Lucia Rizzo

Photo by: Liz Parke

Position:
Distance Freestyle/Butterfly/IM
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Woodbury
Hometown:
Woodbury, Minn.

Personal Records

Event	Time	Opponent
200 Free	1:49.61	2021 Big 12 Championship
500 Free	4:53.60	Iowa (18-19)
1000 Free	10:06.94	Non-ISU
1650 Free	17:26.84	Kansas Classic (18-19)
100 Fly	55.19	Iowa (22-23)
200 Fly	2:01.21	Iowa (22-23)
200 IM	1:59.73*	2023 Big 12s
400 IM	4:17.37*	2023 Big 12s

*Iowa State School Record

Awards and Honors
All-Big 12 First Team: 200 IM (2021, 2023), 400 IM (2021, 2023)
All-Big 12 Second Team: 200 Fly (2020, 2021, 2023)
Big 12 Swimmer of the Week: Feb. 3 (2021), Dec. 15 (2021), Nov. 23 (2023)
Team Captain (2021-22)
Kansas Classic All-Invite Team (2021)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (F22)

2022-23 (Redshirt Senior)
Big 12 Swimmer of the Week … First Team All-Big 12 honoree in the 200 and 400 IM … Second Team All-Big 12 member in the 200 fly … Broke her own school record in the 200 IM and 400 IM at the Big 12 Championships … Swam in the conference meet finals in the 200 fly (2:01.36, 5th), 200 IM (1:59.73, 4th) and 400 IM (4:17.37, 3rd) … Posted two PRs against Iowa in the 100 fly (55.19) and 200 fly (2:01.21) … won four events across the 200 fly and 200 IM … holds the sixth-highest career point total in school history with 807 points … No. 11 on the all-time 100 fly top performers list and No. 4 on the all-time 200 fly top performers list … holds the seventh-fastest time in the 200 fly … apart of the school record holding 400 free relay team that posted a time of 3:20.33 … recorded the second-fastest time in program history with her 800 free relay team ... named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2021-22 (Senior)
Served as a team captain … set a 100 fly PR of 55.28 against Iowa to now rank as the 11th-fastest performer in program history … swam butterfly leg for the second-fastest 400 medley relay team and leadoff for the ninth-fastest 800 free relay team in school history at the Big 12 Championships … finished 16th in 200 IM finals with a time of 2:04.09 at the conference meet … won nine events throughout the 100 fly, 200 fly, 200 free, 200 IM and 400 IM … holds the 10th-highest career point total in school history with 636.5 points and 14th-highest senior year total with 185.5 points … finished second in the 400 IM (4:22.71), third in the 200 fly (2:02.39), fifth in the 200 IM (2:03.82) and eighth in the 100 fly (56.82) in Kansas Classic finals … named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2020-21 (Junior)
Took sole possession of individual medley school records in finals of the Big 12 Championship … earned All-Big 12 First Team honors in the 200 IM (2:00.13, third) and 400 IM (4:17.46, third) and All-Big 12 Second Team honors in the 200 fly (2:01.68, fifth) … led the team in points with a season total of 98 and career total of 451 … tied the 20th-highest point total of a career at the Big 12 Championship meet with 88 … took down the 30-year-old 400 IM Beyer Pool record with 4:20.73 … now an all-time top performer in six events after recording the seventh-best all-time performance in the 200 free (1:49.61) and improving to No. 1 in the 200 and 400 IM and to No. 3 in the 200 fly … swam leadoff at the conference championship for the seventh-fastest 800 free relay team in school history … added six all-time top times to her name … took five event titles through dual action… earned Big 12 Co-Swimmer of the Week honors … named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2019-20 (Sophomore)
Led the Cyclones in points with 151 and in three events, the 100 fly, 200 fly and 400 IM … also ranked within top five in the 500, 1000 and 1650 free on the team … earned All-Big 12 Second Team recognition in the 200 fly (6^th, 2:02.93) … finished 11^th in the 400 IM (4:27.44) and 10^th in the mile (17:28.13) at the conference meet … broke both butterfly PRs against Iowa, now ranking her 13^th in the 100 fly (55.48) and fourth in the 200 fly (2:02.08) … took five event wins throughout the 200 fly, 500 free, 1000 free and 400 IM … scored in the 200 fly (6^th, 2:04.45), 400 IM (7^th, 4:29.14) and 500 free (11^th, 5:02.59) at the Kansas Classic … named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2018-19 (Freshman)
Stood out as a top freshman swimmer for the Cyclones … ranked as a top-five Cyclone swimmer in the distance free and butterfly events … earned eight individual wins on the year … won three of her first five collegiate events … scored in the 200 fly, 400 IM, and the 500 and 1650 free at the Kansas Classic … set PRs in the 100 free (53.13) and 200 free (1:52.58) leading off the a pair of relays at the Kansas Classic … won the 500 free with a PR 4:53.60 at Iowa … earned a victory in the 200 fly (2:08.42) and a pair of second-place finishes at Kansas … won the consolation final with a PR time of 2:02.34 in the 200 fly at the Big 12 Championships to finish ninth, becoming the second-fastest Cyclone freshman in the event … also scored in the 400 IM (4:23.30) by finishing 10th overall … ranks in the Cyclones’ top-10 in the 200 fly (fourth), 500 free (ninth) and 400 IM (eighth) … member of the second-fastest 800 free relay team in Cyclone history … scored the seventh-most individual points ever by a Cyclone freshman.

High School
Attended Woodbury High School and swam for the Riptide Swim Team under Mike Parratto … nominee for the Minnesota Swimming Athlete of the Year … won the 1650 free at the Minnesota Senior State Championship in 2017 and the 1000 free in 2018 … ranked as the ninth-best recruit from Minnesota by College Swimming.

Personal
Sisters Marina (Gustavos Adolphus) and Linnea (St. Olaf College) both competed at the collegiate level … majoring in marketing.