Michele Stoeppelman
Michele Stoeppelman

Class:
Graduated

Hometown:
Saint Louis, Mo.

High School:
Webster Groves

Event:
Distance Freestyle

Birthdate:
02/23/1990

2010-11: Participated in the Saluki Miler Invitational and 5K Open Water meet at SIU, Red/White Intrasquad meet and Zippy Invitational ... participated in dual meets against Evansville, Northern Iowa, Illinois, Ball State, Western Illinois, Wisconsin-Green Bay and Youngstown State ... earned season-best times in the 200-yard freestyle (1:59.72), 500-yard freestyle (5:05.37) and 1000-yard freestyle (10:29.82) at the Zippy Invitational ... earned personal-best times in the 100-yard backstroke (1:02.43) and 200-yard backstroke (2:10.26) at the MVC Championships.

2009-10: Recorded a personal-best time (5:04.47) in the 500-yard freestyle at the Zippy Invitational ... recorded first-place finishes and season-best times in both the 500- (5:11.53) and 1000-yard freestyle (10:35.09) against Evansville and Iowa State.

2008-09:Member of the All-Missouri Valley Conference Honorable Mention Team ... recorded 10 top-three performances, with a first-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle against Western Illinois and first-place finishes in the 1650-yard freestyle and 500-yard freestyle events at the Red/White meet ... earned personal-best times in the 200-yard freestyle and 500-yard freestyle at the Zippy Invitational ... ended the season with personal-best times in the 1,000-yard freestyle and 1,650-yard freestyle at the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Championships ... finished 14th in the 500-yard freestyle and fifth in the 1,650-yard freestyle at the championships.

Webster Groves: Holds the school record in the 200 medley relay, which she set in 2005 ... earned all-metro honorable mention plaudits and was team MVP as a freshman and senior ... earned varsity letters four years in a row ... team captain her junior and senior seasons ... Speedo Sectionals Championships qualifier from 2003-2008 ... three-time Speedo Sectional top-eight qualifier in the 1650-meter freestyle ... won the 5000-meter freestyle at the National Postal Distance Challenge in 2005 and 2006, and took second in 2007 ... three-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American ... honor roll member all four years of high school.

Personal: Born 2-23-90 ... daughter of Kurt and Mary Stoeppelman ... majoring in nutrition and dietetics.

Personal Best: 200-yard freestyle- 1:57.13, 500-yard freestyle- 5:04.47, 1000-yard freestyle- 10:26.21, 1650-yard freestyle- 17:23.82, 200-yard freestyle-1:57.32, 500-yard freestyle-5:04.47, 1000-yard freestyle-10:26.21, 1650-yard freestyle-17:23.82, 100-yard backstroke-1:02.43, 200-yard backstroke-2:10.26