| Lindsey Tamkun |
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 | Class: Junior
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 | Hometown: Germantown, Tenn.
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 | High School: Houston
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 | Height: 5-8
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2007-08: Recorded the eighth-fastest 100-back time in school history (58.98) in the prelims at the A-10 Championships ... her time of 2:09.03 in the 200-back prelims at the conference championships ranks seventh in school history ... placed 12th in the 100-back finals (58.84) at the A-10 Championships with the sixth-fastest time in school history ... finished 16th in the 200-back finals (2:09.54) at the conference championships with the 10th-best effort in SLU annals ... swam the leadoff leg of the 200-medley relay that posted the fifth-fastest performance in school history (1:49.13) at the A-10s ... was a member of the 200-medley relay that turned in the seventh-best effort in school history (1:49.49) ... helped the 400-medley relay clock the third-fastest effort in SLU annals (3:57.76) at the A-10 Championships ... against Illinois-Chicago, swam the first leg of the 400-medley relay that posted the 10th-fastest time in the Billiken record books (4:01.79) ... owned SLU's fastest times of the season in the backstroke events ... served as a team co-captain.
2006-07: First broke the SLU standard in the 200 back at the Butler Quad with a time of 2:08.27 ... bettered that mark twice at the A-10 Championships, first in the prelims (2:06.85) and then in the finals (2:05.80) ... in the 100 back, achieved her personal best in the A-10 prelims with the third-fastest time in SLU annals (58.64) ... swam the leadoff leg on the 200 medley relay that turned in the fourth-best performance in school history (1:48.98) at the A-10s ... was a member of the 400 medley relay that clocked the second-fastest time in school history at the conference championships ... earlier in the season, was a member of three relays that logged top-10 times in their respective events.
At Houston: Swam four years for coach Bill Biedenbach's Mustangs ... specialized in the backstroke ... also swam the backstroke for the Memphis Tigers club team.
Personal: Born Jan. 19, 1988, in Mount Holly, N.J. ... daughter of Kelly and John Tamkun ... has an older sister, Kasey ... majoring in nutrition and dietetics with a concentration in culinary arts.
TAMKUN'S CAREER BESTS
| 50 Free |
25.11 at A-10 Championships, 2/19/09 (prelim) |
| 100 Back |
56.87 at A-10 Championships, 2/20/09 (relay)* |
| 200 Back |
2:05.80 at A-10 Chhampionships, 2/24/07* |
| 200 IM |
2:15.84 at Butler Quad, 10/15/06 |
* indicates school record