Completed Event: Swimming & Diving versus Richmond on January 25, 2025 , Win , 174, to, 124
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Final
James Madison
174
vs Richmond
124
James Madison University | Official Athletics Site
2016-17 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster
Roster
Gourdie, Emma
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Emma Gourdie
- Year:
- Freshman
- Height:
- 5-9
- Hometown:
- Charleston, S.C.
- High School:
- Charleston County School of the Arts
Bio
As a Freshman
Before JMU
Personal
- Competed individually in the 200 and 500 freestyle, 100 and 200 backstroke and the 200 and 400 IM
- Also competed in the 400 and 800 freestyle and 200 and 400 medley relays
- All-CAA in 800 freestyle relay
- Member of the 800 freestyle relay that won gold at the CAA Championships with a time of 7:15.90, the fastest time the season
- Finished sixth in the 200 IM at the CAA Championships [2:03.99]
- Competed in both the 400 IM (10th // 4:24.74) and 200 backstroke (15th // 2:03.11) B Finals at the CAA Championships
- Placed ninth with a personal-best time of 57.39 in the 100 backstroke at the Janis Hape Dowd Nike Cup
- Finished fourth in the 400 IM at the JMU Invitational with a time of 4:37.04
- Earned a fourth-place finish at the Richmond duals in the 100 backstroke [59.72]
- Tallied her season-best time of 5:03.35 in the 500 freestyle at the Frank Elm Invitational
- Recorded her first individual victory at the CAA POD meet with her season-best time of 2:08.53 in the 200 individual medley
- Placed third in the 200 backstroke at the Northeastern Tri-Meet [2:07.74]
- Dean's List (Spring 2017)
Before JMU
- Four-year varsity letterwinner
- Competed in the 2014-2015 US Open 200 backstroke, the Summer Junior National 400 IM and the Winter Junior National 200 IM
- 2014-15 South Carolina SCY State Champion in the 500 freestyle
- Competed in the 2013-14 Winter Junior National 100 and 200mbackstroke
- 2013-14 South Carolina LMC State Champion in 400 freestyle, 800 and 400 freestyle relays
- 2012-2013 Southern Zone Senior LMC Champion in the 200 backstroke
- 2012-2013 South Carolina SCY State Champion in the 1650, 1000, 500 and the 200 freestyle
- Also competed for the City of Charleston Southern Marlins Racing Team, earning the 2013 MVP honors and the Mount Pleasant Swim Club, serving as the team captain
- Holds 10 individual team records for the Marlins and 11 individual team records for Mount Pleasant
Personal
- Majoring in interdisciplinary liberal studies
- Daughter of Robert and Antonia Gourdie
- Has a younger brother, Robbie, and an older sister, Hannah
- Father, Robert is a professor and director of the Center for Heart and Regenerative Medicine at Virginia Tech Carillion Research Institute, while mother, Antonia, holds a PhD in neurobiology
- Also a member of the National Honors Society, Tri M Music Honors Society and is a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American
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