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Lauren Gustafson
Lauren Gustafson

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Columbus, Ind.

High School:
Columbus

Height:
5-10

Event:
Freestyle

Birthdate:
03/20/1991



05/18/2012

Senior Lauren Roth Named Academic All-District

Native Texan represented Purdue at 2010 & 2012 NCAA Championships.

04/24/2012

Season Recap: Boilermakers Enjoy Another Successful Record-Setting Campaign

Fogle, Roth & Sheets represent Purdue at NCAA Championships.

03/28/2012

Boilermakers Collect 51 Winter Academic All-Big Ten Awards

Senior Chelsea Jones was one of three athletes conference-wide with a 4.0 GPA.

02/21/2012

Fogle Leads the Way During Purdue's Record-Setting Week at Big Tens

Boilermakers have established 16 new school records this season.

02/19/2012

Top 3 A Finals Finishes by Fogle, Miskulin & Sheets Highlight Final Day of Big Tens

Fogle named Second Team All-Big Ten after posting another NCAA automatic qualifying time.

01/30/2012

Lauren Gustafson, Photo Gallery 2011-12

Lauren Gustafson, Photo Gallery 2011-12

11/10/2011

Purdue Swim-Dive Hosts Indiana Intercollegiates

The Boilermakers host the four-team Indiana Intercollegiates at the BAC.

Purdue Personal Preferences
Favorite Athlete: Wilma Rudolph
In Her MP3 Player: Guster
Last Concert She Attended: The Script
Favorite Actor & Actress: James McAvoy & Sandra Bullock
Favorite Month of the Year: October
Favorite Holiday: Thanksgiving
Favorite Food: Pasta
Favorite Purdue Building: Lilly Hall
Favorite Big City: New York
Unique Travel Locale: Belgium
Country She'd Most Like to Visit: Greece
Another Sport She Enjoys Playing: Soccer
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Skiing
Enjoyed this Professor's Class: Dr. Bridges
Furry Friend: Maxwell, Bichon

2011-12 Photo Gallery

2010-11: Two-time Honorable Mention All-American (400 & 800 free relays)... NCAA Championships Qualifier... Second Team Academic All-District... Distinguished Big Ten Scholar... CSCAA Scholar All-American... Academic All-Big Ten... Gustafson competed primarily in the freestyle sprints and was among the team's top performers on relays... swam on the anchor leg on four of the five Purdue record-setting relays at the Big Ten Championships, all but the 200 medley... helped the 400 and 800 free relays score at the NCAA Championships, highlighted by a 15th-place showing for the 400 team... qualified for the C final of the 50 free (23.31) while posting a season-best time at Big Tens... also posted season-best times in the 100 (50.41) and 200 free (1:51.03) at Big Tens... her top times in all three freestyle sprints all ranked among the top five on the team, including third best in the 50 and 100... won the 100 backstroke in the dual meet victory at Michigan State... helped both the 200 and 400 free relays finish second at the Big Ten Quad... swam the anchor leg on the victorious 200 free relay in the dual meet win at Notre Dame and also helped the 400 free relay win in the dual victory at Northwestern... was part of each of three fastest 200 relay teams of the year... competed in the three freestyle sprints and the 100 back at the Purdue Invitational... qualified for the B final of the 50 and 100 free at the Purdue Invite... posted her season-best time in the 100 back (57.93) at the Boiler-Make-It Last Chance meet... recognized as a Ben Korschot Perseverance Award recipient at the 2011 Boilers Back in Action event.

2009-10: Clocked season-best times in all three events contested at Big Ten Championships...nabbed 50 freestyle time of 23.50 (2/18), 100 freestyle time of 51.15 (2/20) and 200 freestyle clocking of 1:52.11 (2/19)...opened season by swimming third leg on victorious 200 freestyle relay at Indiana Intercollegiates (10/10)...also finished second in 50 freestyle and third in 100 freestyle...led off victorious 200 freestyle relay vs. Michigan State (1/8)...also took second leg on winning 800 freestyle relay vs. Spartans (1/7)...swam to runner-up finish in 100 freestyle and anchored victorious 200 freestyle relay at Eastern Michigan (11/14)...also anchored second-place 200 medley relay and placed fourth in 200 freestyle at Eagles (11/13)...grabbed fourth in 50 freestyle vs. Northwestern (11/7) and at Indiana (1/23)...finished fourth in 200 freestyle at Miami (10/30)...swam third leg on runner-up 200 freestyle relay at Big Ten Quad (1/29)...swam second leg on runner-up 400 freestyle relay and finished 10th in 50 freestyle at Big Ten Quad (1/30).

Before Purdue: Four-year letterwinner...four-time All-American...qualified for state championship all four years...medaled at states sophomore and junior seasons...left Columbus with school records in 50 freestyle, 200 freestyle relay and 200 medley relay...also earned four letters in track and three in soccer...qualified for track regionals freshman and sophomore seasons before advancing to state finals final two seasons...won conference and regional championships with all three teams...also won regional championship with soccer...was member of National Honor Society...earned academic letter.

Personal: Full name is Lauren Elizabeth Gustafson...born in Columbus, Ind....parents are Richard and Paula Gustafson...older sister Christine is Purdue graduate...also has one older brother, Bobby, and two other older sisters, Erika and Alyssa...majoring in general health sciences.

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