Ella Swigler

Class:
Fifth Year
Hometown:
Lynn Haven, Fla.
High School:
Mosley
Prev School:
Florida State

Ella Swigler TFRRS Profile

CAREER HONORS
• All-ACC Academic Honor Roll (2023)

2022
• Competed in one meet before missing the rest of the season due to injury
• Rounded out the scorers at the Covered Bridge Open in her Louisville debut, covering the 5K course in 19:26.3

Florida State Honors:
• Finished sixth overall at the 2020 Mountain Dew Invitational with a 6K personal best time (21:15.97)
• Finished 12th overall at the 2020 FSU Invitational with a 5K (XC) personal best time (17:22.5)
• Placed 18th at the 2020 ACC Indoor Championships in the 5000m with a time of 16:47.89

Prep/High School Honors:
• 2018 3A FHSAA State Qualifier in the 1600m and 800m
• Selected to represent the North squad at the FACA Senior All-Star Cross Country Classic

Personal:
• Full name is Ella Swigler
• Birthdate is April 12, 2000
• Pursuing master’s degree in sustainability at UofL
• Graduated from Florida State University with a degree in Environmental Science
• Parents are Alan and Jeanette Swigler
• Mother, Jeanette, and uncle, Paul Buchanan, ran cross country and track at the University of South Alabama
• Plans to do environmental research and conservation work after graduating college
• Proudest moment of her life was her baptism and declaration of faith in the spring of 2022
• Greatest challenge she had to overcome was repeated stress fractures during her undergraduate career
• Chose UofL because of the atmosphere around the team and the opportunity to get a master’s degree