Elizabeth Richardson

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Position:
Backstroke/IM
Class:
Senior
High School:
Burke
Hometown:
Omaha, Neb.

Personal Records

Event	Time	Opponent
100 Fly	56.26	2021 Kansas Classic
100 Free	54.73	High School (18-19)
200 Free	1:56.52	High School (18-19)
100 Back	54.44	2023 Big 12s
200 Back	1:57.97	2023 Big 12s
200 IM	2:04.54	2021 Kansas Classic
400 IM	4:39.18	High School (18-19)

Awards and Honors
All-Big 12 First Team: 200 Back (2022, 2023)
All-Big 12 Second Team: 100 Back (2020, 2023): 200 Back (2020)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23)
Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team (2019-20)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (F22)

2022-23 (Senior)
First Team All-Big 12 honoree in the 200 back … Second Team All-Big 12 member in the 100 back … Recorded three PR’s at the Big 12 Championship in the 100 fly (56.03), 100 back (54.44) and 200 back (1:57.97) … swam in the conference meet finals for a 16th-place finish of 56.35 in the 100 fly, 54.44 for 5th place in the 100 back and 1:57.97 for 3rd place in the 200 back … Tallied three victories across the 100 back and 200 back against SDSU, South Dakota and Iowa … Top swimmer on the team in the 200 back … No. 5 on the all-time 200 back top performers list … Ranks as the fourth-fastest swimmer in the 100 back … Tied for the 10th-fastest time in school history in the 100 back … Holds the 10th-fastest time in the 200 back ... named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2021-22 (Junior)
Earned first career All-Big 12 First Team honors with her fourth-place finish of 1:58.60 at the Big 12 Championships … earned All-Big 12 Second Team honors in the 100 back with a fifth-place finish of 54.65 at the conference meet … now ranks No. 3 all time in the 100 back (54.53) and No. 5 in the 200 back (1:58.60) … posted the first top-20 200 back time in Iowa State history since 2015-16 … added two all-time top times to the 100 back list … won the 100 back against Omaha and the 200 back against South Dakota and TCU … broke her 100 fly PR with a 13th-place finish of 56.26 and her 200 IM PR with a ninth-place finish of 2:04.54 at the Kansas Classic … tied the 20th-ranked 200 IM performance in Iowa State history with her PR time … named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2020-21 (Sophomore)
Swam her season-best times at the Cyclone Championship with 2:03.17 in the 200 back, 57.45 in the 100 back and 2:09.51 in the 200 IM … third-fastest on team in the 200 back with her Cyclone Championship time … finished top-three four times in dual action … did not compete at the Big 12 Championship due to illness … named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2019-20 (Freshman)
Top Cyclone on the team in the 200 back while ranking in the top-five in the 100 fly, 100 back and 200 IM … fastest freshman and sixth-best performer in ISU history in the 200 back with her time of 1:59.38 in prelims at the Big 12 Championship … earned All-Big 12 Second Team honors in the 100 (7^th, 55.14) and 200 back (7^th, 2:01.39) … ranked as the third-fastest freshman and ninth all-time in the 100 back (55.14) … won the 100 back against St. Kate/Omaha (59.30) and the 200 back against South Dakota (2:05.13) and West Virginia (2:04.12) … scored in the 100 (9^th, 56.42)and 200 back (6^th, 1:59.56) at the Kansas Classic.

High School
Named Metro Conference Outstanding Female Swimmer her junior season … Omaha Metro champion in the 100 back and 200 IM … voted Most Valuable Swimmer three years in a row … swam for Burke High School under coach Patrick DiBiase and the Greater Omaha Aquatics for Tom Beck.

Personal
Majoring in statistics.