Sophia Goushchina

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Position:
Sprint Freestyle/Backstroke
Class:
Senior
High School:
Lake Zurich
Hometown:
Lake Zurich, Ill.

Personal Records

Event	Time	Opponent
50 Free	23.35	2023 Big 12s
100 Free	50.36	2023 Big 12s
200 Free	1:52.14	High School (18-19)
100 Back	54.42	2023 Big 12s
200 Back	2:03.53	High School (17-18)

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

2022-23 (Senior)
Finished fourth in the 100 back at the Big 12 Championships earning First Team All-Big 12 … Clocked in three PR’s at the conference meet finals in the 50 free (23.35, 11th), 100 free (50.36, 10th) and 100 back (54.42, 4th) … Moved up on the top performers list to No. 13 in the 50 free, No. 6 in the 100 free and No. 2 in the 100 back … is a part of the second-fastest 200 medley relay team ... third-fastest 400 medley relay team … tied for the fourth-best time in the 200 free relay ... holds the school record in the 400 free relay ... named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2021-22 (Junior)

Improved all-time 100 back rank to No. 7 with a PR of 54.58 as she finished 10th at the Big 12 Championships … her 100 back PR time is the 13th-fastest in school history … finished 14th in the 100 free (51.14) and 16th in the 50 free (23.91) at the conference meet … part of the 400 free relay team that posted the eighth-fastest time in program history … fastest 100 freestyler on team and top-five in the 50 free and 100 back … won the 100 back against SDSU … named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2020-21 (Sophomore)

Picked up All-Big 12 Second Team honors in the 100 back … ranked No. 20 all-time in the 50 free and improved to No. 6 in the 100 free … qualified for ‘A’ finals in the 100 back (55.25, seventh) and the ‘B’ finals in the 50 free (23.72, 14th) and 100 free (51.00, 14th) at the Big 12 Championship … set new PRs in the 50 free (23.54) and the 100 free (50.60) in prelims of the conference championship … swam leadoff for the fourth-fastest all-time 400 free relay team … won the 50 free at the UNI dual … totaled four top-three finishes through the three duals.

2019-20 (Freshman)

Ranked as second-fastest freshman all-time in the 100 free (51.00) and 100 back (54.96) … tied for seventh in ISU history in the 100 back and 15^th in the 100 free … top-three Cyclone on the team in the 50 free (23.65), 100 free and 100 back … took first place in the 100 back (57.14) against South Dakota and in the 100 free (52.77) against North Texas/UNI … part of the sixth-ranked ISU 200 free relay and the eighth-ranked 400 free relay teams … finished top-three 10 times in dual meets … qualified for ‘A’ finals in the 100 free (8^th, 51.00), and 200 back (6^th, 55.82) at the Kansas Classic.

High School

State runner-up in 100 back … three-time All-Conference and All-Sectional honoree … USA Swimming Scholastic All America recipient … four-year letterwinner … swam for Lake Zurich High School under coach Jill Kragseth and the Patriot Aquatic Club with Kevin Zakrzewski.

Personal

Majoring in genetics.