Emily Pfeiffer

Position:
Breaststroke
Height:
5-8
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Washington, N.C.
High School:
Washington

EMILY PFEIFFER BIO

Career Best Times: 1:02.30 in the 100-yard breaststroke; 2:14.17 in the 200-yard breaststroke; 2:00.64 in the 200-yard individual medley; 4:25.25 in the 400-yard individual medley.

General: Ranks 10th in UNC history in the 200-yard breaststroke at 2:14.17.

2015-16: At 2016 ACC Championships, she took 14^th in the 200 IM with a time of 2:00.64…rising Star and CREED alumna in Carolina Leadership Academy.

2014-15: Posted her career best times in the 100 breaststroke and 200 breaststroke at the Bulldog Invitational...posted her career best in the 200 IM at the Carolina College Invitational ...at 2014 Nike Cup Championships, she placed 10th in the 100 breast (1:04.53) while she was 11th in the 200 breast (2:18.45)...captured the 200 IM at the Carolina College Invitational...named to 2014-15 ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2012-13: Had a solid freshman year…at the Nike Cup, she placed in the top 10 of three individual events and on one relay team, including 6th in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:16.74), 7th in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:03.57) and 10th in the 200-yard IM (2:03.95)…was a part of the 200-yard medley relay that finished 6th (1:42.69)…competed in the 2014 Arena Grand Prix, placing in four events…took fifth place in the 200-meter IM and seventh in the 200-meter breaststroke at the SPEEDO Champions Series Section of Southern Zones in Greensboro…posted career best times in the 100-yard breaststroke and the 200-yard individual medley at the Bulldog Invitational.

Prep: A stellar breaststroker who graduated from Washington High School in her hometown…did her club swimming for the Greenville Aquatic Club where she was coached by Casey Charles…competed for her club for 12 years...member of North Carolina All-Star Team and a Zones Team mem-ber…competed in varsity swimming for four years at WHS…captained the team her senior year…the 2012 and 2013 North Carolina state high school champion in the 100-yard breaststroke and runner-up in the 200-yard individual medley…coached in high school by Spencer Pake…member of National Honor Society…an AP Scholar…North Carolina Scholar…honor roll student…junior marshal.

Personal: Full name is Emily Winfield Pfeiffer…stands 5-7 tall…the daughter of Richard and Catherine Pfeiffer…was born April 28, 1995, in Washington, N.C. …political science major…volunteer at the Marian Cheek Jackson Center for Making and Saving History.