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2019-20 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Lena Spear

  • Position Freestyle
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Chicago, Ill.
  • Highschool Northside College Prep

Biography

Personal Bests
Event Result
50 Free 23.68 (Nov. 22, 2020) CAA Championships
100 Free 51.58 (Nov. 19, 2017)
100 Fly 58.25 (Nov. 19, 2019) Terrier Invitational

2019-20:
  • Clocked a lifetime-best time of 23.68 in the prelims of the 50 freestyle, finishing 13th in the finals with a time of 23.76 at the CAA Championships (Feb. 19-22)
  • Tallied a 16th-place finish in the 100 free (51.96) and 24th-place finish in the 100 butterfly (58.35) at the conference meet
  • Swept the sprint freestyle events at Vermont (Sept. 21)
  • Swam a personal-best time of 51.58 in the 100 free to finish sixth at the Terrier Invite
2018-19: 
  • Finished fifth in both the 400Y freestyle relay (3:40.91) and the 200Y medley relay (1:49.76) while also coming in sixth in the 50Y freestyle (24.67) and 12th in the 100Y freestyle (54.71) at the Boston University tri meet (Oct. 6)
  • Championed the 400Y freestyle relay (3:33.20) while also placing fifth in the 200Y medley relay (1:50.18) and sixth in the 50Y freestyle (24.99) at the Boston College tri meet (Oct. 20)
  • Finished second in the 200Y freestyle relay (1:36.22) fourth in the 200Y medley relay (1:49.68) sixth in the 50Y freestyle (24.91) and eighth in the 100Y freestyle (55.48) against Columbia (Nov. 3)
  • Championed the 200Y medley relay (1:46.53) and placed third in the 50Y freestyle (24.93) at the South Championship Meet (Dec. 8)
  • Finished fifth in the 400Y freestyle relay (3:34.48) at the Drexel tri meet (Jan. 5)
  • Placed second in the 200Y freestyle relay (1:40.56) third in the 50Y freestyle (25.16) and fourth in the 100Y freestyle (56.16) at Senior Day vs. Vermont (Jan. 12)
  • Placed fifth in the 100Y freestyle (53.03) seventh in the 50Y freestyle (24.22) and 13th in the 100Y butterfly (59.72) at the Boston Winter Open (Feb. 8-9).

2017-18:
  • Won the 200Y freestyle relay (1:36.22), placed 3rd in the 50Y freestyle (24.86)  against Wagner at NU’s parents and alumnae weekend (Oct. 6-7)
  • Recorded a time of 52.34 in the 100Y freestyle at the Frank Elm Invitational (Nov. 17-19)
  • Took 3rd in the 100Y freestyle (54.47) and 2nd in the 400Y freestyle relay (3:33.45) at Vermont (Jan. 13)
  • Finished 2nd in the 50Y freestyle (24.89) and 4th in the 100Y freestyle (54.99)
  • Placed 7th in the 100Y breast (1:09.51) at the Boston University Winter Open (Feb. 9-10)
  • Took 2nd in the 200Y freestyle relay (1:32.00) and recorded a personal best in the 50Y freestyle (23.88) at the CAA Championships (Feb. 14-17).

2016-17:
  • Made her collegiate debut with a third place finish in the 50 freestyle (24.76), a fourth place finish in the 100 freestyle (54.28) and was a leg of the first place 400 freestyle relay (3:32.15) at Boston University (Oct. 1)
  • Placed sixth in the 50 freestyle (24.59) vs. James Madison and New Hampshire (Oct. 22)
  • Earned seventh in the 100 freestyle (54.13) at Drexel with Delaware (Jan. 7)
  • Took eighth in the 100 freestyle (54.79) against Vermont (Jan. 14)
  • Finished seventh in the 50 freestyle (24.30) and fourth in the 100 freestyle (54.02) at Central Connecticut State (Jan. 21)
  • Earned fifth in the 50 freestyle (24.88) at LIU Brooklyn with Wagner (Jan. 27)
  • Placed 19th in the 50 freestyle (24.06), 23rd in the 100 freestyle (52.93) at the 2017 CAA Championships (Feb. 22-25)

Before NU: Two-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American... Holds five school records and four city championship meet records... Helped her team to two conference championships.

Personal: Graduated with a degree in health sciences.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    Freestyle
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Freestyle
  • 2018-19Junior

    Freestyle
    5'5"
  • 2019-20Senior

    Freestyle
    5'5"