Mackenzie Gibbons '26 Recruiting Profile

Hi I’m Mackenzie,

I also swim the 200 free, 200 fly, and 200 back but it wouldn’t let me put it on my profile.

200 back LCM - 2:30.56                           200 back SCY - 2:04.01                          200 fly LCM - 2:27.26                               200 fly SCY - 2:08.80                              200 free LCM - 2:10.93
200 free SCY - 1:53.53

If I could describe myself I would say a good athlete but an even better teammate. One thing I’ve been always been taught is to respect my coaches and teammates. 

When people talk to me about swim they are always surprised with how humble I am. I think I’m that way because I’ve had people tell me that I would never be at the level of swim I am at now.

I started competitive swim around 10 on a local ymca team, I continued swimming on that team till covid because the team shut down due to lockdown. 

The only other “local” swim team I could go to was Solo Aquatics. (it’s 45 minutes away from my house)

If I’m being honest I wasn’t ready to swim on Solo because I wasn’t as fast as the other kids were at the time, I was very behind. 

For two years I worked tremendously hard. I started seeing great results in my swimming this year, I mean I was dropping almost 10 seconds in everything.

For example my freshman year I didn’t even make the top 10 at my high school states, I also didn’t qualify for speedo sectionals.

I came back this year, and committed to what I needed to do. I started doing double practices and working out a lot more. I got 2nd and 3rd at my high school states and I qualified for Speedo sectionals, for five events! I also made my first futures cut in my 100 meter backstroke by dropping 1.67 seconds off my entry time. I followed up with my second futures cut a few months later in the 200 yard backstroke where I dropped 8.24 seconds off my entry time.

If you want to know anything about my swimming feel free to send me a message!