2024-25 Swimming & Diving Roster

Kostas Lymperopoulos
Kostas Lymperopoulos

Lainey Quinones

  • Class Senior
  • Position Free/Fly
  • Highschool Hinsdale Central
  • Hometown Clarendon Hills, Ill.

Biography

PERSONAL BESTS
50 Free (23.01)
100 Free (50.83)
200 Free (1:51.61)
100 Fly (55.76)
 
CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2024-25 (Senior)
BIG EAST Champion 200 Free Relay (third leg) - 1:31.39 (22.85 splt)
All-BIG EAST 200 Free Relay (gold)
2023-24 (Junior)
BIG EAST Champion 200 Free Relay (second leg) - 1:32.26 (22.89 split)
All-BIG EAST 200 Free Relay (gold)
All-BIG EAST 400 Free Relay (bronze)
All-BIG EAST 200 Medley Relay (silver)
2022-23 (Sophomore)
BIG EAST Champion 200 Free Relay (second leg) - 1:33.10 (23.23 split)
BIG EAST Champion 800 Free Relay (second leg) - 7:21.83 (1:52.37 split)
All-BIG EAST 200 Free Relay (gold)
All-BIG EAST 800 Free Relay (gold)
ACADEMIC HONORS
PhillySIDA Academic All-Area Team (2022-23)
BIG EAST All-Academic Team (2021-22, 2023-24)
Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025)
 
Villanova Career: Six-time All-BIG EAST performer and BIG EAST Champion in the 200 and 800 Free Relay … Named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team twice while landing a spot on the PhillySIDA Academic All-Area team.
 
2024-25: Part of the gold medal 200 Free Relay for the third consecutive year at the BIG EAST Championships … Saw season-bests in the 50 Free (23.43), 100 Free (51.72), 200 Free (1:51.92); BIG EAST Championships (2/24-27): Swam third leg of the gold medal 200 Free Relay team that posted the fifth-fastest time in team history (1:31.39); WVU/Duquesne (1/25): Part of two winning relays with the A teams in the 200 Medley (1:42.95) and 400 Free (3:24.67); Richmond (1/18): Led Villanova in the 50 Free with a second-place finish (24.34); JMU (1/17): Anchored the A team in a 200 Medley Relay win (1:44.88); La Salle (11//8): Turned in a winning time in the 100 Free (52.76); Penn (11/6): Top ‘Cat in the 50 Free, touching second (24.32); Georgetown (10/26): Finished third in the 50 Free (24.39) … Anchor for the A team in the 200 Medley Relay with a 23.42 freestyle leg in the 1:45.15 win; UConn (10/17): Turned in a second-place showing in the 50 Free (24.13) … Anchor (23.38) for the A team’s 200 Medley Relay win (1:45.42).
 
2023-24: Won her second consecutive gold medal in the 200 Free Relay, adding All-BIG EAST performances in the 400 Free and 200 Medley relays … Posted season highs in the 50 Free (23.23), 100 Free (50.83), 200 Free (1:51.61) and 100 Fly (57.48); BIG EAST Championships (2/28-3/2): Posted a 22.89 second-leg time for the winning 200 Free Relay (1:32.26) … Anchored the 200 Medley Relay to a silver medal (1:40.60, 22.75 leg) and was the third leg (51.06) for the bronze medal 400 Free Relay (3:23.77) … Made the championship final in the 50 Free, finishing sixth (23.23); Penn State (2/3): Finished second in all three appearances in the meet … Touching in 1:51.61 in the 200 Free and 24.22 in the 50 Free … Swam a 23.57 anchor leg for the second-place A team in the 200 Free Relay (1:36.53); WVU/Iowa State (1/27): Part of second-place A team relays in the 200 Medley (1:42.39, 22.52) and 400 Free (3:26.63, 50.97), swimming anchor in both … Led the ‘Cats with second-place showings in the 50 Free (23.44) and 100 Free (50.83); Rutgers (1/20): Finished second in the 50 Free (23.98) … Anchor for both winning A teams in the 200 Medley (1:45.76, 23.11) and 400 Free (3:30.36, 51.67); Richmond (1/12): Anchor (52.34) for the A team’s 400 Medley Relay win (3:52.58) and second leg (23.93) for the A team’s second-place 200 Free Relay (1:36.41); Penn (11/8): Finished third in the 50 Free (24.33) … Anchor (23.43) for the A team’s second place 200 Medley Relay (1:44.91); La Salle (11/4): Touched second in the 200 Free (1:55.42) … Anchor (23.47) for the A team’s 200 Medley Relay win (1:45.01); Georgetown (10/28): Finished second in the 50 Free (24.09) … Part of two A teams relays that resulted in second-place finishes … Posted a 23.30 anchor in the 200 Medley Relay (1:44.91) and had a 52/02 third leg in the 400 Free Relay (3:30.68); UConn (10/21): Led the team with a second-place 50 Free (24.47) … Swam an opening-leg 24.25 in the A team’s 200 Free Relay win (1:36.36) … Anchor (52.56) for the B team’s third-place 400 Medley Relay (3:55.85).
 
