Lehr Thorson

Photo by: Liz Parke

ISU FR Lehr Thorson competing in the W Breaststroke at the 2018 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championship at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center on Friday, February 23, 2018.

Photo by: Liz Parke

Position:
Breaststroke
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Fort Dodge
Hometown:
Fort Dodge, Iowa

Personal Records

Event	Time	Opponent
50 Free	0:24.78	Non-ISU
100 Free	0:53.54	Iowa (21-22)
200 Free	2:09.71	Non-ISU
100 Breast	1:00.57	2022 Big 12s
200 Breast	2:14.41	2020 Big 12s
200 IM	2:05.79	2022 Big 12s

Awards and Honors

All-Big 12 First Team: 100 Breaststroke (2020, 2021, 2022); 200 Breaststroke (2019, 2020, 2021)

All-Big 12 Second Team: 200 Breaststroke (2018, 2022); 100 Breaststroke (2019)

2021-22 Big 12 SAAC Committee Chair

Academic All-Big 12 First Team: 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22

2021-22 (Senior)

Earned All-Big 12 First Team honors in the 100 breast (1:00.87, 3rd) and Second Team honors in the 200 breast (2:14.82, 5th) at the Big 12 Championships … became first Cyclone in history to notch five All-Big 12 honors in one event (100 breast) … one of three to become a four-time 200 breast All-Big 12 honoree … set a 100 breast PR of 1:00.57 in prelims of the conference meet, .11 off the school record … clocked a 200 IM PR of 2:05.79 in conference prelims to qualify for ‘C’ finals (2:06.32, 24th) … tallied three 100 breast NCAA ‘B’ cuts … added five all-time top-20 breaststroke times to now hold 35 percent of all top times … won five events through breaststroke events and the 200 IM, including a breaststroke sweep against Iowa … finalizes career with the third-highest career at the Big 12 Championships point total with 140 points … named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2020-21 (Senior)

Earned All-Big 12 First Team honors in breaststroke events … placed third in the 100 breast with 1:01.53 and the 200 breast with 2:14.68 at the Big 12 Championship … secured two ‘B’ cut times in the 100 breast, bringing her career total to four … swam in ‘B’ finals (2:06.43, 16th) of the 200 IM after securing a PR of 2:05.82 in prelims … swept breaststroke events against UNI and totaled six top-three finishes in duals … set the 10th-highest point total in a career at the Big 12 Championship with 110 points … now holds 25 percent of total breaststroke top times in Iowa State history after adding four on the season … swam breaststroke leg for the sixth-fastest all-time 400 medley relay team … named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2019-20 (Junior)

Top Cyclone on the team in both breaststroke events … broke both breaststroke PRs at the Big 12 Championship with times of 1:01.02 and 2:14.41 … broke her 100 free PR at the Kansas Classic with a time of 54.27 … placed second in the 100 breast and third in the 200 breast at the Big 12 Championship while securing two NCAA ‘B’ cuts in the 100 breast … second-top performer in the 100 breast, with .56 seconds separating her from the school record, and third in the 200 breast in ISU history … earned 14 top-three finishes, all in breaststroke events … earned All-Big 12 First Team honors in the 100 and 200 breast … named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2018-19 (Sophomore)
Led the Cyclones in both breaststroke events … earned 12 top-three finishes on the year … finalist in both breaststroke events at the Kansas Classic, finishing third in the 100 breast (1:03.09) and fourth in the 200 breast (2:17.04) … won her only two events of the season by winning both breaststroke events at Iowa, her times of 1:02.24 and 2:16.12 both being PRs … her 100 breast time was a personal-best, placing her sixth all-time in the event … earned All-Big 12 distinction at the Big 12 Championships … earned first-team honors with a fourth-place finish in the 200 breast (2:15.80), the time ranking her seventh all-time in the event … took second-team distinction in the 100 breast with a 1:02.45 for eighth place … also swam the 200 IM (2:07.57) to finish 20th … was the only Cyclone to earn All-Big 12 First Team status in 2018-19 … named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2017-18 (Freshman)
One of the Cyclones’ top-five breaststrokers in her freshman season … finished fifth in the 200 breast against Omaha … scored in both the 100 breast (16^th, 1:07.22) and 200 breast (ninth, 2:24.96) at the Kansas Classic … ended the year as the second-fastest Cyclone 200 breast swimmer this season … currently ranks 14^th and 12^th on Iowa State’s all-time top performers … competed in the 50 free (37^th, 24.87), 100 breast (11^th, 1:03.88) and 200 breast (sixth, 2:18.31) at the Big 12 Championships … earned All-Big 12 Second Team honors in the 200 breast … both breaststroke events were PR times at the conference meet.

High School
Swam under Ashley Koons at Fort Dodge Senior High School ... member of the ACAC Club team with coaches Joe Plane and Michael Peterson ... 2016 Scholastic All-American ... 2016 second-team All-State distinction ... broke school records in numerous events ... three-time state championship qualifier, finishing fourth in the 100 breaststroke in 2016.

Personal
Daughter of Tjeran and Julie Thorson ... brother is Asle Thorson ... strong football ties with two grandparents, a father, and an uncle playing collegiately ... uncle Nik Moser played football for Iowa State ... grandpa Sherwyn Thorson won a heavyweight wrestling national championship and played seven seasons in the CFL ... born Oct. 24, 1998 ... majoring in event management ... first name is pronounced "LEER".