Madelyn Porter Season 2024-25
Career Honors
• 2024-25 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2023-24 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
Career-Best Times (collegiate)
100 Free: 53.46 at Tennessee Last Chance Invitational, 3.1.25
200 Free: 1:50.72 at SEC Championships, 2.20.25
500 Free: 4:54.24 at SEC Championships, 2.19.25
1,000 Free: 10:12.76 vs. Southern Illinois, 2.1.25
1,650 Free: 17:21.91 at Gamecock Invitational, 11.17.23
100 Fly: 56.77 at Tennessee Last Chance Invitational, 2.28.25
200 Fly: 2:02.54 at SEC Championships, 2.21.25
Commodore Record Watch
• Ranks second on Vanderbilt’s all-time performer list in the 500 free and is also third in the 1,000 free
As a Sophomore (2024-25)
• Best times in the 500 and 1,000 free, as well as the 200 fly, have made the CSCAA National Invitational Championship B cut
• Posted the best mark on the team’s performer list in the 1,000 free, also ranking second in the 500 and 1,650 free, third in the 200 free and fourth in the 200 fly
• Recorded career-low marks in all three individual events she competed in at the SEC Championships (Feb. 18-22), the 200 and 500 free and the 200 fly
• Advanced to the 100 fly A Final and C Final of the 100 free with career-best times in both events, swimming the 1,650 free as well, at the Tennessee Last Chance Invitational (Feb. 28-March 1)
• Made the C Final in the 200 free (1:53.05) and 200 fly (2:06.29), and with a then career-best time was runner-up in the 500 free (4:57.54) D Final at the Gamecock Invitational (Nov. 20-22)
• Won the 1,000 free after recording a career-low mark in the race and also swam the 500 free (5:02.99) in regular season finale against Southern Illinois (Feb. 1)
• Set a career best at the time with her swim in the 1,000 free (10:21.37) in tri-meet with South Carolina and No. 13 Georgia (Oct. 11), adding a mark of 5:01.94 in the 500 free
• Competed in the 500 and 1,000 free at the House of ’Paign Invite (Oct. 25-26) and in home dual meet with Arkansas (Jan. 17)
As a Freshman (2023-24)
• Met the B standard for the CSCAA National Invitational Championship in the 200 fly
• Had the second-fastest time on the team in 200, 1,000 and 1,650 free, and was among the top five in the 500 free and 200 fly as well
• Recorded season-low marks in the 200 (1:50.85) and 500 (4:58.53) free along with the 200 fly (2:03.76) at the SEC Championships (Feb. 20-24)
• Won the D Final of the 1,000 free (4:59.19) and also posted a top-15 finish in the 1,650 free—recording a career-best time in the latter event—at the Gamecock Invitational (Nov. 15-17)
• Also finished with a career-low mark at the time in the B Final of the 200 free after touching the wall in 1:52.36 at the competition
• Was runner-up with the best time of her career in the 1,000 free in Vandy’s defeat of both Little Rock and North Texas (Jan. 27)
• Placed second in the 500 free (5:01.18) and was third with a career-best time in the 1,000 free at Illinois (Nov. 4)
• Led the Commodores while finishing third overall in the 1,000 free (10:31.46) in win at Iowa (Oct. 28)
• Raced in both the 500 and 1,000 free in opening meet of the spring at Miami (Fla.) and Iowa (Jan. 2)
• Swam the 200 (1:54.06) and 500 (5:06.95) free in tri-meet with Georgia and Florida State (Jan. 13)
• Competed in the 200 and 500 free again the following week at Arkansas (Jan. 20)
The Porter File
• A medicine, health & society major
• Swam for both Castle High and the Newburgh Sea Creatures Club team
• A finalist at the Indiana state championships each of her last three years at the prep level
• Won 14 events at the IHSAA sectional meet
• Received the Kilwanis Mental Attitude Award her senior year
• Served as a team captain for the Knights three seasons
• Helped Castle High to three sectional championships and a top-10 finish at the IHSAA state meet her final season
• Part of a Knights team that won the Southern Indiana Athletic Conference title four straight years
• A member of the National Honor Society
• Daughter of Kristy and James Porter
• Has two older sisters, Krislyn and Kaitlyn
• Oldest sister, Krislyn, swam for the Commodores from 2018-22
• Older sister, Kaitlyn, was a member of the swim team at South Carolina
Why Vanderbilt: “Vanderbilt just has the perfect combination of prestigious academics and SEC athletics. After meeting the girls and the coaches officially I knew that Vanderbilt was where I wanted to be. It also doesn’t hurt that it’s in Nashville with lots of great food and music.”