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2018-19 Swimming & Diving Roster

Gabriele Serniute

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Vilnius, Lithuania
  • High School Downers Grove North

Biography

Personal Bests

50 free: :24.39 (at Big Challenge, 11/20/15)
100 free: :51.35 (at Missouri Invitational, 11/19/16)
50 back: :26.78 (at Big Challenge, 11/20/15)
100 back: :57.84 (at Missouri Invitational, 11/18/16)
50 breast: :28.92 (at B1G Champs, 2/22/19)
100 breast: 1:01.99 (at B1G Champs, 2/22/19)
200 breast: 2:16.84 (at Missouri Invitational, 11/19/16)
100 fly: :57.90 (at Missouri Invitational, 11/16/17)
100 IM: 1:01.29 (at FIU, 11/4/17) 
200 IM: 2:02.52 (at B1G Champs, 2/18/16)
400 IM: 4:35.76 (vs. EIU, WIU & Olivet Nazarene, 10/16/15)

Senior - 2018-19

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Competed at USA Winter Nationals
  • Broke two school records in one swim at the B1G Championships, clocking a 50 breaststroke split time of 28.92 and a 100 breaststroke time of 1:01.99
  • Swam a leg on Illinois' top 200 freestyle, 200 medley and 400 medley relays on the season
  • Third-fastest Illini swimmer on the season in the 50 freestyle, clocking a time of 23.41

Junior - 2017-18

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Second-fastest Illini in the 50 breaststroke (:31.03), 100 breaststroke (1:03.10) and 200 breaststroke on the season (2:17.58)
  • Third-fastest on the team in the 100 butterfly on the season (:57.90)
  • Swam anchor on the fastest 200 freestyle relay on the season with a 1:32.75 at the B1G Championships (2/16/18)
  • Anchored the fastest 400 freestyle on the season at the B1G Championships (3:22.10)

Sophomore - 2016-17

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Swam a personal-best :51.35 in the 100 freestyle at the Missouri Invitational
  • Career-best time 100 backstroke time of :57.84 at the Missouri Invitational, which was the fifth-fastest time for the Illini in the event
  • Team-best 100 breaststroke time of 1:02.84, placing her fifth on the all-time fastest individuals list
  • Posted the fifth-fastest 200 breaststroke time for the Illini on the season (2:16.84)
  • Swam the second leg on the 200 medley relay team that finished with a time of 1:40.81 at the Big Ten Championships, which was the second-fastest showing in school history

Freshman - 2015-16

  • Became the 10th-fastest individual in the 50 back in Illinois history with a time of 26.78 at the Big Challenge, which was the fourth-fastest time in the event for the Illini on the season
  • Registered the fourth-fastest 50 breast time for the Illini on the year with a mark of 31.05
  • Posted the third-fastest 100 breast time for Illinois on the season at 1:03.30, which also ranks her as the sixth-fastest individual in the event in school history
  • Recorded the fourth-fastest 50 fly time for Illinois on the year, clocking a 26.55
  • Became the sixth-fastest individual in the 200 IM in program history with a time of 2:02.52 at the Big Ten Championships

Prior to Illinois

  • Four-time IHSA State qualifier
  • NSCA Junior National qualifier
  • USA Swimming Winter National qualifier
  • Finished first in the 200 freestyle relay, second in the 200 IM, second in the 200 medley relay and fourth in the 400 freestyle relay for the runner-up team at the 2014 IHSA State Championships
  • Placed first in the 200 medley relay and sixth in the 200 IM at the 2013 IHSA State Championships
  • Career-best time of :24.61 in the 50 freestyle and :52.92 in the 100 freestyle
  • Lifetime best of 1:05.21 in the 100 breaststroke
  • 200 IM personal best is 2:01.95

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    Breast/Free/IM
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    Breast/Free/IM
  • 2017-18Junior

    Breast/Free/IM
  • 2018-19Senior

    Breast/Free/IM