Accolades:

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

2016-17: Competed in 23 events as a senior bringing her career total to 113...opened her senior season on October 29th at the Monks Home Opener finishing second in the 100-Fly (1:18.78)...on November 5th at Elms College won the 1000-Free (13:00.59) 500-Free (6:21.57) events...finished second in the 1000-Free (13:01.73) and third in the 500-Free (6:26.07) on November 18th against Regis College...was fifth in the 1000-Free (12:12.93), eighth in the 500-Free (6:01.12), and 11th in the 200-Free (2:17.70) at the GNAC Championship...raced to a third place finish in the 1650-Free (21.43.77) and two fourth place finishes in the 100-Free(1:10.57) and 500-Free (6:36.24) on January 16th... competed in three events finishing fourth in the 1650-Free (21:51.26), seventh in the 500-Free (6:23.60), and ninth in the 100 Free (1:10.27) at Western New England College...on February 4th at the Monks Senior Day finished third in the 1650-Free (21:24.34), fourth in the 500-Free (6:29.17), and seventh in the 100-Free (1:10.50)...on Day One of the NEISDA Championships raced in the 800-Free Relay (8:55.83) which placed 15th and raced in the 500-Free (5:57.37) prelims... on Day Two of the NEISDA Championships appeared in the 1000-Free trials with a time of (12:06.53)...on Day Three of the NEISDA Championships placed eighth in the 1650-Free with a (20:23.06) performance and swam in the 400-Free Relay (4:06.05) to wrap up her collegiate career.

2015-16: Raced in 32 events as a junior, bringing her career total to 91 individual races…tallied six top finishes and six runner-up performances…won the 1000-Free (12:31.61) and 500-Free (6:16.82) events and finished as the runner-up in the 50-Free (30.60) at Husson University on October 30th… won the 800-meter free by a over a minute with an 11:08.72 effort and captured the 400-meter free race with a 5:32.16 time, over 25 seconds faster than the runner-up at Elms College on November 7th…won the 1000-Free (12:40.03), was the runner-up in the 500-Free (6:12.65), and placed third in the 100-Free (1:08.50) at Regis College seven days later…finished as the runner-up in the 1000-Free (12:33.11) and 500-Free (6:15.77) events and placed fourth in the 50-Free (31.65) in a double-dual meet with Merrimack and Husson on November 21st…finished fourth in the 1650-Free (20:13) and 14th in the 100-Free (1:07.06) for a total of 18 points in the GNAC Championship on December 5th and 6th…placed fourth in the 1000-Free (13:07.57) and fifth in the 50-Breast (42.12) and 500-Free (6:24.28) races versus Simmons College on January 10th…finished second in the 1000-Free (12:36.56), placed fourth in the 500-Free (6:23.80), and was fifth in the 50-Free (31.75) against University of New England eight days later…cruised to victory in the 1650-Free with a 21:40.32 time, nearly three minutes faster than the runner-up, finished second in the 500-Free (6:23.21), and fourth in the 50-Free (32.11) at Husson on January 23rd…raced to a third-place finish in the 50-Free (31.27) and placed fifth in the 500-Free (6:05.75) at Gordon College on January 30th…competed in the 1650-Free and 1000-Free races, placing 19th (20:01.40) and 22nd (12:02.90), respectively, at the NEISDA Championship the weekend of February 13th.

2014-15: Swam in 22 individual races as a sophomore…won six events with five runner-up performances…also swam legs in three top-finishing relay races…won the 1000-Free (12:36.27) and 500-Free (6:09.48) races and posted a runner-up finish in the 100-Free (1:06.36) at Husson University on November 1st… won the 1000-Free (12:21.67) by a wide margin and also topped the field in the 500-Free (6:05.00) race at Elms College a week later…topped the field in the 500-Free (6:03.24) and finished second in the 1650-Free (20:45.11) in a home meet versus Regis College on November 15th…placed second in the 1650-Free with a 19:54.31 time and fifth in the 500-Free (5:51.85) at the GNAC Championship on December 6th and 7th…won the 1000-Free by a mere two one-hundredths of a second with a 12:26.09 effort and also placed fifth in the 500-Free (6:14.19) at Simmons College on January 11th…placed second in the 1650-Free (20:46.58) and 500-Free (6:09.65) at University of New England five days later…won the 1000-Free (12:46.45) and was the runner-up in the 500-Free (6:13.51) against Husson on January 24th… finished third in the 200-Free (2:19.09) and 500-Free (6:06.35) events versus Gordon College on January 31st…finished 28th in the 500-Free (5:57.28) prelims in the NEISDA Championship on February 13th and 14th.

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.