Polina Shynkarenko

ISU SO Polina Shynkarenko competing in the W 500 Freestyle at the 2018 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championship at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center on Thursday, February 22, 2018.

Photo by: Liz Parke

Position:
Middle Distance/Backstroke
Class:
Senior
High School:
Olympic College of Ukraine
Hometown:
Kiev, Ukraine
Prev School:
National University of Physical Education and Sports of Ukraine

Personal Records

Event	Time	Opponent
50 Free	0:25.20	2017 Big 12 Championships
100 Free	0:53.44	Kansas Classic (18-19)
200 Free	1:50.64	2019 Big 12 Championships
500 Free	5:03.39	2019 Big 12 Championships
1000 Free	10:44.39	2019 Big 12 Championships
1650 Free	17:51.98	2019 Big 12 Championships
200 Back	2:08.20	Kansas Classic (17-18)
200 IM	2:16.58	2017 Last Chance Meet

Awards and Honors
Academic All-Big 12 First Team: 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20

2019-20 (Senior)

Battled injury the majority of her senior season … competed in the intrasquad meet and came back to swim against North Texas/UNI, Kansas, and at the Big 12 Championship meets … swam in exhibition at the Big 12 Championship in the 100 free (56.12), 200 free (1:58.20) and 500 free (5:21.32) … named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2018-19 (Junior)
Top-five Cyclone in the middle distance and distance free events … collect seven top-three finishes on the year … scored in the 200 free (13th, 1:53.54) at the Kansas Classic … set a PR of 53.44 in the 100 free at the Kansas Classic and a then-PR of 5:04.71 in the 500 free … earned two second-place finishes in the 500 free (5:15.39) and 1000 free (10:50.15) at Omaha … finished 15th in the 1650 free with a PR time of 17:51.98 at the Big 12 Championships … also set PRs in the 200 free (20th, 1:50.64) and 500 free (29th, 5:03.39) … named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2017-18 (Sophomore)
Finished the year as a top-five Cyclone in the 200 free … competed on Iowa State’s top 800 free relay squad at the Kansas Classic … finished third in the 200 free against Omaha (1:57.95) and Northern Iowa (1:56.86) … swam in the 100 free (31^st, 53.59), 200 free (16^th, 1:53.28), 500 free (5:13.54) and 200 back (17^th, 2:08.20) … set a new PR time in the 200 back at the Kansas Classic … at the Big 12 Championships, swam the 200 free (22^nd, 1:52.85), 500 free (30^th, 5:09.97) and 200 back (22^nd, 2:08.79) … set a personal best 200 free time in the Big 12 prelims (1:52.36) … earned a spot on the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2016-17 (Freshman)
Joined the Cyclones at the start of the spring semester … competed as an exhibition swimmer in the Cyclones’ last three dual meets of the year … swam in the 50 freestyle (Time Trials, 0:25.20), 500 freestyle (24^th, 5:08.63), 200 freestyle (21^st, 1:53.91) and 100 freestyle (30^th, 0:53.75) at the Big 12 Championship.

High School and Club
Swam under coach Aleksander Ulitko at the Olympic College of Ukraine ... competed for Ulitko and coach Maria Golub for the Armed Forces of Ukraine and National University of Physical Education and Sports of Ukraine teams ... earned championships and other medalist honors at both the Junior and Adult Ukranian National Championships ... bronze medalist at Multinations Junior Meet in 2014.

Personal
Daughter of Max and Viktoria Shynkarenko ... has two siblings, Alisa and Gleb ... born on Jan. 28, 1998 ... majoring in public relations.