2025-26 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

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Lainy Kruger

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Junior
  • High School Notre Dame Academy
  • Hometown Taylor Mill, Ky.
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Biography

Olympic Experience 
2024 Olympic Trials
Date Event Result
6/16/24 Heat: 200 free 48th - 2:03.53
6/19/24 Heat: 200 fly  48th - 2:16.73

Career Accolades
  • Four-time All American
  • 2025 CSC Academic All-District Team 
  • 2025 All-SEC Second Team
  • 2024-25 CSCAA Second-Team Scholar All-American 
  • 2024-25 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
  • 2024 All-SEC First Team
  • 2024 SEC All-Freshman Team
  • 2023-24 CSCAA Scholar All-American 
  • 2023-24 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll 
  • Recipient of Florida's Swimming & Diving 2025 Gator Award, given to the individual who embodies what a Florida Swimmer/Diver is: positive energy, enthusiasm, leader, etc. 
2024-25 (Sophomore)
  •  Set four of Florida Women’s All-Time Top-10 Times
    • 200-yard Freestyle | 6. 1:43.64
    • 200-yard Butterfly | 9. 1:55.08
    • 200-yard IM | 5. 1:54.08
    • 400 Free Relay | 2. 3:10.82
NCAA Championships 
  • Competed in four events: 200 IM, 200 freestyle, 200 Butterfly, 400 free relay and 800 free relay
  • Earned three All-American Honors: 800 free relay first team honors & 200 free and 400 free relay second team honors
  • Anchored the 800 free relay in 1:43.67 to move from seventh to third place with an overall time of 6:53.41. 
  • Earned her first individual All-American honor after placing 14th in the  200 free (1:44.09)
  • Member of Florida's 400 free relay team who finished ninth in 3:10.82, recording a 47.95 split as the third leg
  • Swam the 200 IM in 1:56.13 to earn 23rd overall for her best NCAA finish in the event
  • Went 1:55.25 in the 200 fly for 24th place 
SEC Championships
  • Member of the SEC Championships second-place team
  • Competed in the 200 free, 200 fly, 200 IM and 400 free relay 
  • Contributed to 114 points 
  • Won one bronze medal 
  • Swam the third leg in 48.06 for Florida's 400 free relay team who finished third in 3:11.07
  • Advanced to the 200 free A Final and placed fifth in 1:43.90
  • Won the 200 IM B Final in 1:54.08 to earn ninth overall 
  • Finished 12th in the 200 fly after going 1:55.08
Regular Season
  • Competed in five dual meets and one Invitational 
  • Tallied five first place and 10 top-five finishes 
  • Raced in 26 events 
  • Won the 500y free in 4:53.87 in Florida's last regular season dual meet against FSU (1/31)... Finished third in the 200y free after touching the wall in 1:48.31 
  • Swam the second leg in 50.29 for the Gators 400y free relay A Team that recorded a winning time of 3:20.80 in Florida's road win at Texas A&M (1/17)... Finished fourth in the 200y free (1:49.67)... Earned sixth in both the 200y fly (2:03.58) and the 200y IM (2:06.44)
  • Clinched two top-two finishes in Florida's home win against Indiana (1/3)... Clocked a 50.24 split as the third leg in the Gators winning 400y free relay team (3:18.63)... Placed second in the 200y fly with a final time of 1:59.16... Earned seventh in the 100y free after touching the wall in 51.53... Member of Florida's 200y medley relay C Team that put together a 1:45.93 time for seventh, swam the fly leg in 25.20
  • Raced in eight events at the Georgia Fall Invite (11/20-22)... Placed first in the 200y fly with a winning time of 1:55.22... Swam the second leg in 48.19 for Florida's winning 400y free relay team that finished first in 3:11.79... Recorded a 1:46.33 lead off split for the Gators 800 free relay team that won with a final time of 7:12.26... Went 1:56.29 in the 200y IM A Final to finish second overall... Placed second in the 200y free B Final after touching the wall in 1:45.52 to earn 10th overall... Member of Florida's 400y medley relay C Team that came in seventh (3:36.10 / 52.64)... Swam the third leg (24.18) for Florida's 200y medley relay C Team that earned 10th (1:39.68)... Recorded a 49.29 in the 100y free prelims
  • Claimed second in the 200y fly after clocking a 1:59.53 time in Florida's road win at Georiga (11/1)... Finished fifth in the 100y free (50.72)... Anchored the Gators 200y medley relay B Team with a 23.07 split as the squad came in third after putting together a 1:41.34
  • Earned three top-four finishes in Florida's season opener at Virignia (10/18)... Placed third in the 200m fly (2:07.83)... Finished fourth in the 100m free after touching the wall in 54.68... Swam the third leg (54.40) for the Gators 400m free relay A Team that came in second (3:36.51)
2023-24 (Freshman)
  • Set two of Florida Women’s All-Time Top-10 Times
    • 400-yard Freestyle Relay Record Member | 1. 3:08.00
    • 200-yard Butterfly | 8. 1:55.41
NCAA Championships
  • Competed in the 200 IM, 200 Free, 200 Fly, 400 Free Relay
  • Earned her first All-American honor in the 400 Free Relay, swimming a 48.45 in the third leg as Florida finished second in the event
  • Recorded three top-50 individual finishes at her first NCAA Championships
    • 29th place - 200 Fly – 1:56.13
    • 46th place - 1:46.95
    • 50th place - 200 IM – 1:58.63
SEC Championships
  • Member of the SEC Championship winning team
  • Member of the school record 400 Free Relay Team, who also won first with 3:08.00
  • Recorded three top-10 individual finishes
    • 7th place – 200 Fly – 1:56.09
    • 9th place - 200 IM - 1:56.59
    • 9th place - 200 freestyle - 1:44.35
  • Her 200 IM (1:56.59) and 200 Free (1:44.35) times are personal bests
Regular Season
  • Competed in five dual meets, two Invitationals (Georgia Invite & Florida Invite) and one tri-meet (Tennessee, Kentucky)
  • Swam in 28 events
  • Tallied three individual first-place finishes
    • 200 Butterfly – 1:58.88 vs. Vanderbilt
    • 200 Butterfly – 1:58.49 vs. Georgia
    • 500 Freestyle – 4:53.44 vs. South Carolina
  • Recorded 7 second or third place finishes
  • Swam a 200 fly personal best at the 2023 UGA Fall Invitational, earning 3rd place after going 1:55.41.
  • Was a member of at least one relay team in the 200-yard Medley Relay, 200-yard Free Relay, 400-yard Medley Relay, 400-yard Free Relay, 800-yard Free Relay
Career-Best Times at Florida:
50 Freestyle 23.16 UGA Fall Invitational  Nov. 16, 2023
100y Freestyle 49.29 UGA Fall Invitational  Nov. 22, 2024
200 Freestyle 1:43.64 NCAA Championships  March 21, 2025
500 Freestyle 4:53.44 vs. South Carolina Jan. 5, 2024
100 Butterfly 54.76 vs. Tennessee & Kentucky Nov. 3, 2023
200 Butterfly 1:55.08 SEC Championships  Nov. 16, 2023
200 IM 1:54.08 SEC Championships Feb. 19, 2025

Prior to Florida:
  • Qualified for 2021 Olympic Trials
  • Two-time Kentucky State Champion in the 100 breast
  • 2022 Kentucky State Champion - 200 free
  • All-American
  • Multiple school record holder

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

  • 2024-25Sophomore

    Fly/Free/IM
    5'10"

  • 2025-26Junior

    Fly/Free/IM
    5'10"

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