Accolades:

GNAC Rookie of the Week: 11/25/2013
GNAC Honor Roll: 11/4/2013, 11/18/2013, 12/9/2013

2013-14: Competed in 37 individual events and 16 relays as a freshman…registered eight individual victories with five runner-up efforts…won the 1000-Free (12:51.58) and finished as the runner-up in the 500-Free (6:17.08) in her first NCAA event, a head to head meet against Husson University on November 2nd…recorded victories in the 1000-Free (12:21.21) and 500-Free (6:04.43) against Husson on November 23rd…advanced to the finals in the GNAC Championship in the 1000-Free, 500-Free and 200-Free and placed fourth (12:09.17), fourth (5:49.76) and sixth (2:13.94), respectively…also swam legs for the Monks’ 400-Free and 200-Free Relay squads at the conference championship…won the 1000-Free (12:37.42) and was the runner-up in the 500-Free (6:08.99) at Husson on January 25th…posted wins in the 1650-Free (20:55.23) and 200-IM (2:37.89) at Gordon College on February 1st…advanced to the NEISDA Championship finals in the 1650-Free (20:07.98), 1000-Free (12:02.79) and 500-Free (5:53.12) events and placed 17th, 15th and 26th, respectively…also swam legs for the Monks’ 800-Free, 400-Free and 200-Free Relay squads as NEISDA’s…named as the GNAC Rookie of the Week on November 25th and earned GNAC Honor Roll mention on November 4th, November 18th and December 9th.

High School: Swam four years of varsity swimming for Rob Card at South Portland High School, making state championships every year...was selected as the Rookie of the Year as a freshman and claimed MVP honors for three years...placed 10th in the 500-Free at 2013 Maine State Championships…selected as a team captain her senior year…also played field hockey and lacrosse for two years.

Personal: Lauren Elizabeth Halvorsen, born in Portland, Maine…daughter of Karen and Paul Halvorsen…majoring in Liberal Arts.