Maria Gannon

Position:
Distance
Class:
Junior
High School:
West
Hometown:
Iowa City, Iowa

Personal Records

Event	Time	Opponent
50 Free	0:25.48	2014 Big 12 Invite
100 Free	0:54.19	2014 Big 12 Championships
200 Free	1:54.94	2013 Big 12 Championships
500 Free	5:03.28	2013 Big 12 Championships
1000 Free	10:33.02	2014 Big 12 Championships
1650 Free	17:24.73	2014 Big 12 Championships
100 Back	1:09.81	2012 Alumni Meet
100 Breast	1:22.53	Nebraska-Omaha (2013-14)

Awards and Honors
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2013-14)
Iowa State Scholar-Athletes (2013-14)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2014)

2015-16 (Senior)
Served as Team Manager after ending competitive career due to injury.

2014-15 (Junior)
Limited participation due to injury … competed in 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle at the Kansas Classic and the 1000 freestyle at the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk meet … finished the season with the team’s fifth-fastest 1000 freestyle time of 10:45.53.

2013-14 (Sophomore)
Competed in the 500 freestyle (22nd, 5:10.10), 200 freestyle (prelims, 1:55.73), 200 freestyle relay (1:38.76), 100 freestyle (prelims, 54.19), 1650 freestyle (16th, 17:24.73) at the Big 12 Championships … posted seven top-five performances (five individual and 2 relay) … placed first against UNI in the 1000 freestyle (10:53.28) … earned three top-five time spots for the Cyclone squad in the 500 freestyle (Big 12s, 5:03.58), 1000 freestyle (Big 12s, 10:33.02), and 1650 freestyle (Big, 12s, 17:24.73) … tallied one top-20 performance in school history for the 1650 freestyle (17:24.73).

2012-13 (Freshman)
Competed in the 500 freestyle (22nd, 5:03.28), 1650 free (Exh.,17:34.84) and 200 freestyle (20th, 1:55.31) at the Big 12 Championships … finished fifth in the 100 freestyle (55.23) at the Last Chance meet … finished second in the 100 freestyle against Nebraska-Omaha … finished third in the 500 freestyle against Northern Iowa … at Illinois finished fifth in the 1000 freestyle … sits fourth for the Cyclones in the 500 freestyle and third in the 1000 and 1650 freestyle for the season.

High School
Swam for Iowa City West High under Robert Miecznikowski and Jordan O’Donnell … was team captain … earned Academic All-Conference…placed eighth in the 500 at the 2011 state meet and 13th in the 2010 state meet...was class valedictorian … member of the National Honor Society ... Youth Salute award winner.

Personal
Kinesiology and health major … born Nov. 22 … daughter of Mike Gannon and Denise Gannon … father Mike and brother Jacob played football for Iowa State.