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  Lindsey Tamkun

Lindsey Tamkun

Player Profile

Class:
Graduated

Hometown:
Germantown, Tenn.

High School:
Houston

Height:
5-8

2009-10
Swam the leadoff leg of the 200-medley relay (1:48.46), which clocked the third-fastest time in school annals at the A-10 Championships ... finished 25th in the 100 back (1:00.27), 27th in the 200 back (2:14.87) and 51st in the 50 free (26.17) at the A-10s ... touched first in the 100 back at Wash U, at the UALR-Stephens meet and vs. IUPUI ... won the 200 back (2:16.41) at Western Illinois ... came in second in the 100 back at Eastern Illinois and at the Lindenwood Quad ... placed third in the 100 free (58.76) at IUPUI ... finished third in the 200 back at the South Dakota State-South Dakota meet and vs. Eastern Illinois ... recorded a third-place finish in the 100 back at South Dakota State and at the IUPUI Quad ... touched 12th in the 100 back (1:03.17) at the Show-Me Showdown ... team co-captain.

2008-09
Broke the school record in the 100 back three times at the A-10 Championships, clocking the current standard (56.87) with her split in the 400-medley relay ... helped the 400-medley relay eclipse the school record (3:53.97) at the league championships, while also swimming the leadoff leg of the 200-medley relay (1:47.98) that posted the second-fastest performance all-time ... her 2:06.84 in the 200-back prelims at the A-10s ranks second in SLU annals ... swam the leadoff leg of the 200-free relay that recorded the third-fastest effort in school history (1:38.78) at the A-10s ... touched eighth in the 100 back (58.24) and 18th in the 200 back (2:06.84) at the A-10s ... boasted SLU's top performances of the season in the 100 and 200 back ... swept the 100 (1:00.53) and 200 back (2:11.91) at South Dakota State ... finished first in the 100 back at the Lindenwood Quad, Evansville, the triple dual vs. Lindenwood and Stephens College, Eastern Illinois, at the IUPUI Quad and at Wash U ... touched first in the 200 back at the Butler Quad and vs. Western Illinois and UALR ... team co-captain.

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 final (58.84) at the A-10 Championships with the sixth-fastest time in school history ... finished 16th in the 200-back final (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 final (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.

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.

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
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