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Samantha Schuckles
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03/04/2013 Fourteen Redbirds Named to Swimming & Diving Scholar-Athlete TeamThe Illinois State swimming and diving team have fourteen student-athletes named to the 2012-13 Scholar-Athlete Team. 02/16/2013 Redbirds Finish 2nd, Breaking Fifteen School RecordsIllinois State swimming and diving finish in second-place at the Missouri Valley Conference Championships 02/15/2013 Redbirds Remain in Second While Breaking MVC RecordsIllinois State swimming and diving remain in second place during the Missouri Valley Conference Championships 02/14/2013 Redbirds in 2nd Place After First Day at MVC ChampionshipsRedbirds finish first day of competition at MVC Championships in second-place. 01/19/2013 Redbirds Swim Past Bears, Zhang Breaks Pool and School RecordRedbirds defeat Washington (Mo.) and Wenting Zhang breaks pool and school records. 2011-2012: Received 2011-12 honorable mention all-conference honors ... broke the school record in the 50-yard backstroke (26.53) at the 2012 MVC Championships ... broke the school record in the 100-yard backstroke (56.37) at the Zippy Invite ... received a personal-best at the Zippy Invite in the 200-yard backstroke (2:04.60) ... member of the first-place 200-yard medley relay team in dual meets against Evansville and Nebraska-Omaha ... finished first in the 100-yard backstroke at a dual meet against Illinois ... first-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke against UNI ... participated in the Saluki Miler Open Water and the Notre Dame Relays ... finished in the top five in the 100-meter backstroke (1:12.54) at the Copa Coqui Invite in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Schaumburg High School: Varsity team member and state qualifier all four years... holds the freshman record for the 100-yard backstroke... earned the title of sectional champion in the 50-yard freestyle her freshman and sophomore year... captain of the swim team her last three years... won the sectional championship in the 100-yard backstroke her sophomore year... earned the varsity record her senior year in the 100-yard backstroke... also on the top ten list her senior year for the 50 and 100-yard freestyle... earned the title of sectional champion in the 100-yard backstroke and went on to place 10th at the IHSA State Finals in her senior year... was also an outstanding water polo player...all-conference and captain of the water polo team her junior and senior years... all-sectional in water polo her junior year... helped her polo team to two third place finishes at sectionals in her years as captain... Member of the honor roll... held a 3.5 GPA. Personal: Born 5/29/1993...daughter of Robert and Cheryl Schuckles... plans to go into physical therapy... majoring in exercise science ... holds a cumulative GPA of 3.39. Personal Best: 50-yard backstroke- 26.53, 100-yard backstroke- 56.37, 200-yard backstroke- 2:04.60, 50-yard freestyle- 24:44, 100-yard freestyle- 53:97 |