The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2022-23 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster
Roster
Dakota Luther
- Position:
- Fly/IM
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Westlake / Longhorn Aquatics
- Prev School:
- Georgia
- Hometown:
- Austin, Texas
- Major:
- Kinesiology - Masters
- NCAA National Runner-up Team (2023)
- All-American
- 200 fly (2023)
- Big 12 Team Champion (2023)
- Two-time Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (Oct. 12, 2022; Feb. 1, 2023)
- 2022-23 CSCAA Scholar All-American First Team
- Two-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2022, Spring 2023)
TOP TIMES (SCY/LCM) - Updated Mar. 19, 2023
50 fly: 23.88/27.59
100 fly: 51.01/58.39
200 fly: 1:51.58/2:07.02
200 IM: 1:56.67/2:16.86
400 IM: 4:13.00
AS A 5TH YEAR (2022-23)
- Finished fifth in the 200 fly (1:52.27) and 20th in the 100 fly (51.78) at the NCAA Championships
- Won silver in the 200 fly (1:52.71) and bronze in the 100 fly (52.56) and 200 IM (1:59.50) at the Big 12 Championships
- Placed second in the 200 fly (1:51.58), third in the 100 fly (51.90) and fifth in the 200 IM (2:00.22) versus No. 4 NC State
- Joined Meghan DiMartile, Channing Hanley and Kyla Leibel to finish second in the 400 medley relay (3:53.32/51.65 fly split) versus No. 4 NC State
- Took second in the 200 medley relay (1:35.91/23.26 fly split) against No. 4 NC State with Meghan DiMartile, Lydia Jacoby and Bridget Semenuk
- Won the 200 fly (1:56.05), placed sixth in the 100 fly (54.21) and took eighth in the 100 IM (56.89) against No. 5 Ohio State and No. 6 Alabama
- Teamed with Meghan DiMartile, Channing Hanley and Bridget Semenuk to place sixth in the 200 medley relay (1:40.49/23.93 fly split) and 400 medley relay (3:42.03/52.75 fly split) against No. 5 Ohio State and No. 6 Alabama
- Joined Ava Longi, Olivia Bray and Ellie McLeod to finish sixth in the 400 free relay (1:34.33/23.96 split) against No. 5 Ohio State and No, 6 Alabama
- Finished ninth with Hanley, Luther and Longi in the 200 medley relay at the Minnesota Invitational with a time of 1:39.16
- Was fourth in the 100 fly A final with a time of 52.27 (NCAA B) at the Minnesota Invitational
- Part of the third-place 400 medley relay team that swam a time of 3:32.54 (NCAA B) at the Minnesota Invitational
- Runner-up in 200 fly A Final at the Minnesota Invitational with a time of 1:52.58
- Was second in the 100 fly against UVA with a time of 52.64 and sixth in the 100 IM with a time of 56.41
- Teamed with Sticklen, Elendt and Pash on the winning 400 medley relay that posted a time of 3:33.51 against UVA
- Won the 200 fly against Virginia with an NCAA-B standard time of 1:53.83
- Was part of the winning 200 medley relay team with Emma Sticklen, Anna Elendt and Bridget Semenuk that beat Indiana and Texas A&M with a time of 1:38.32
- Won the 200 fly against Indiana and Texas A&M with a time of 1:55.23 (NCAA-B standard) and finished second in the 100 fly with a time of 53.30 (NCAA-B standard)
- Teamed with Chase Davison, Anna Elendt and Grace Cooper to win the 400 medley relay at the Dust Off Your Boots Invitational with a time of 3:37.56
- Won the 200 IM (2:01.87) and finished fourth in the 200 free (1:51.59) at the Dust Off Your Boots Invitational
AT GEORGIA
• Holds the Georgia record in the 200m butterfly
• No. 2 in 100m butterfly in Georgia history
• No. 4 in Georgia history in 200 medley relay
• No. 7 in 400 medley relay in Georgia record books
2021-22
• First Team CSCAA All-American (200 Fly), 3x Second Team All-American (100 Fly, 200 Medley Relay, 400 medley relay)
• Fourth at NCAAs in 200 Fly & 11th in 100 Fly
• Two top-20 finishes at NCAAs in 200 medley (14th) and 400 medley (16th)
• Runner-up at SECs in 200 Fly, 4th in 400 medley relay, 5th in 100 Fly & 200 medley
• Recorded seven wins during dual meets
• University of Georgia Presidential Scholar Honors
• Recipient of Damon Evans Swimming Scholarship
2020-21
• First-Team CSCAA All-American - 200 Fly
• Bronze medalist in 200 Fly at NCAAs and 17th in 100 Fly
• First Team All-SEC
• Repeated SEC Champion in 200 Fly with SEC, Georgia and Gabrielsen Natatorium records
• First in 200 butterfly, second in 100 butterfly, and sixth in 200 IM at UGA Fall Invitational
• Earned dual wins in 200 butterfly against South Carolina (twice), Florida, and Tennessee
• Named to CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team
• Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll
• Named to J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll
• Named the recipient of the Damon Evans Swimming Scholarship.
2019-20
• CSCAA All-America (100 Fly, 200 Fly, 800 Free relay & 400 medley relay)
• Qualified for NCAA Championships in 100 and 200 butterfly
• Named to First Team All-SEC
• Won SEC Championship in 200 butterfly with personal-best A-cut
• Earned bronze medal in 800 freestyle relay and finished seventh in 100 butterfly at SECs
• Named to CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team
• Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll & J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll.
2018-19
• Second-Team CSCAA All-America - 200 butterfly and 800 freestyle relay
• Won B final 200 butterfly at NCAA Championships and was member of 11th-place 800 freestyle relay; also finished 18th in 100 butterfly
• Second Team All-SEC
• Named to SEC All-Freshman Team
• Earned bronze medal in 200 butterfly at SEC Championships
• Member of fifth-place 800 freestyle relay, eighth-place 200 medley relay, and ninth-place 400 medley relay at the SEC Championships
• Posted two dual wins in 100 butterfly and 200 butterfly
• Named SEC Women’s Freshman of the Week on Dec. 4
• Named to SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll & Named to J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll.
INTERNATIONAL
• 2022 FINA Short Course World Champion - 200m Fly
NATIONAL
• 2022 Phillips 66 National Champion - 200m Fly
• 2022 Phillips 66 Bronze Medalist - 100m Fly
• 6th in 200m butterfly at 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials & 17th in 100m butterfly
• Named to the USA Swimming National Team in 2019-20 and 2020-21
• 2019 Bronze medalist in 200m Fly at Phillips 66 Nationals with national team qualifying time of 2:07.76
• 2x Gold Medalist at 2019 World University Games - 200 Fly and 400 medley relay, plus silver in 100 Fly
• Set the meet record in the 100 butterfly at 2018 Summer Junior Nationals
• 15th at 2017 World Championships
• Represented U.S. at 2017 Mel Zajac Jr International meet
• Finished 17th in 200m butterfly, 45th in 100m butterfly, and 56th in 200m freestyle at 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Austin Westlake High School and swam for Austin Swim Club under Brendan Hansen.
PERSONAL
Born November 7, 1999 ... daughter of Mark Luther and Whitney Hedgepeth, a gold medalist in swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics ... majoring in Communication Studies.