2022-23: Won gold with the 200 Free and 800 Free Relay teams at the BIG EAST Championships where she was an All-BIG EAST performer in both events; BIG EAST Championships (2/22-25): A part of two gold-medal relays, swimming second leg for the 200 Free Relay (1:33.10) and 800 Free Relay (7:21.83) with splits of 23.23 and 1:52.37, respectively; West Virginia (1/28): Opened the 200 Free Relay with a 24.82 split for the A team that finished second (1:37.03); Penn State (1/27): Second leg (24.31) for the A team win in the 200 Free Relay (1:37.60); Rutgers (1/21): Touched third in the 50 Free (24.50) and was the butterfly leg (25.71) for the A team in its second-place 200 Medley Relay; Richmond (1/13): Swam in two second-place relays with the A team, swimming butterfly for the 200 Medley Relay (1:46.51) and second leg for the 200 Free Relay (1:37.19) with a 24.30 split; La Salle (11/22): Touched second in the 200 Free (1:52.68) and helped the A team win the 200 Medley Relay (1:43.21) as the butterfly leg; Penn (11/9): Had a pair of third-place finishes in the 200 Free (1:56.61) and the 50 Free (24.61) … Posted a 57.86 split in the winning 400 Free Relay (3:31.01) and was the butterfly leg for the A team’s second-place 200 Medley Relay (1:46.07); Georgetown (10/29): Led the ‘Cats with a second-place finish in the 50 Free (24.45) … Had a 52.47 third leg for the A team’s 400 Free Relay victory (3:31.70) while swimming butterfly (25.41) for the A team’s second-place 200 Medley Relay finish (1:46.04); UConn (10/20): Touched second in the 50 Free (24.46) … Swam second leg (53.07) for the A team’s 400 Free Relay win (3:34.03) and swam butterfly (25.66) for the A team that finished second in the 200 Medley Relay (1:45.40).
 
2021-22: BIG EAST Championships (2/23-26): Swam in a pair of B-Final in her first conference meet … Her highest finish came in the 100 Free with a 12th-place time of 51.74 … Finished 13th in the 50 Free with a 23.71 time … Touched 17th in the 200 Free with a time of 1:52.74; Penn State (1/28): Had a pair of top-five relay performances … Helped the “B” team to a second-place finish in the 400 Free Relay  (3:37.77), posting an opening-leg split of 25.96 … Swam third leg for the “B” team that finished fifth in the 200 Medley Relay (1:49.53); West Virginia/Iowa State (1/22): Part of  “B” squads that finished fifth in the 400 Free Relay with a time of 3:32.25 and sixth in the 200 Medley Relay at 1:49.54 … Was eighth in both the 100 Fly (59.29) and 50 Free (24.52); Pittsburgh (1/20): Collected a sixth-place finish in the 100 Free at 54.26 … Was seventh in the 100 Fly with a time of 1:00.15; Rutgers (1/17): Finished top five in all three events … Helped the “A” team to a second-place time of 3:56.58 in the 400 Medley Relay … Touched the wall fifth in the both the 50 Free (25.72) and the 100 Free (53.99); Richmond (1/14): Recorded a third-place finish in the 50 Free, touching in 24.82 … Swam third for the “C” team in the 200 Medley Relay that finished fourth in 1:50.76; La Salle (11/23): Placed third in the 100 Fly with a 1:00.64 time; WVU Invitational (11/18-11/20): Appeared in eight events … Appeared in the 100 Free A-finals, finishing eighth at 52.05 … Was a part of two fourth-place relay squads in the 200 Free (1:35.56) and the 800 Free (7:36.02); Penn (11/10): Went sixth and seventh in the 100 Free (53.66) and 100 Fly (1:00.38), respectively; Georgetown (10/30): Notched a pair of top-five showings … Clocked in with a 24.73 to finish fourth in the 50 Free … Was fifth in the 100 Fly with a 1:00.51; UCONN (10/16): Swam the opening leg of the 400 Free Relay for the third-place unit that touched in 3:34.47 … Finished fifth in the 100 Fly at 59.31.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    Free/Fly
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Free/Fly
  • 2023-24Junior

    Free/Fly
  • 2024-25Senior

    Free/Fly