, 1988 in Joliet, Ill. . . daughter of Joseph and Lori Giuffre . . . has one brother, Jared.