2015-16 Swimming & Diving Roster
Roster
Caroline McTaggart
- Position:
- Free/Fly
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Holton-Arms School
- Hometown:
- Chevy Chase, Md.
2017-18
Selected to the 2018 Spring Director's Honor Roll.ย
2016-17
Chosen to Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team โฆ named to Athletic Directorโs Honor Roll for fall, winter, spring โฆ with Isabella Goldsmith, Savannah Steffen and Kenisha Liu, won 400 Free Relay (3:26.31) at Washington State (Oct. 29) โฆ with Linnea Mack, Sarah Kaunitz and Katie Grover, won 200 Medley Relay (1:42.00) against Arizona State (Nov. 5) โฆ won 400 Free Relay with Mack, Madison White and Liu (3:29.33) and 200 Medley Relay with Mack, Goldsmith and Grover (1:44.30) at Hawaiโi (Dec. 18) โฆ with Mack, Sarah Kaunitz and Grover, won 200 Medley Relay (1:42.12) against Kansas and Boise State (Jan. 6) โฆ won 100 Fly (55.43) against Utah (Jan. 13).
2015-16
Competed in the 50 Free,ย 100 Fly, and 100 Freeย at the NCAA Championships ... Finished 21st overall in the 100 Fly at the Pac-12 Championships ... Placed second in the bonusย final and 18th overall in the 100 Free at Pac-12s ...ย Broke one of the oldest UCLA freshman records when she swam aย 1:46.90 in the 200 Free at the Texas Invitational ... Also swam seasonย bests in the 50 Free (22.75) and the 100 Fly (53.25)ย at the Texas Invite ... Posted a season-best 48.52 in the 100 Free against USC.
SUMMER 2015
Won the 100 Free and the 100 Fly at the 2015 Speedo Junior National Championships ... Also made the A Final in the 50 Free and the B race in the 200 Free ... Reached the B final of the 100 Free and the C final of the 50 Free ... Finished fourth in the 50 Free (20thย overall) with a 25.60, and was seventh in the 100 Free (15thย overall) with a 56.09 ... Made USA Swimming's 2015-2016 National Junior Team in the 100 Free and 100 Fly.
HOLTON-ARMS SCHOOL
CLUB: ย ALL-STAR AQUATICSย
McTaggart swam for four years at Holton-Arms School in Bethesda, Md. ... 2015 NCSA Champion (50 Fly) ...ย 2015 Irish Open Swimming Champion (50 Fly, 400 Free Relay) ...ย 12-time High School All-American ...ย Washington Metropolitan Prep School Swim and Dive League Record Holder in the 50 and 100 free and in the 200 and 400 free relays ... Four-time All-WMPSSDL First-Team memberย ... Four-time All-Independent School League First-Team memberย ... Holton-Arms record holder in the 50, 100, 200, and 500 Free, the 100 Fly, and the 200 IM ... Four-timeย Washington Post All-Metropolitan First-Team member ... All-Gazette Swimmer of the Year (2012) ... Three-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American ... participated in the 2012 Olympic Trials (50 and 100 Free) ... Qualified for the 2016 Olympic Trials (50 and 100 Free, 100 Fly) ... Swam for All Star Aquatics under Bob Walker.ย
PERSONAL
Born Oct. 19, 1996 in Newark, Del. โฆ Daughter of Timothy and Elizabeth McTaggart โฆ Has one younger brother, Christopher โฆ undeclared major.
Caroline McTaggartโs Career Bests
100 Freestyle (Short Course) 48.52ย โ 2nd All-Time at UCLA
200 Freestyle (Short Course) 1:46.90ย โ 8th All-Time at UCLA
