PaigeTaber
- position Backstroke/IM
- class Sophomore
- Hometown The Woodlands, Texas
- High school The Woodlands High School
Top Times (SCY):
100 backstroke: 52.48 (2023 SEC Championships, 2/17/23)
200 backstroke: 1:53.75 (2023 SEC Championships, 2/18/23)
200 IM: 2:00.25 (2023 SEC Championships, 2/15/23)
Top Times (LCM):
100 backstroke: 1:04.13 (Speedo Summer Championships – West, 8/6/21)
200 backstroke: 2:18.20 (NT LAC LCM Time Trial, 12/10/20)
200 IM: 2:26.06 (Speedo Summer Championships – West, 8/7/21)
Career Notes:
- 2023 NCAA qualifier
- 2023 CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team
In the Record Book:
- 7th in 100 backstroke (2023)
- 9th in 200 backstroke (2023)
2022-23 (Freshman): Was an NCAA qualifier, swimming to 34th in the 200 backstroke (1:54.19) and 39th in the 100 backstroke (52.99) … Placed 11th at the SEC Championships in both the 100 back (52.48) and the 200 back (1:53.92) … Finished first in the 200 back against Cincinnati (2:01.77), one of six top-five finishes this season in dual meets … Reached the finals in the 100 back (17th, 54.53) and the 200 back (1:58.52, 32nd) at the Ohio State Invitational… Won Team Spirit Award at the team banquet … SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to UK: High school captain. 2021 high school state champion with team. Finished second in the state in the 100 backstroke in both 2021 and 2022. Gulf representative 2020-21 school year. Swimmer of the year for the greater Houston area.