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  Veronica Lee
Veronica Lee

Player Profile
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Toronto, Ontario

High School:
Dr. Norman Bethune Collegiate

Event:
BR/IM

03/02/2013

Pitt Swimming and Diving Finishes Third at the 2013 Big East Championships

Senior Kelsey Herbst breaks 27 year old 1,650 free record.

03/02/2013

Veronica Lee Breaks the 200 Breast School Record

11 Panthers advance to finals on the last day of Big East.

03/01/2013

Kourosh Ahani Breaks 100 Fly Record

Ten Panthers advance to finals.

03/01/2013

Maczewski, Ahani and Synder Named Big East Champions

Three swimmers posted NCAA B Cuts.

02/28/2013

Senior Joanna Budzis Breaks Another School Record

Freshman Mack Rice breaks the 200 IM Record.

2012 - 2013: Against St. Bonaventure, Lee placed first in three events: the 200 fly, 200 breast and 200 IM... Had an enormously successful meet against Virginia, winning the 200 IM, as well as the 100 and 200 breastroke events...Against Cincinnati Lee placed in all three individual events: first in the 200 breast (2:19.16), second in the 100 breast, and second in the 400 IM...Earned top honors in the women's 200 yard breaststroke against Notre Dame while finishing second in the 200 IM and 200 butterfly...Finished thrid in both the women's 400 yard IM and 200 yard breaststrokeas well asfourth in the 200 IM at the Pitt Invitational...Swam a 2:05.28 at the AT&T Winter Nationals in the 200 IM...Took top honors in the women's 200 yard IM and breaststroke in addition to placing third in the 200 butterfly against West Virginia...Finished first in the 100 breaststroke andfourth in the 1000 freestyle at the Western PA Invitational...Helped the 200 medley relay team to a fourth place finish at the same meet.

2011 - 2012: Qualified for the Big East Championship...placed 19th overall in the 100 fly (55.67) at the conference meet in February...tied for 11th in the 200 breast with a NCAA provisional finish (2:15.87) at the conference meet...captured first in the 200 breast against Buffalo (Oct. 21)...won the 100 fly and 200 IM at St. Bonaventure (Oct. 22)...placed first in the 100 fly and 200 breast and was a member of the winning 400 medley relay team against Cincinnati (Nov. 11)...turned in first-place performances in the 100 breast and 200 breast versus West Virginia (Jan. 7)...won the 200 breast against Virginia (Jan. 28)...took first in the 200 fly, 200 breast and 200 IM during the Panthers' regular-season finale at Trees Pool (Feb. 4)...named the Pitt Performer of the Meet in final meet.

2010 - 2011: Set a freshman record in the 200 breast during the meet against Virginia...posted a third-place finish in the 100 fly at ECAC...swam in the consolation finals of the 200 breast at the Big East Championship...placed among the Big East's top 20 in the 200 fly and 200 IM...won the 100 breast at the 2011 Senior Recognition Meet...garnered season bests in the 200 breast and 200 fly against Virginia...touched for a season-best and third-place performance in the 200 IM at the Frank Elm Invite...assisted in the 400 medley relay team's first place victory against Louisville.

High School: One of the top breaststrokers in Canada...a finalist at the 2008 Canadian Olympic Trials and in the 2009 Canadian World Championship Trials...ranked fifth in Canada in the 200 breast (scm) and 10th in the 100 breast (scm)...best times are 1:11.76 in the 100 breast (lcm) and 2:32.73 in the 200 breast (lcm).