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2017-18 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster
Elsa Welshofer
- Position:
- Free/Fly
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Charlotte Catholic
- Hometown:
- Charlotte, N.C.
At Princeton — 2017-18: earned second-team All-Ivy League honors as member of record-setting 200 medley relay at Ivy League Championships … placed sixth in the 100 fly at Ivies in 53.63, the second-fastest time of the Princeton season … posted third-fastest 50 free time of the season (53.63). 2016-17: competed in the 200 medley relay at Ivies … reached the B final of the 100 fly. 2015-16: competed in fly events during the regular season. 2014-15: earned second-team All-Ivy honors individually by placing second in the 200 fly to help Princeton rally for its 22nd Ivy League championship; her time of 1:58.62 was the third-fastest in Princeton history … earned second-team All-Ivy honors as the fly leg in the 200 medley relay … moved into all-time Top 5 at Princeton in the 100 fly (53.53); placed fifth in the 100 fly at Ivies … made C final in 500 and posted third-fastest Princeton time of the season … finished fourth in the 100 fly and second in the 200 fly during H-Y-P weekend.
At Charlotte Catholic — Winter Junior National finalist in the 100 fly … Olympic Trials and World Championship Trials qualifier … won three high school state championships in the 100 fly; also part of six state championship relays (4 in the 400 free, 2 in the 200 medley) … Junior national champion in the 400 medley relay … national age group record holder in the 200 medley relay, 200 free relay and the 400 medley relay … four-time High School Swimming All-America … member of both the National Honor Society and the German National Honor Society.
Personal — born May 13, 1996 … daughter of John and Jane Welshofer … has an older sister Erin and an older brother Garrett … Erin swam four years at William & Mary and was a CAA champion in the 200 fly … enjoys photography, hiking and music … may study anthropology.
