Amelia Harper Season 2024-25
Career-Best Times (collegiate)
50 Breast: 30.03 at Gamecock Invitational, 11.21.24
100 Breast: 1:04.38 at Gamecock Invitational, 11.21.24
200 Breast: 2:21.39 at Gamecock Invitational, 11.22.24
200 IM: 2:05.95 at Gamecock Invitational, 11.20.24
Commodore Record Watch
• Stands seventh in the 50 breast on Vandy’s all-time performer list
As a Freshman (2024-25)
• Ranks second on the team’s performer list in the 100 breast, and is also among the top five in the 200 breast and 200 IM
• Qualified for the B Final in the 100 breast as well as the 200 breast C Final and the D Final in the 200 IM at the Gamecock Invitational (Nov. 20-22), posting her fastest marks of the season in each event
• Recorded season-best marks at the time in the 100 (1:04.86) and 200 (2:23.19) breast along with the 200 IM (2:10.76) in tri-meet with South Carolina and No. 13 Georgia (Oct. 11)
• Led the Commodores in the 100 breast (1:06.61) while also swimming the 200 breast (2:26.72) at Illinois’ House of ’Paign Invite (Oct. 25-26)
• Made her collegiate debut at Tulane (Sept. 27), swimming the 100 breast (1:07.69) while also competing on one of Vandy’s teams in the 200 medley relay
The Harper File
• Plans to major in biochemistry
• Competed at Aiken High and was part of the Aiken-Augusta Swim League during her prep career
• Considered among the top 10 prospects in South Carolina
• Placed fifth in the 200 IM at the 2023 Georgia Senior Short Course Championships
• Won the 100 breast and earned a bronze medal in the 200 IM at the SCHSL 4A state championship as a senior
• Also posted a third-place finish in the 100 breast at the state meet when she was a sophomore
• Recorded top-five results in five different events at the Georgia Long Course Senior State Championship in the summer of 2023
• Advanced to three A Finals at the Georgia Senior Short Course Championships and the Georgia Long Course Senior State Championship in 2022
• Earned the school’s Marine Corps Student Athlete Award as a senior and was class valedictorian
• Daughter of Rebecca and William Harper
• Is the oldest of three children
Why Vanderbilt: “I chose Vanderbilt for the excellent academics and close-knit swim team. As soon as I stepped on deck, the girls and coaches made me feel right at home. I can’t wait for these next four years!! Anchor Down!”