San Diego Athletics

U. of San Diego
2004-05
Consistently one of San Diego[apos]s top swimmers in the butterfly events... Posted one of USD[apos]s best times in the 200 Butterfly, swimming a (2:10.86) against UCSD- convincingly winning the event... Also won the 200 Butterfly (2:11.44) against LMU... Placed in the finals of the 100 and 200 Butterfly events at the 2005 WAC Championship meet... Turned in a 5th place finish in the 200 yard Butterfly (2:12.22) against NAU... Swam with the USD 400 Freestyle Relay team during the season... Top-tier finisher in the 200 Butterfly at the 2004 Speedo Cup... Placed 8th overall in the 500 Freestyle (5:21.62) at the Big West Shootout... 6th in the 500 Freestyle (5:33.17) and 8th in the 200 yard Freestyle (2:05.02) placing in both events at the USD Invitational.

2003-04
Finished an excellent freshman season with a 12th place finish in the 200 yard Butterfly event (2:11.74) and 15th in the 100 Fly (1:00.10) at the PCSC Championship meet... Clocked in at (1:55.92) in the 200 yard Freestyle to place 7th at the Irvine Speedo Cup- third best of any Torero during the season... Also placed 8th in the 200 Butterfly (2:07.13), setting another Torero team high... Her time of (5:04.16) in the 500 Freestyle led her to 11th place at the Speedo Cup and was the third best of any Torero... Helped lead USD to victory over Nevada with a 1st place finish in the 200 Fly (2:07.64) and a 3rd place finish in the 100 Fly (1:00.20)... Came in 3rd out of 43 swimmers at the UCSD Invite in the 200 yard Butterfly with a time of (2:10.13)... Also placed 7th in the 100 Butterfly in that same meet... VanGerpen[apos]s first place finishes in both the 200 Butterfly (2:06.68) and the 200 Freestyle (1:57.48) helped USD claim a victory over LMU.

Prep
Swam for Kamiak High School of Edmonds, WA... All-America Athlete and All-America Academic selection her senior year... Sixth in state competition in the 100 yard Butterfly her sophomore and senior years... Helped Kamiak finish 3rd in state her junior year, and fifth in state as a senior...

Personal
Born on September 18, 1984 in Seattle, WA to Jon and Darbi VanGerpen... Chose USD for its location, academics and swim program... Also recruited by Pepperdine and Fresno State... Accounting major...