Caroline Burckle

Background

Burckle was born in Louisville, Kentucky.

Education

She attended Sacred Heart Academy in Louisville, and graduated in 2004.

Career

Burckle accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she swam for coach Gregg Troy"s Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (National Collegiate Athletic Association) and Southeastern Conference (Securities and Exchange Commission) competition from 2005 to 2008. During her four-year college career, she received twenty-three All-American honors. She was the 2007-2008 recipient of the Honda Sports Award for Swimming and Diving, recognizing her as the outstanding college female swimmer.

She graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor"s degree in sociology in 2009.

In 2005, Burckle was selected to compete at the World Championships in Montreal. She swam in the preliminaries of the 4×200-meter freestyle relay for the gold-medal-winning United States. team

At the 2008 United States. Olympic Team Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, Burckle placed fourth in the 200-meter freestyle, earning a place on the Olympic swim team for the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. Burckle also placed fourth in the 400-meter freestyle and fifth in the 800-meter freestyle in Omaha.

At the 2008 Olympic Games, Burckle earned a bronze medal swimming in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay.

Burckle swam the lead-off leg in the preliminary heats in 1:57.86, and was selected to swim in the final. She swam the third leg of the final in 1:56.70. At the 2009 National Championships, Burckle placed third in the 400-meter freestyle, barely missing the chance to compete at the 2009 World Championships.

Burckle was, however, named to the 2009–2010 United States. National Team.

In the fall of 2009, Burckle moved to Fullerton, California to train with the FAST Swim Team under coach Sean Hutchison. She retired from competition swimming in 2010.

After her move to Southern California in 2009, Burckle enrolled at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising. She completed a degree in merchandise product development in 2010.

In 2011, Burckle briefly relocated to San Diego to work for Montiel United States of America, a start-up women"s "active wear" line.

In late 2011, Burckle returned to Louisville to begin Stilwellness, a health and wellness coaching business.

Achievements

• She won two National Collegiate Athletic Association individual championships in the 200- and 500-yard freestyle event in 2008, and was named the 2008 National Collegiate Athletic Association Female Swimmer of the Year by virtue of winning two National Collegiate Athletic Association national championships and breaking the oldest-standing women"s National Collegiate Athletic Association swimming record by swimming a 4:33.60 in the 500-yard freestyle. She also won Securities and Exchange Commission individual championships in the 200-yard freestyle (2005), the 500-yard freestyle (2005, 2008), the 100-yard breaststroke (2007), and the 200-yard breaststroke (2008), and three more Securities and Exchange Commission titles as a member of the Gators" winning relay teams in the 4x100-yard medley relay (2005), the 4x200-yard freestyle relay (2005), and the 4x50-yard medley relay (2008). Burckle"s younger brother Clark also swam for Florida, but transferred to the University of Arizona before his senior year, and was an individual National Collegiate Athletic Association champion in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2010. At the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Burckle won the gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle.

Membership

Burckle is a member of the International Coaching Federation and Ohio Valley Professional Coaching Alliance, and is pursuing a degree from Wellcoaches School.