Lise Coetzee

Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Afrikanse Hoër Meisieskool Pretoria (HS)
Hometown:
Pretoria, South Africa

2025-26:

Season Best: 50 Freestyle: 24.61
Season Best: 100 Freestyle: 50.80
Season Best: 200 Freestyle: 1:46.77
Season Best: 400 Freestyle: 4:20.50
Season Best: 500 Freestyle: 4:45.45
Season Best: 800 Freestyle: 9:07.96
Season Best: 1000 Freestyle: 10:01.81
Season Best: 1650 Freestyle: 16:50.36
Season Best: 5000 Freestyle: 59:46.50

Earned All-Conference honors in three events (500 free, 200 free & 800 free relay)…Her 200 free All-Conference honor was the event victory…Finished second in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:57.10 (10/10) ... Took third in the 400 freestyle relay with teammates Marin Shimkus, Phoebe Johnson, and Nicole Fant with a time of 3:38.48 (10/11) ...Placed first in the 500 freestyle (5:09.79) (10/25) ... Took first place in the 200 freestyle with a 1:50.64 time (11/7) ... Finished third in the 800 freestyle relay with teammates Rafaela Sumida, Johnson, and Andrea Zeebe with a time of 7:22.81 (11/20) ... Earned first in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:51.98 (12/16) ... Placed second in the 800 freestyle relay with teammates Zeebe, Sumida, and Johnson with a time of 7:25.29 (12/17) ... Took fourth in the 1650 freestyle with a time of 17:14.71 (12/18) ... Earned first in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:54.08 (1/16) ... Finished the 400 medley relay in first with Eliza Lennox, Olcaytu Hatipoglu, and Sumida with a time of 3:29.59 (1/17) ... Named American Conference Swimmer of the Week (1/20) ... Placed first in the 200 freestyle (1:52.42) (1/24) ... Earned second overall in the 500 freestyle at the American Conference Championships with a time of 4:45.45 (2/18) ... Took first place in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:46.77 at American Conference Championships (2/19) ... Finished third in the 800 freestyle relay with Zeebe, Johnson, and Sumida with a time of 7:16.10 (2/21) ... Qualified for the National Invitational Championships (NIC) … Placed fifth in the 400 freestyle relay at the NIC with a time of 3:21.88 with Varvara Gkiouzepa Petropoulou, Johnson, and Eliza Lennox (3/14) ...

2024-25:

Season Best: 50 Freestyle: 24.15
Season Best: 100 Freestyle: 52.34
Season Best: 200 Freestyle: 1:47.23
Season Best: 500 Freestyle: 4:45.04
Season Best: 1000 Freestyle: 9:59.00

Part of the AAC Conference Champion 800 free relay team (7:10.83) … An AAC medalist in the 500 free and the 200 free … Won four individual events and had a total of 14 top-three finishes on the season … Her 200 free time placed her third all-time at Tulane (1:47.23) … Her 4:45.04 in the 500 free placed her second all-time … Her 1000 free time placed her fourth all-time at Tulane (9:59.00) … Her 1650 free time placed her fifth all-time at Tulane (16:37.18) … Part of the 200 free relay team that has the second-best all-time record at Tulane (1:31.58) … A member of the 800 free relay team that had the best mark in school history in the event (7:10.83) …Part of the 800 free relay team that recorded fifth-best all-time mark at Tulane (7:17.88) ... An National Invitational Championship qualifier in the 500 free and the 1000 free ...

Prior to Tulane: Coetzee is a top-10 ranked middle distance swimmer in South Africa. She swam in the finals of both the 2020 and 2024 South African Olympic trials in the 200 and 400 freestyle respectively, as well as for the 800m freestyle in 2024. Coetzee represented her home country and won multiple gold medals plus set personal bests at the Junior Africa Games in Mauritius in her freestyle events.