VYR · AUS
Laura is a swimmer from Australia, an international traveller on the circuit and a national-level swimmer, whose official competitive record spans 12 seasons, 16 years, 3 countries and 21 meets.
Her recorded career begins in 2003 in Speedo Champions Series - College Station, where she raced the 50 breaststroke in 34.36.
Her signature event is the 200 breaststroke, the event she has raced the most, followed by the 400 individual medley and 100 breaststroke. Breaststroke is the backbone of the whole record: 13 meets and 18 recorded swims.
Her fastest 200 breaststroke stands at 2:51.67, set in long course (50 m) at Speedo Champions Series - Austin.
Her record includes national championships, between 2015 and 2017 (Scottish National Open L C 150, Glasgow, SCO and Scottish Masters Short Course Nationals). A representative mark at that level is 2:40.06 in the 200 breaststroke, recorded in short course (25 m).
After a 2-year break between 2013 and 2015, she came back to racing and the record picks up again in 2015. 2017 is the busiest season on record, with 16 verified individual swims.
She is a genuinely international swimmer: the official record spans 3 countries (UNK, the United States and the United Kingdom), most often in UNK (14 meets).
Those meets span 6 different venues (Dundee, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness…). She has raced for City of Glasgow Swim Team, Silver City Blues Masters and VYR.
Latest competition: Midlands Masters in Dundee, on September 29, 2018, with 5 swims: 30.15 in the 50 freestyle, 33.08 in the 50 butterfly and 1:23.63 in the 100 breaststroke, all in short course (25 m) and 1 PB improvement. She closes this record with 42 current event personal bests and 57 all-time PB improvements, across 72 verified official swims in competitions governed by Masters Australia and NCAA.