Lindsay Smutka-Season-Career Results
2023-24: Competed in six meets, recording thirteen top-eight finishes … competed in the MIAC Championships in the 50 Y Free (24.71), the 100 Y Back (58.57), and the 200 Y Back (2:16.49) … swam on the 200 Y Medley Relay (4th) (school record), the 400 Y Medley Relay (6th), and the 200 Y free Relay (2nd) at the MIAC Championships … earned All-MIAC honors for her performance in the 200 Y Free Relay and All-MIAC Honorable Mention for her performance in the 200 Y Medley Relay ... won the 100 Y Back in 1:01.11 and took 2nd place in the 200 Y Back in 2:16.95 at the CSB vs Macalester vs SJU meet … won the 200 Y Back (2:17.37) at the HAM vs CSB/SJU meet … set a career-best in the 100 Y IM (1:02.54) at the Rochester Invitational … recorded a pair of wins in both the 500 Y Free (5:54.59) and the 100 Y Back (1:01.96) at the SCSU vs SJU-CSB meet.
2022-23: Named CSB Athlete of the Week on 12/5/2022 … named to the 2022-23 Academic All-District CSC Women’s Swimming and Diving Team … earned Academic All-MIAC honors for the 2022-23 season … competed in ten meets, recording twenty-three top-8 finishes … competed in the MIAC Championships, finishing 4th place with a career-best of 57.64 in the 100 Y Back, finishing 9th place with a career-best of 2:06.38 in the 200 Y Back, and recording a time of 1:01.91 in the 100 Y Fly … competed in the 200 Y Medley Relay (6th), the 400 Y Medley Relay (6th), the 200 Y Free Relay (4th), and the 400 Y Free Relay (5th) at the MIAC Championships … earned All-MIAC Honorable Mention for her performances in the 100 Y Back and the 200 Y Free Relay ... took 6th place in the 100 Y Free (57.15), 5th place in the 100 Y Back (1:02.73), 5th place in the 100 Y Fly (1:02.84), and 5th place in the 100 Y IM (1:05.39) at the St. Kate’s Pentathlon … recorded two career bests in the 50 Y Breast (35.27) and the 100 Y Breast (1:15.40) at the St. Kate’s Pentathlon … recorded a pair of 5th place finishes in the 200 Y Free (2:05.73) and the 200 Y Back (2:21.10) at the CSB vs Saint Cloud meet … won the 100 Y Back in 1:01.37 and took 3rd place in the 200 Y Free (2:07.75) at the Macalester vs SJU vs CSB meet … recorded a pair of wins in the 100 Y Back (1:00.81) and the 200 Y Back (2:14.62) and a 2nd place finish in the 200 Y IM (2:21.38) at the CSB vs STO vs SJU meet … took 2nd place in both the 100 Y Back (1:01.05) and the 100 Y Fly (1;02.59) at the SJU/CSB Invite … won the 100 Y Back in 1:00.57 and took 2nd place in both the 200 Y Back (2:14.68) and the 100 Y Fly (1:02.91) at the Gustavus Invitational … set career-bests in the 50 Y Fly (28.25) and the 100 Y Fly (1:00.28) at the Rochester Invitational and finished in 5th place as a part of the 200 Y Free Relay … won both the 100 Y Back (1:01.40) and the 100 Y Fly (1:03.41) at the SJU Invitational … won the 100 Y Back (59.86), took 2nd place in the 200 Y Back (2:15.41), and took 3rd place in the 100 Y Fly (1:04.57) at the CSB vs Gustavus meet.
2021-22: Qualified for the MIAC Championships in the 50 free and 100 and 200 backstroke ... earned All-MIAC honors thanks to a runner-up finish in the 100 backstroke ... also took ninth in the 50 free and 11th in the 200 back ... earned All-MIAC Honorable Mention with the fourth-place 400 free relay team ... swam the second-best 100 back time in program history at the conference meet ... also part of the record-setting 400 free relay ... recorded 13 top-five finishes, including one win.
2020-21: Competed in four meets as a first year in a COVID-shortened season ... swam the ninth-best 200 backstroke time in CSB history at the St. Kate's Quad (2:11.50) ... recorded eight individual top-five finishes, including second in the 200 backstroke at the St. Kate's Quad.
High School: Smutka is a 2020 graduate of Chaska High School where she participated in five seasons of swim and dive. Her accomplishments include, earning All-Conference honors from 2016-19 and receiving Chaska High School Swimmer of the Year in 2018 and 2019. Her proudest achievement was making it to state for swimming during her junior year; she had been working hard all season to make the state time cut.
Personal: Lindsay is the daughter of Troy and Julia Smutka, and she has two siblings, Allison and Parker. In her free time she enjoys being outside. She is planning on majoring in Nursing and she is looking forward to meeting more people through swimming and school.
Career Bests
| Stroke |
Year |
Alt. Adj. Time |
Meet |
Date |
| 50 Free |
So. |
24.56 |
MIAC Championships |
2/17/22 |
| 100 Free |
FY |
54.88 |
St. Kate’s Quad |
3/6/21 |
| 200 Free |
So. |
2:01.80 |
Rochester Invitational |
12/3/21 |
| 500 Free |
Sr. |
5:54.59 |
SCSU vs SJU-CSB |
1/18/24 |
| 50 Back |
Sr. |
27.04 |
MIAC Championships |
2/14/24 |
| 100 Back |
Jr. |
57.64 |
MIAC Championships |
2/17/23 |
| 200 Back |
Jr. |
2:06.38 |
MIAC Championships |
2/18/23 |
| 50 Fly |
Jr. |
28.25 |
Rochester Invitational |
12/2/22 |
| 100 Fly |
Jr. |
1:00.33 |
Rochester Invitational |
12/02/22 |
| 50 Breast |
Jr. |
35.27 |
St. Kate’s Pentathlon |
10/15/22 |
| 100 Breast |
Jr. |
1:15.40 |
St. Kate’s Pentathlon |
10/15/22 |
| 100 IM |
Sr. |
1:02.54 |
Rochester Invitational |
12/04/23 |
| 200 IM |
Jr. |
2:21.38 |
CSB vs STO vs SJU |
11/4/22 |
