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Freestyler Lindsey Schlegel, a native of Muskego, Wisconsin, has committed to swim and study at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay beginning in the 2026–2027 school year. She trains year-round with the Waukesha Express Swim Team and attends Muskego High School.
She confirmed the commitment in an email to SwimSwam, and provided the following quote:
I am so excited to announce my verbal commitment to continue my education and swim Division 1 at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay! First, I want to thank God, because without Him, I wouldn’t have achieved this goal. Next, thank you to my coaches on Express and Muskego for believing in me and getting me to this point in my athletic career. Additionally, thank you to all the coaching staff at UWGB for giving me this opportunity! Finally, thank you to my friends, family, and teammates for supporting me throughout my entire swimming journey. Go Phoenix!
Schlegel’s target meets of the last high school season were the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) Division 1 Sectional 5 meet and the WIAA Girls Division 1 State Championships, both held a week apart in early November.
At Sectionals, Schlegel walked away with four gold medals around her neck. She tackled the 50 free (23.59) and 100 free (52.13) individually, with both times checking in as new career bests. She also anchored Muskego’s winning 200 medley relay in 23.19 as well as led off their first-place 400 free relay in 52.57.
Schlegel’s momentum continued into the State Championships, where she finished in the top eight of all four of those same events. She notched 23.50 en route to fifth and another best time in the 50 free, while she broke 52 for the first time in 51.86 to grab seventh. She anchored the second-place medley relay in the exact same time she did at Sectionals, 23.19, before producing another sub-52 effort of 51.94 leading off the silver medal-winning 400 free relay.
She concluded her season at the NCSA Spring Championships in March, where she hit the wall 50th in the 50 free (23.93), 107th in the 100 free (53.09), 130th in the 200 free (1:56.86), and 219th in the 100 back (1:02.88). She was once again strong on relays, splitting 23.35 on the 10th-place 200 free relay, 23.84 on the 35th-place 200 medley relay, 53.62 on the 38th-place 400 medley relay, 52.57 leading off the 12th-place 400 free relay, and a PB of 1:53.26 leading off the 10th-place 800 free relay.
Top SCY Times:
- 50 Freestyle: 23.50
- 100 Freestyle: 51.86
- 200 Freestyle: 1:53.26
Alex Lewis took the helm of the UWGB program in November 2021. He was able to hire a full-time assistant coach and a graduate assistant last season; in the first three years of his tenure as head coach, it was just him and a diving coach.
The UWGB women took sixth out of six teams at last year’s Horizon League Championships. A year prior, they finished last in the conference as well.
The conference meet scores ‘A’ and ‘B’ finals, and Schlegel’s best time in the 50 free would have situated her 8th out of prelims and into the ‘A’ final. In the 100 and 200 free, times of 51.21 and 1:52.58 were required to secure a lane in the championship heat. Her times in those events are quick enough for the ‘B’ final though, as it took 52.45 and 1:55.19 to qualify.
According to the team’s 2024-25 depth chart, Schlegel’s career bests in all three freestyle events would have ranked her second. Junior Emily Allen led the way with marks of 23.35, 51.18, and 1:50.27, respectively. She was 4th in the 200 free, 7th in the 100 free, and 9th in the 50 at the Horizon League Championships, but will be graduating a few months prior to Schlegel’s arrival on campus.
Schlegel joins Avelyn Brown, Hannah Tubbs, and Madeline Bichon in UWGB’s 2030 recruiting class.
The swimmers will arrive on a campus that has recently made several upgrades to its aquatic center, including a new $65,000 video board. The facelift at the pool comes amid other positive momentum for the NCAA Division I program, which included the reinstatement of athletic scholarships for the 2024-2025 season, four years after they were eliminated in a budget measure.
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