CAREER BESTS
2012-13 (Junior Year)
Competed in seven meets for Penn State ... Earned Academic All-Big Ten Honors ... Participated in the 400 IM at the U.S. Open Swimming Championships ... Ranked third on the team in the 1,000 free (10:13.57) and 1,650 free (16:42.46) ... Competed in the 500 free, 1,650 free and 400 IM at the Big Ten Championships ... Qualified for the finals of the 400 IM at the Big Ten Championships, placing 17th in 4:18.65 ... Posted a second place finish in the 1,000 free in a dual meet with Villanova (11/10) with a time of 10:13.57.
2011-12 (Sophomore Year)
Competed in all nine of the team's meets ... Competed in the 400 IM at the USA Olympic Trials ... Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors ... Posted the team's top time in 1,650 free ... Ranked second on the team in the 1,000 free ... Was third on the squad in the 500 free ... Swam in three events at the Big Ten Championships ... Posted season-best times of 16:32.86 in the 1,650 freestyle and 4:18.55 in the 400 IM at the Big Ten Championships ... Posted a pair of top 10 finishes in four swims at the Ohio State Invitational (12/2-4) ... Finished third in the 1,650 freestyle with a time of 16:51.79 and was ninth in the 400 IM in a time of 4:20.93 at the Ohio State Invitational ... Also swam a season-best time of 2:02.06 in the 200 backstroke at the Ohio State Invitational ... Swam her best time of the year in the 1,000 freestyle in 10:15.69 in a tri-meet at No. 20 Arkansas with Navy (1/14) ... Posted a season-best showing of 2:07.27 in the 200 butterfly in a tri-meet with Lehigh and St. Francis (Pa.) (2/4).
2010-11 (Freshman Year)
Swam in nine of the team's 10 meets ... Ranked second on the team in the 1,650 freestyle and was third in the 500 and 1,000 freestyle and 400 IM ... Competed in the prelims of the 500 freestyle, 1,650 freestyle and 400 IM at the Big Ten Championships (2/16) ... Swam four events at the Georgia Fall Invitational (12/3) ... Finished ninth in a time of 16:42.25 in the 1,650 at the Georgia Invitational (12/3) ... Also clocked time of 1:53.14 in the 200 freestyle, 4:52.41 in the 500 free and 4:21.12 in the 400 IM ... Swam the 500 and 1,000 freestyle against West Virginia (10/16), Virginia Tech (10/23) and vs. Indiana and Virginia (11/19) ... Finished third in the season opener vs. West Virginia (10/16) in the 1,000 freestyle with a time of 10:22.64.
Prep
Four-year letterwinner at Southlake Carroll under coach Kevin Murphy ... While there, squad won a regional championship ... Six-time All-American ... Named a Scholastic All-American in 2008 ... Swam to three Texas State High School Open Water state championships ... Also competed for a club team, the North Texas Nadadores under coach Bill Christensen ... While there, earned 15 senior team records and two North Texas LSC records ... Swam in two Southwest Senior Champs meet records - 200 and 400 IM ... Participated in Junior Nationals during the summer of 2009 ... A member of the National Charity League, National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society.
Personal
Full name is Claire Veronica Singley ... Born in Durham, N.C. on March 23, 1992 ... Daughter of David and Catherine Singley ... Has two brothers, Wil and Ted...Father, David, swam at the University of North Carolina ... Brother, Wil, swam at the University of North Carolina ... Majoring in business with a minor in Spanish.