2015-16 Women's Swimming and Diving

Casey Lincoln

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Henry H. Gunn
  • Hometown Palo Alto, Calif.

Biography

Collegiate Bests:
500-yard freestyle: 4:50.55
1000-yard freestyle: 9:53.46
1650-yard freestyle: 16:22.65

High School Bests:
500-yard freestyle: 4:50.24
1000-yard freestyle: 10:05.05
1650-yard freestyle: 16:45.63

Collegiate Awards:
CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention (2014)
All-Ivy Second Team (2014) 

2015-2016 (Senior):
500-yard freestyle:  21st place at the Ivy League Championships.  27th place at the Nike Cup Invite.  17th place at the HYP meet. 
1000-yard freestyle:  13th place at the Ivy League Championships.  10th place at the HYP meet.  Won the event in dual meet against Southern Connecticut. 
1650-yard freestyle:  Ninth place at the Ivy League Championships.  14th place at the Nike Cup Invite.  

2014-2015 (Junior):
500-yard freestyle: 19th place at the Ivy League Swimming and Diving Championships.  Tenth place at the Brown Invite.
1000-yard freestyle: 11th place at the Ivy League Swimming and Diving Championships.
1650-yard freestyle: Eighth place at the Ivy League Swimming and Diving Championships.  Tenth place at HYP.  Second place at the Brown Invite (16:47.11).

2013-2014 (Sophomore):
1650-yard freestyle: Second place at Ivy League Swimming and Diving Championships, finished in 16:22.65, an NCAA "B" cut.
1000-yard freestyle: Seventh place at Ivy League Championships, finished in 9:54.09. Fifth place at HYP. 
500-yard freestyle: Seventh place at Ivy League Championships with time of 4:52.03. Seventh place at Princeton Invitational. Eighth place at HYP.

2012-2013 (Freshman):
1650-yard freestyle: Finished third at the Ivy League Swimming and Diving Championships with a time of 16:27.57.
1000-yard freestyle: Finished third at Ivy’s with a time of 9:53.46.
500-yard freestyle: Finished sixth at Ivy’s with a time of 4:51.91. Fastest time was 4:50.55 in the prelims at Ivy’s. 

Before Yale: Lettered four years in both swimming and water polo. All-American in the 500 free, 200 free relay, and 400 free relay. Scholastic All-American. School record holder in the 500 free. National Merit finalist. Swam for Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics.

Why I Chose Yale: “Right away I knew I wanted to come to Yale. In addition to an unparalleled education, Yale offers the chance to compete at a high athletic level while surrounded by a team of brilliant, inquisitive student-athletes.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13First Year

    Distance Freestyle
  • 2013-14Sophomore

    Distance Freestyle
  • 2014-15Junior

    Distance Freestyle
  • 2015-16Senior

    Distance Freestyle