Mary Beck
Westlake High School
Impact Statement
Beck’s time in the 100-yard backstroke (53.03) not only is a state record, but the national public school record.
Biography
Beck also was a national record-setter this year – for the second year in a row. She swam 1:56.45 in her signature event, the 200-yard individual medley, setting a state record for the third consecutive year. She broke the national record of 1:56.87 set by last year’s National High School Girls Swimmer of the Year, Michelle McKeehan of Greenwood (Ind.) Center Grove High.
Beck’s time of 1:57.41 in last year’s Class 5A state meet also was a national record until McKeehan broke it at her state meet. Beck’s time in the 100-yard backstroke (53.03) not only is also a state record, but the national public school record, and she is a two-time state champion in that event. Beck also swam the nation’s fourth-fastest time in the 100-yard freestyle in 2008 (49.54) and holds the Junior Pan Pacific Championships records in the 200 and 400 individual medleys. She will attend the University of California-Berkeley.
Beck was part of Berkeley’s 2009 NCAA National Championship team after a successful performance by the freshman. After the season Beck transferred to LSU and swam for the Lady Tigers.
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