2024-25 Swimming & Diving Roster

Heather Gardner

  • Position Breast/Free
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Mount Pleasant, PA
  • High School Mount Pleasant Area HS
  • Prev School Liberty University

Biography

2024-25 (Graduate Student):

  • At the Mountain West Championships, placed fifth in the 100 breast (1:00.57), 11th in the 200 breast (2:15.43) and 15th in the 50 free (23.13)
  • Left the program with the third-fastest 100 breast (1:00.57) and seventh-fastest 200 breast (2:14.66) times in school history

Liberty (2020-23):

  • Competed in 100 breaststroke at Toyota U.S. Open in 2023
  • Named VaSID All-State 2nd Team breaststroke in 2023
  • Earned three CCSA podium finishes in the 200 breast, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay in 2023
  • Named to CCSA Honor Roll twice (2021, 2022)
Prep:
  • Graduated from Mount Pleasant Senior High School
  • Holds school records in 100 backstroke, 100 breaststroke and 50 freestyle
  • Named All-American in 50 freestyle as a sophomore before being named All-American in 100 breaststroke as a junior
  • Westmoreland County champion and record holder in 100 breaststroke, 100 freestyle and 50 freestyle
  • Six-time WPIAL individual champion
  • 2020 PIAA state champion in 50 freestyle, while earning three career PIAA individual runner-up honors and six total PIAA top-eight state finishes
  • Junior Nationals qualifier in 100 breaststroke, 100 freestyle and 50 freestyle
  • Tribune-Review Spotlight Athlete of the Week
  • Centennial Chevrolet Scholar-Athlete
  • Tribune-Review 2020 Athlete of the Year
  • 2020 Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete finalist
  • USA Swimming Futures qualifier
  • Competed for Allegheny Mountain Swimming and Mount Pleasant Aqua Club
  • Lifetime bests entering Liberty: 50 Free SCY – 23.24; 100 Free SCY – 51.84; 100 Breast SCY – 1:02.77