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Sam Gardner
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  • Class of 2013
  • Breckenridge, TX

Sam Gardner Helps Lake Forest College Women's Swimming and Diving Team Win Midwest Conference Championship

2012 Feb 24

Sam Gardner, a junior diver from Breckenridge, Colorado, is part of the Lake Forest College Midwest Conference championship women's swimming and diving team. The Foresters finished 54 points ahead of runner-up Grinnell College at the 2012 Midwest Conference Championships at Lawrence University February 17-19. Lake Forest won eight of 12 events on Sunday and finished the weekend with 21 first-place performances, more than the other eight teams in the league combined. Forester swimmers and divers moved into the top five in team history or improved on their position among the program's best 19 times and set five new school records. Select swimmers will compete in the University of Chicago's Midwest Invitational February 25.

The Lake Forest College swimming and diving team is coached by head coach, Vadim Tashlitsky '00, and diving coach, Donna O'Brien. Jessica Darud and Mike Mackin '11 are assistant coaches.

Gardner is a graduate of Summit County High School.

Lake Forest College is a national liberal arts institution located 30 miles north of downtown Chicago. The College has 1,500 students representing 47 states and 78 countries. For more information visit www.lakeforest.edu.