College Swimming Vreeland swam for coach
Jack Bauerle's
Georgia Bulldogs. She has been a member of three of the Bulldogs' NCAA national champion relay teams in the 4x200-yard relay event and one national champion relay team in the 4x100 freestyle relay, along with the NCAA team titles in 2013 and 2014. She earned NCAA All American honors 17 times throughout her college career.
2012 London Olympics At the
2012 United States Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, she placed fifth in the 200-meter freestyle event with a time of 1:57.90, thus qualifying as a member of the U.S. relay team in the 4×200-meter freestyle. Vreeland also placed thirteenth overall in the 100-meter freestyle race with a time of 54.87 seconds. At the
2012 Summer Olympics in
London, she earned a spot on the finals lineup for the
4×200-meter freestyle relay after swimming the fastest split in the team in the morning prelims, 1:57.04. She earned a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. relay team in the relay, together with
Missy Franklin,
Dana Vollmer and
Allison Schmitt. She split 1:56.85 on the third leg of the relay. The first-place Americans set a new
Olympic record for the event of 7:42.92.
2013 World Aquatics Championships Vreeland qualified to swim 5 events at the
2013 World Aquatics Championships in
Barcelona,
Spain: 100-meter freestyle, 200-meter freestyle, 4x100-meter freestyle relay, 4x200-meter freestyle relay, and 4x100-meter medley relay. In her individual events, Vreeland finished 7th in the
200-meter freestyle and 8th in the
100-meter freestyle. Vreeland won three gold medals in all three relays. In the
4x100-meter freestyle relay, Vreeland won gold alongside Missy Franklin,
Natalie Coughlin, and
Megan Romano. The relay team narrowly out touched Australia at 3:32.31, a new
American record. This was the first time the U.S. women had won the 4x100-meter freestyle relay since 2003. Vreeland split a 1:56.97 on her leg in the
4x200-meter freestyle relay, in which the U.S. team of Vreeland, Franklin,
Katie Ledecky, and
Karlee Bispo touched first at 7:45.14, nearly two seconds ahead of second-place team Australia. Vreeland ended her meet by swimming the freestyle leg in the morning heats of the 4x100-meter medley relay. She received a gold medal when the finals lineup of Franklin,
Jessica Hardy, Vollmer, and Romano won.
2014 Pan Pacific Championships Vreeland won a medal of each color at the
2014 Pan Pacific Championships in
Gold Coast,
Australia. She earned a bronze medal in the individual
200-meter freestyle with a 1:57.38, out-touching fourth-place finisher
Melanie Schlanger by one-hundredth of a second. Alongside
Simone Manuel, Missy Franklin, and
Abbey Weitzeil, Vreeland earned a silver medal in the
4x100-meter freestyle relay. Additionally, Vreeland earned a gold medal leading off the
4x200-meter freestyle relay. With Franklin,
Leah Smith, and Katie Ledecky, the relay team touched first at 7:46.40, a new
championship record.
2016 Olympic Trials After battling an agonizing shoulder injury for several months, Vreeland swam her final races at the
2016 United States Olympic Trials, the U.S. qualifying meet for the Rio Olympics. She swam three events, the 100-, 200-, and 400-meter freestyle events. She qualified for the semifinals for both the 100- and 200-meter freestyles, but finished 13th in the 100-meter freestyle and 15th in the 200-meter freestyle. Since she didn't qualify for the Olympic team, Vreeland decided to retire and prepare for law school in the coming fall. == Personal best times ==