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A backstroke specialist who won all-America honors eight times, Dominique Bouchard established herself as the most decorated swimmer in Mizzou history. In 2011 and 2013 she was the national runner-up in the 200 backstroke at the NCAA Championships, and she placed third in the same race in 2012. She placed seventh in the 100 backstroke in 2013 at the NCAA Championships, following an 11^th-place finish at nationals in the 100 back in 2012. Her time in the 2013 NCAA 200 backstroke of 1:50.06 broke Mizzou’s school record, and at the time it was the seventh-fastest mark in history. Her performances at the NCAA Championships helped boost Mizzou to its highest national team finishes in history – 14^th in both 2012 and 2013 – and helped lay the foundation for the program to develop into a perennial top-20 program. She was a two-time conference champion in the 200 backstroke and qualified for the Canadian Olympic Team for the 2016 Rio Olympics and was also a 2015 World Championship qualifier. Bouchard earned three medals at the 2015 Pan American Games, including a gold medal in the 4x100 freestyle relay, and silver medals in the 200 backstroke and the 4x100 medley relay. Excelled in the classroom, winning CoSIDA academic all-district honors, while also being named first-team academic all-conference three times. She came to MU from North Bay, Ontario, Canada.