Missouri State

Event	Personal Best Time at MSU	2024-25 Best Time
200-yard free	1:55.88 (11/22/24)	1:55.88 (11/22/24)
500-yard free	5:02.53 (11/21/24)	5:02.53 (11/21/24)
1,000-yard free	10:13.50 (1/26/24)*	10:26.32 (10/25/24)
1,650-yard free	16:56.89 (1/26/24)	17:17.53 (11/23/24)
200-yard breast	2:28.17 (10/6/23)	--

*Extracted Times

Honors & Awards

• MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Spring 2024, Fall 2024

2024-25 Season (Sophomore)
Appeared in all nine swim meets…Placed 15th in the 1,650-yard freestyle (17:37.06), 23rd in the 500-yard freestyle (5:06.03) and 29th in the 200-yard freestyle (1:56.41) at the MVC Championships (Feb. 26-March 1)...Placed 10th in the 1,650-yard freestyle (17:17.53), 22nd in the 500-yard freestyle (5:02.43) and 34th in the 200-yard freestyle (1:55.88) at the House of Champions Invitational…Set personal bests in 200 free and 500 free at House of Champions…Recorded 12 individual top-five finishes.

2023-24 Season (Freshman)
Swam in nine meets…Placed 18th in the 1,650-yard freestyle (17:32.43) and 29th in the 500-yard freestyle (5:10.45) at the MVC Championships (Feb. 21-24)...Placed 19th in the 1,650-yard freestyle (17:49.21) and 40th in the 500-yard freestyle (5:12.87) at the Purdue Invitational (Nov. 16-18)...Won the first individual event of the season against Lindenwood (Oct. 6) in the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:32.67)...Set personal best time in 1,650-yard freestyle (16:56.89) against UIC and Evansville (Jan. 26) for the eighth-fastest time in MVC…Recorded six individual top-three finishes.

Background
In club action as a junior, Culberson was a sectionals and futures finalist...As both a sophomore and junior, she won regionals in the 100-yard breaststroke and was runner-up at regionals in the 500-yard freestyle...She placed in the top 16 in the 100 breaststroke and in the top eight in the 500-yard freestyle...As a senior placed 4th at state in the 500-yard freestyle and 100-yard breaststroke.

Personal
Claire Julia Culberson was born on 03/28/2005 in Victoria, Texas…Daughter of David and Amy Culberson…Twin sister Sarah is teammate at Missouri State after swimming one year at Northern Arizona...Has one brother, Jack, and one other sister, Evelyn…Father played Golf at Abilene Christian University for two years...Majoring in Advertising & Promotion.

Updated: 3/7/2025