Year-by-Year Accomplishments

2000 – Inducted into the University of Texas Hall of Honor
1998 – Inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame
1994 – Member of United States World Championship squad in sculling, competing in the women’s open double scull.
1990 – Goodwill Games 100-Meter Backstroke Gold Medalist…1990 U.S. Swimming Championship in the 100 backstroke (short course) and in the 400 Free Relay and 400 Medley Relay
1980’s SWC Swimmer of the Decade
1989 - U.S. Summer Swimming Championships: 100 Backstroke (1:02.376), 400 Medley Relay
1988 – Member of the United States Olympic Team…NCAA Individual National Championships: 100 Backstroke, 200 Backstroke, Set World Record in 200 Backstroke, becoming first swimmer in the world to break 1:59, dropped record to 1:55.16… Big 12 Championships: 100 Backstroke, 200 Backstroke… U.S. Summer Swimming Championships: 100 Backstroke (1:02.01)… Member of University of Texas’ Team National Title Squad…Received NCAA Top VIII Award…Olympic Trials 100 Backstroke Champion
1987 – NCAA Collegiate Swimmer of the Year… Honda Award (National Female Swimmer of the Year)…Silver Medal at the World Championships in the 200 backstroke…Member of World Championships 4x100 Medley Relay Team Silver Medal squad…NCAA Individual National Championships: 100 Backstroke (American Record), 200 Backstroke (American Record), 200 Individual Medley, 200 Medley Relay, 800 Free Relay… Big 12 Championships: 100 Backstroke, 200 Backstroke, 200 Individual Medley… U.S. Summer Swimming Championships: 100 Backstroke (1:02.302)… Member of University of Texas’ Team National Title Squad...
1986 – U.S. Swimming Association Swimmer of the Year…Honda Award (National Female Swimmer of the Year)…Swimming World’s American Swimmer of the Year…Set the World Record in the 200 backstroke…Gold Medal at the World Championships (Madrid) in the 100 Backstroke…Silver Medal at the World Championships in the 200 Backstroke…Member of World Championships 4x100 medley, 4x100 free and 4x200 free silver medal relay teams…NCAA Individual National Championships: 100 Backstroke, 200 Backstroke…Big 12 Championships: 100 Backstroke, 200 Backstroke…Member of University of Texas’ Team National Title Squad
1985 – Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 100-Meter Backstroke Gold Medalist (1:02.88), 200-Meter Backstroke Bronze Medalist (2:17.01)…U.S. Summer Swimming Championship in the 100 Backstroke (1:02.76)…sat out collegiate season due to transfer to the University of Texas…U.S. Swimming Championships in the 100 backstroke (long course and short course) and the 200 backstroke (short course)
1984 – Olympic Gold Medal in the 400 Medley Relay…Olympic Silver Medal in the 100 Backstroke (1:02.63, second to teammate Theresa Andrews, 1:02.55)…Olympic Trial Champion in the 100 Backstroke…11th at Olympic Trials in the 200 Backstroke…U.S. Swimming Championship in the 100 backstroke (long course)…U.S. Swimming Championship in the 400 Free Relay and the 400 Medley Relay
1983 – Prep School All-American at Mercersburg Prep in eight events: 100-yard backstroke (had fastest time in nation 57.650), 50-yard freestyle (24.198), 100-yard freestyle (53.001), 200-yard freestyle (1:55.155), 100 Butterfly (56.560), 200-yard individual medley (2:10.443), 200-yard medley relay (1:43.028 – fastest time in country by over six seconds), 400-yard freestyle relay (3:32.040)
1982 – Prep School All-American at Mercersburg Prep in eight events: 100-yard backstroke (had fastest time in the nation by two seconds, 58.300-to-1:00.450), 100-yard butterfly (57.050), 50-yard freestyle (25.020), 100-yard freestyle (53.250), 500-yard freestyle (5:11.542), 200 Individual Medley (2:13.387), the 200 yard medley relay (1:49.120) and on the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:37.282)…Member of U.S. Championship 400 Medley Relay Team

World Records
Held World Record in the 200 Backstroke from 6/27/1986 until 8/25/1991
* June 27, 51st time record had been broken, 2:08.60, previous record was 2:09.91 – held record until 1991 when broken by Krisztina Egerszegi of Hungary, 2:06.62 with relaxed backstroke turning standards
Her time of 2:08.60 is still the 10th fastest backstroke time in the world, and is the sixth fastest backstroker to have swum competitively.

American Records
Held the American Record in the 100 Backstroke from 5/24/1986 until 4/6/1991
Held American Record in the 200 Backstroke from 12/6/1985 until 8/16/2002

Olympic Medals
Gold Medal – 1984 (400 Medley Relay)
Silver Medal – 1984 (100 Backstroke)

Other Competitive Medals
Gold Medal – 1985 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships (100 Backstroke), 1986 World Championships (100 Backstroke), 1990 Goodwill Games (100 Backstroke)
Silver Medal – 1986 World Championships (200 Backstroke, 400 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay), 1987 World Championships (200 Backstroke, 400 Medley Relay)
Bronze Medal– 1985 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships (200 Backstroke)

NCAA Titles
1986 – 100 Backstroke, 200 Backstroke
1987 – 100 Backstroke, 200 Backstroke, 200 Individual Medley, 200 Medley Relay, 800 Free Relay
1988 – 100 Backstroke, 200 Backstroke