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Fifth Year (2023-24)
Second-Team All-MAC...CSC Academic All-District...CSC Academic All-America Third-Team...CSCAA Scholar All-America Second-Team...Academic All-MAC...Won the 200 medley relay, and finished second in the 100 breaststroke, 100 butterfly, and 200 IM at Oakland...Finished runner-up in the 400 freestyle relay, third in the 100 butterfly, fourth in the 100 breaststroke, and eighth in the 50 freestyle at Akron...Won the 200 IM and 200 freestyle relay, and finished runner-up in the 200 butterfly and 100 freestyle vs. Bowling Green...Competed in the 200 medley relay (2nd), 400 freestyle relay,  200 IM (4th), 100 freestyle (5th), 100 butterfly (6th), 100 breaststroke (10th), 400 medley relay (12th), and 200 freestyle relay (15th) at the Magnus Cup Invitational...Won the 100 freestyle, 200 IM, and 200 medley relay, and finished runner-up in the 100 breaststroke vs. UIndy..Finished runner-up in the 200 medley relay, 100 breaststroke, 100 freestyle, and  200 IM at Ball State...Won the 100 butterfly, and finished runner-up in the 200 medley relay, 200 butterfly and 200 IM at Marshall...Won the 200 medley relay, 400 freestyle relay, 400 medley relay, 200 IM, 100 breaststroke, 100 butterfly, and lead of the 200 freestyle relay; and was runner-up in the 100 freestyle in the Toledo Tri Meet...Named MAC Co-Swimmer of the Week and Female Scholar-Athlete of the Week on Jan. 17...At the MAC Championships: finished fifth in the 200 IM, seventh in the 100 butterfly, eighth in the 100 freestyle, swam the 400 medley relay (5th), 200 freestyle relay (5th), 400 freestyle relay (5th), and 200 medley relay (7th)...200 medley relay (1:39.99) is a UT record...100 freestyle (50.32) ranks fourth all-time...200 IM (2:02.62) is a pool record...100 Butterfly (54.52) is a pool record at the Frederick A. Fitch Natatorium...100 Butterfly prelim (53.46) is a UT school record

Senior (2022-23)
Second-Team All-MAC...CSC Academic All-District Team...Had 30 top-10 finishes including six individual wins and three relay wins eight meets...Won the 200 IM at Oakland...Won 200 butterfly against EMU...Won the 200 IM and 100 breast at Cleveland State...Won the 100 breaststroke at the Toledo tri-meet with BG and Marshall...Won the 100 butterfly at Miami…Won the 100 breaststroke at Miami’s Last Chance Meet...Finished fifth in the 400 Freestyle Relay, sixth in the 800 Freestyle Relay, sixth 200 Freestyle Relay, 400 Medley Relay at the 2023 MAC Championships...Finished seventh in the 100 butterfly, eighth in the 200 IM, and 10^th in the 200 butterfly at the 2023 MAC Championships...Academic All-MAC...President's List with a 4.0 GPA.

Junior (2021-22)
Competed in nine meets and had 21 top-5 finishes, including eight wins...Won three events at Buffalo in the 100 breast, 200 breast, and 200 IM; the 200 IM at Marshall; the 400 medley relay against Ball State; and the 200 free and 100 fly against Bowling Green...Swam in seven events at the MAC Championships, including seventh in the 200 IM, 11th in the 100 breast, and 14th in the 200 breast...Part of the 200 Freestyle Relay team (1:32.30) and 400 Freestyle Relay team (3:21.48) that set two school records at the MAC Championships...Academic All-MAC Team and Dean’s List.

Sophomore (2020-21)
Won five events including the 200 IM at Eastern Michigan; the 200 IM at Ohio; the 100 breast against Bowling Green; and two event titles at the EMU Last Chance Meet with season-best swims in both the 100 fly (55.45) and 200 IM (2:01.74)...Made the B Final in all four events at the MAC Championships: 50 breast, 100 breast, 200 breast, and 200 IM...Academic All-MAC honoree.

Freshman (2019-20)
Recorded 10 first-place finishes including the Oakland meet in the 400 IM; three against Youngstown State; against Florida Golf Coast and Marshall in the 100 IM; in the 200 IM against Indianapolis; in the 100 fly and 200 IM against Ball State; and the 200 breast and the 200 IM against Bowling Green...Set two personal-best times in the 200-long course free with a time of 2:08.48 and 1:04.49 in the 100-long course fly against Akron... Finished ninth in the 200 IM with a time of 2:02.68 at the MAC Championship.

High School
Placed third in the 200 IM at the 2019 Senior State Championships...Placed first in the 200 IM and 100 fly at the 2018 SMAC Girls Championship...Took second in the 200 IM at the 2018 MHSAA Girls Division 1 State Championship...Placed first in the 200 back and 200 IM at the IN IA May Invitational...Competed at the 2018 Speedo Winter Junior Championships – East...Placed fifth in the 100 fly at the 2018 Speedo Champions Series – Akron...Member of Irish Aquatics.

Personal
Full name is Lauren Kilgore...Parents are Brian and Shelley Kilgore...Has two siblings, Alex and Drew...Majoring in pharmacy.

CAREER BEST SWIMS
50 Freestyle: 23.52 at 2021 Zippy Invitational
100 Freestyle: 50.32 at 2024 MAC Championships
200 Freestyle:1:50.08 at 2022 MAC Championships
50 Breaststroke: 29.59 at 2022 MAC Championships 
100 Breaststroke: 1:02.73 at 2021 Zippy Invitational 
200 Breaststroke: 2:16.54 at 2021 Zippy Invitational 
50 Butterfly: 25.81 vs Tri-Meet (11/23/2019)
100 Butterfly: 53.46 (P) at 2024 MAC Championships 
200 Butterfly: 2:01.59 at 2023 MAC Championships 
50 Backstroke: ^27.25 vs. EMU (10/28/2023)
100 IM: 57.47 at Oakland (10/22/21)
200 IM: 2:00.36 at 2021 Zippy Invitational
400 IM: 4:25.16 vs. Bowling Green (2/07/2020)
^ Relay lead time

Long Course
50 Freestyle: 27.66 at Akron (10/27/2023)
100 Butterfly: 1:03.28 at Akron (10/27/2023)
100 Breaststroke: 1:15.67 at Akron (10/27/2023)