Amelia Gilchrist

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Greensboro, N.C.
High School:
Grimsley High School

Why Brown Statement: “I chose Brown because it felt like the best fit for me both athletically and academically. As one of the best schools in the country, Brown offers the opportunity for an outstanding education, and I see myself benefiting from the open curriculum. On my trip, I felt an immediate connection with my host and the rest of the team, and I loved that Coach Kovenock and Coach Speroni have huge goals, and great enthusiasm for the sport of swimming. By the time I left Providence, I just knew that Brown was where I wanted to spend my next four years. I am extremely excited for the fall! Go Bruno!”

Concentration: Environmental Science

Profile Questions:
Finals march-out song: Stronger by Brittany Spears
Favorite food:  Pimento Cheese
Favorite dessert:  Banana Pudding
Favorite city: Washington, DC
Favorite athlete: Niko Fantastic
Favorite pro team: Carolina Panthers
Favorite movie or TV show: Stranger Things
Current favorite music artist: James Taylor
Last book you read: Becoming by Michelle Obama
Favorite restaurant in Providence:  Meeting Street
Favorite holiday: Christmas
Favorite activity outside the pool: Saturday morning with Steve @ PPY
Who would star as you in a movie about your life: Myself
Person you’d like to have dinner with: AOC
Travel destination: The Maldives
Other sport you enjoy: Water basketball
Role model / someone you look up to: My mom
Something you cannot live without: Chapstick
Favorite Brown building:  OMAC or wherever Beth is
Enjoyed this professor’s class: GIS with Samiah Moustafa
Most memorable meet as a Brown Bear: Ivies 2019 (BOTR!!)
Favorite quote:  "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” - Churchill

2019-20: Competed in all eight meets for the Bears … Swam in the 200 freestyle, 500 freestyle, 200 backstroke and the 800 freestyle relay at the Ivy League Championships … Took third in both the 200 and 500 freestyle at Cornell … Came in third in the 200 freestyle against Columbia … Placed second in both the 500 and 1000 freestyle against UConn with a personal best in the 1000 … Finished third in both the 200 and 500 freestyle at Penn … Claimed third in the 500 freestyle at Yale.

2018-19: Finished 10th in the 200 freestyle, 11th in the 200 backstroke and 13th in the 500 freestyle at the Ivy League Championships ... Took third in the 500 freestyle and fourth in the 200 freestyle against Cornell ... Placed third in the 500 freestyle at the Bruno Invitational ... Finished second in the 500 freestyle and third in the 200 freestyle versus Rutgers and Wagner ... Won the 500 freestyle against Yale and took third in the 200 freestyle ... Competed in four meets for the Bears.

2017-18: Competed in the 200 freestyle, 100 backstroke and 200 backstroke at the Ivy League Championships ... Was a member of the 800 freestyle relay team that broke the school record at Ivies ... Finished third in both the 200 backstroke and 200 freestyle at Cornell ... Grabbed second place in the 200 backstroke and finished third in the 100 backstroke against MIT.

2016-17: Competed in the 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke and the 200 freestyle at the Ivy League Championships ... Recorded the fifth fastest time in the 100 backstroke (56.06) and the sixth fastest time in the 200 backstroke (2:00.95) in school history ... Posted her top finish against Cornell in the 200 freestyle, placing fourth.

Before Brown: Competed in swimming at Grimsley Senior High School ... Also competed for Swim Greensboro Swimming Association (GSA) ... NISCA/Speedo All-America in the 200 freestyle in 2015-16 and NISCA/Speedo All-America in the 100 backstroke and 400 freestyle relay in 2014-15 ... Two-year recipient of the Grimsley Swimming Jamieson Award as top point scorer ... Named USA Swimming Scholastic All-American ... Two-time Swim GSA MVP ... Member of the National Honors Society and the French Honor Society ... AP Scholar with Distinction in 2015 and 2016 ... Graduated Summa Cum Laude ... Sierra Club President and Food Pantry Club Vice-President/Founding Member.

Personal: Daughter of Donald Gilchrist and Lynne Klauer ... Her father swam for Wake Forrest ... Has one sibling, Liam ... Born March 6, 1998.

Personal Records
Event	Time	Date
100 Free	51.97	12/8/2019
200 Free	1:49.11	2/22/2019
500 Free	4:50.95	2/20/2020
1000 Free	10:19.72	11/23/2019
100 Back	56.06	2/15/2017
200 Back	1:59.72	2/23/2019