Claire Donan

Class:
Senior
Position:
Backstroke/Breaststroke
Hometown:
Louisville, Ky.
High School:
Sacred Heart Academy

At Michigan
• Academic All-Big Ten (2023)

Senior (2023-2024)

Big Ten Women's Championships (Feb. 21-Feb. 24): Placed 8th in the 100-Yard Breaststroke (1:00.63), 7th in the 200-Yard Breaststroke (2:12.38), and 8th in the 200-Yard IM (1:58.23).
Indiana (Jan. 19): Placed 5th in the 100-Yard Breaststroke (1:04.34) and 2nd in the 200-Yard Breaststroke (2:17.83).

Junior (2022-23)
• Boiler-Make-It Qualification (March 4-5): Finished 1st in the 100-yard Breaststroke with a personal best (1:00.85), 1st in the 100-yard Breaststroke (1:01.17) and 1st in the 200-yard Breaststroke (2:12.02).
• Big Ten Championships (Feb. 15-18): Finished 2nd in the 100-yard Breaststroke Timed Finals (1:01.76), 12th in the 200-yard Individual Medley (1:59.17) and 14th in the 200-yard Breaststroke (2:13.80).
• Wisconsin/Pittsburgh (Jan. 28): Finished 3rd in the 100-yard Breaststroke (1:03.83), 3rd in the 200-yard Breaststroke Timed Finals (2:18.20) and 6th in the 200-yard Individual Medley Timed Finals (2:04.67).
• Ohio State (Jan. 21): Finished 4th in the 200-yard Breaststroke Timed Finals (2:19.56), 5th in the 200-yard Individual Medley Timed Finals (2:04.52) and 7th in the 100-yard Breaststroke Timed Finals (1:04.91).
• Tennessee Invite (Nov. 17-20): Finished 7th in the 400-yard Individual Medley (4:18.26), 9th in the 200-yard Individual Medley (1:59.05), 13th in the 200-yard Breaststroke (2:15:05) and 15th in the 100-yard Breaststroke (1:02.70).
• Northwestern (Nov. 5): Finished 4th in the 200-yard Breaststroke Timed Finals (2:21.00), 5th in the 100-yard Breaststroke (1:05.10) and 6th in the 200-yard Individual Medley Timed Finals (2:06.77).
• Eastern Michigan/Ohio/Purdue (Nov. 4): Finished 3rd in the 400-yard Individual Medley Timed Finals (4:28.90) and 3rd in the 1000-yard Freestyle Timed Finals (10:31.89).
• Oakland (Oct. 8): Finished 1st in the 200-yard Individual Medley Timed Finals (2:06.28) and 2nd in the 100-yard Breaststroke Timed Finals (1:05.15).

Sophomore (2021-22)
• Big Ten Championships (Feb. 16-19): Finished 17th in the 200-yard Breaststroke (2:13.56), 18th in the 200-yard IM and 14th in the 400-yard IM (4:17.19).
• Ohio State (Jan. 28): Finished 7th in the 100-yard Breaststroke (1:05.01), 6th in the 200-yard Breaststroke (2:20.05) and 6th in the 200-yard IM (2:04.77).
• Wisconsin/Minnesota (Jan. 15): Finished 10th in the 100-yard Breaststroke (1:06.73) and 8th in the 200-yard Breaststroke (2:21.68) .
• Grand Valley (Nov. 6): Finished 2nd in the 1000-yard Freestyle (10:31.27).
• Purdue/Missouri (Nov. 5): Finished 9th in the 100-yard Breaststroke (1:03.90) and 4th in the 200-yard Breaststroke (2:15.86).
• Oakland (Oct. 9): Finished 3rd in the 100-yard Breaststroke (1:06.00).

Freshman (2020-21)
• NCAA Championships (March 17-20): Finished 37th in the 400-yard IM (4:15.62).
• Big Ten Championships (Feb. 23-27): Finished 10th in the 400-yard IM (4:13.19), 16th in the 100-yard Backstroke (54.87) and 22nd in the 200-yard Backstroke (1:58.00).
• Indiana/Northwestern (Jan. 16): Finished 9th in the 200-yard Breaststroke (2:20.71) and 10th in the 100-yard Breaststroke (1:06.65).

Prep
• High School: Sacred Heart Academy
• Three-time KHSAA state champion (2019-20: 100-yard Breaststroke; 2018: 200-yard IM)
• Three-time Sacred Heart Academy Athlete of the Year (2018-20)
• Member of four Kentucky state championship teams

Club/International
• Club: Triton Swimming
• Won silver medals in the 100- and 200-meter breaststrokes at the 2017 Speedo Summer Junior National Championships
• Won bronze medal in the 200-meter breaststroke at the 2018 Speedo Summer Junior National Championships
• 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier in the 200-meter breaststroke

Personal
• Full Name: Claire Elizabeth Donan
• Birthday: Oct. 23, 2001
• Enrolled in the College of Engineering
• Major: Biomedical Engineering

Career Bests

Event	Time	Date
1000-yard Freestyle	10:31.27	11/6/2021
50-yard Backstroke	27.04	1/21/2023
100-yard Backstroke	54.17	2/26/2021
200-yard Backstroke	1:58.00	2/27/2021
100-yard Breaststroke	1:00.63	2/23/2024
200-yard Breaststroke	2:10.06	11/5/2021
200-yard IM	1:57.84	2/22/2024
400-yard IM	4:13.19	2/25/2021
100-yard Butterfly	58.90	11/6/2021