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Graduate Student (2024-25)
Saw action in eight meets during her final collegiate season… College Sport Communicators Academic All-District Team member…Academic All-MAC honoree…Took second in the 400 free relay, fifth in the 200 free and sixth in the 500 free at Ohio (Oct. 11)…Won the 400 free relay and the 800 free relay and earned a ninth-place finish in the 500 free and 10
th-place finishes in the 200 free and 200 fly at the FGCU Eagle Invitational (Oct. 18-19)…Recorded a second-place finish in the 400 free relay, fifth-place finish in the 200 free and sixth-place finish in the 500 free against Indiana State (Nov. 8)…Took fifth in the 800 free relay, 28
th in the 500 free and 32
nd in the 200 free at the Magnus Cup (Nov. 21-23)…Placed fourth in the 200 free and 500 free versus Marshall (Jan. 10)…Won the 400 free relay and earned a fourth-place finish in the 200 fly, fifth-place finish in the 500 free and seventh-place finish in the 400 medley relay against Miami (Jan. 11)…Tallied fourth in the 400 free relay, sixth in the 500 free, seventh in the 100 free, eighth in the 200 free relay and 10
th in the 200 fly and 11
th in the 200 free in the Toledo Tri-Meet (Jan. 31-Feb. 1)…Placed fifth in the 800 free relay, 15
th in the 500 free, 18
th in the 200 fly and 25
th in the 200 free at the 2025 MAC Championships.
Senior (2023-24)
Finished seventh in the 200 freestyle at Oakland...Finished fourth in the 200 freestyle and seventh in the 100 freestyle vs. Bowling Green...Competed in the 800 freestyle relay (17th), 400 freestyle relay, and 100 freestyle (38th) at the Magnus Cup Invitational...Finished third in the 200 freestyle, fourth in the 100 freestyle and anchor of the 200 freestyle relay, and fifth in the 500 freestyle vs. UIndy... Finished runner-up in the 400 freestyle relay, third in the 200 freestyle, fourth in the 500 freestyle, and sixth in the 100 freestyle at Ball State...Won the 400 freestyle relay, finished third in the 500 freestyle, sixth in the 200 freestyle, and seventh in the 50 freestyle at Marshall...Finished fifth as the lead of the 400 freestyle relay and 500 freestyle, sixth in the 200 freestyle and 200 freestyle relay, and seventh in the 100 freestyle in the Toledo tri-meet...Swam the 800 freestyle relay (7th) at the MAC Championships...400 medley relay time (3:23.15) is a pool record at the Frederic A. Natatorium
Junior (2022-23)
Had 12 top-10 finishes in six meets...Highest finish was runner-up in the 200 free against Oakland...Finished sixth in the 800 Freestyle Relay and swam in two individual events including a PR 5:02.79 in the 500 free at the 2023 MAC Championships...Academic All-MAC...President's List with a 4.0 GPA.
Sophomore (2021-22)
Competed in seven meets and had nine top-10 finishes...Highest finish was third in the 200 free against Ball State...Academic All-MAC Team and Dean’s List.
Freshman (2020-21)
Won the 200 and 500 free at Eastern Michigan with times of 1:55.76 and 5:09.93, respectively...Added six more top-five finishes...Posted season-best swims in the 200 (1:53.03) and 500 (5:04.16) free at the EMU Last Chance Meet...Swam the 50, 100, 200, and 500 free at the MAC Championships.
High School
Holds four individual national records in Bosnia & Herzegovina and is a member of five relay teams that set national records; holds the individual records in the 800 and 1500 freestyle, both long course and short course...Member of three long-course relay team national records; swam anchor in the 400 free relay at the Susret Reprezentacija and the 400 medley relay at the Susret Reprezentacija Bih-HrSlo-Srb, in addition to the opening leg of the 800 free relay at the Junior Balkan Games...Holds national records in the 4X50 free and medley short-course relays, both set at the Championships of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Personal
Majoring in sociology.
CAREER BEST SWIMS
50 Freestyle: 25.17 at Zippy Invitational (12/03/2021)
100 Freestyle: 52.14 at Magnus Cup Invitational (11/19/2022)
200 Freestyle: 1:52.21 at Magnus Cup Invitational (11/18/2022)
400 Freestyle: 4:07.86 at Buffalo (3/12/2021)
500 Freestyle: 5:02.79 at 2023 MAC Championships (2/23/2023)
50 Butterfly: 28.57 at Oakland (10/22/2021)
100 Butterfly: 1:02.53 vs. Ball State (11/06/2021)
