Annika Winsnes

Annika Winsnes 2017 Big Ten Championships

Height:
5-11
Class:
Senior
High School:
United World College
Hometown:
Singapore

2016-17: Senior swimmer, who was one of Northwestern’s top performers…First on the NU Top Times list in the 100 free and 200 free and second in the 50 free… Also on the list in five other events… Swam a career best in the 50 free (22.71) and 100 free (48.82) at the Big Ten Championships (2/15)… Earned an NCAA ‘B’ Qualification in both events, taking fifth in the 100 free and 11^th in the 50 free… Also swam a season-best time of 1:46.89 in the 200 free to finish in 13^th, also earning a ‘B’ Cut time in that event… Also a member of the 800 free relay team that placed 6^th and broke the Northwestern record… Member of the 200 and 400 relay teams that took seventh and member of the 200 and 400 medley relay teams that placed 11^th… Won the 100 free and finished ninth in the 50 free at the TYR Invitational (11/20)… Placed third in the 100 and 200 free and sixth in the 50 free against Notre Dame (1/14)… Finished second in the 100 and 200 free and third in the 50 free at the Iowa Dual (1/21)… At the Purdue Triple Dual (1/28), she finished third in the 200 free, fourth in the 50 free and fifth in the 100 free…Academic All-Big Ten.

2015-16: Junior freestyler who led the team in the 100 and 200 free ... Qualified for second swims in all three events (50, 100, and 200 free) she participated in at the Big Ten Championships (2/18-20) ... Picked up six NCAA 'B' qualifying times overall at the Championships ... Finished in seventh place in the 'A' final in the 100 free, touching in at 49.72 ... Finished in 11th in the 50 free with a career-best time of 22.78 ... That time made her the sixth-fastest swimmer in program history in the event ... Also finished in 17th in the 200 free ... Swam in four different relays that earned spots in the NU historical top times list ... The 3:38.45 time in the 400 medley relay is the second-best finish in school history ... Registered a third-place finish in the 50 free at the home triple dual versus Minnesota and Purdue (1/29-30) ... Boasted first-place finishes in both the 100 free and 200 free versus Iowa (1/23) ... Continued her first-place streak in the 100 free at Notre Dame (1/16), finishing in 50.55 ... Logged two NCAA 'B' cuts at the TYR Invitational (11/20-22) ... First-place times of 49.78 in the 100 free and 1:47.50 in the 200 free earned her automatic consideration to the NCAA championships ... Broke her own pool record in the 100 free (49.30) with her leadoff split in the 400 free relay ... Part of quartet that set a Norris Aquatics Center pool record in the 400 medley relay (3:41.92) ... Finished in first place in the 100 free versus Wisconsin (11/14) for the second consecutive event with a time of 50.60 ... Improved her season-best mark in the 50 free to 23.73 with a third-place finish ... Also set a season-best mark in the 200 free (1:50.05) ... Earned a first-place time of 51.68 in the 100 free at Illinois (10/30) ... Also placed third in the 200 free ... Part of the quartet that took first place in the 400 medley relay (3:47.38) ... Also finished second in the 400 free medley (3:27.17), missing first place by only one tenth of a second ... Took home first place in both the 50 free (24.08) and 200 free (1:51.41) races at the Chicago Quad (10/24) ... She and three other 'Cats placed first in the 400 free relay (3:29.59) ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.

2014-15: Sophomore sprint freestyler enjoyed a breakout season while forming a formidable 1-2 punch with teammate Mary Warren … Academic All-Big Ten … Already had broken her career-best times in all three sprint freestyle races during fall competition, and further lowered them at the Big Ten Championships … Ranked first for NU in the 100 free and 200 free and third in the 50 free while swimming with the Wildcats' top 200 free, 400 free, 800 free and 400 medley relays … The 200 free, 400 free and 400 medley relays all broke NU Norris Aquatics Center pool records this year, with the 400 free and medleys accomplishing the feat in the fall and the 200 free squad doing the deed on Senior Night versus Milwaukee (1/16) ... Anchored the 200 free relay at the Big Ten Championships that finished with the second fastest time in school history (1:30.11) … Finished 10^th in the Big Ten in the 200 free after qualifying for the consolation final with a career-best NCAA 'B' cut of 1:46.53 that ranked her fourth in program history in that race … Placed 13^th in the Big Ten in the 100 free, swimming a career-best and 'B' time of 49.39 in the prelims that ranked her fourth in NU history in the event … Also competed in the 50 free at the B1G meet, placing 33^rd … Won both the 100 free and 200 free events at Northwestern's home TYR Invitational (11/21-11/23) while placing second behind Warren in the 50 free … Set a Norris Aquatics Center pool record in the 100 free with an NCAA 'B' cut 49.48 leadoff split during NU's pool record 400 free relay at the TYR … Scored points in 19 of her dual-meet swims this season including sweeping the 50 and 100 freestyle races against UIC and Oakland (10/25), and sweeping the 100 and 200 frees in a win at No. 21 Iowa (1/24) … Also won the 100 free versus Illinois (10/17) and against Milwaukee (1/16).

2013-14: Part of Northwestern's solid freshman class ... Led NU with the 'Cats' top time in the 50 free (23.48) and 100 free (50.77), both set at Big Ten Championships ... Swam last leg in NU's top relay times in the 200 free, 400 free and 200 medley relay ... Swam 1:51.93 in 200 free at B1G Championships to finish No. 54 ... Posted No. 41 finish in 100 free with NU's top time in the 100 free of 23.48 ... Competed for NU in 200 medley, 200 free and 400 free at B1G Championships ... 200 medley and 200 free were top times for NU relays on the year at B1G Championships ... Swam on the season-best 400 free relay team for `Cats posting a 3:23.69 at TYR Invite ... Finished No. 1 in 50 free in UIC/Wyoming Meet (11/9) ... Posted No. 1 finish in 100 free vs. Western Kentucky (10/25) ... Swam in 50 free and 100 free at Shamrock Invite ... Swam in 50 free, 100 fly and 100 free at TYR Invite (11/22-11/23) ... Reached finals of TYR Invite in 50 free and 100 free.

High School: Ranked as the No. 57 overall recruit in the current class by Collegeswimming.com and as a five-start recruit by Swimming World Magazine ... As a junior in 2012, was Malaysia's Selangor State Champion for the 15-17 year old age group ... Won gold in the 50-meter freestyle and butterfly, silver in the 100-meter freestyle and bronze in the 50-meter backstroke in Singapore National age group competition, beating the 50 fly meet record ... Earned gold with meet records in the 50-meter free and fly, and the 100-meter free at Malaysia's National age group competition ... Swam to 50-meter freestyle and butterfly bronze at the 2012 Malaysian Open ... Earned silver in the 50- and 100-meter freestyle races at Norway's National age group competition in 2012 ... As a sophomore in 2011, took gold in the 50- and 100-meter freestyle events and the 50-meter butterfly at the Malaysia National age group competition ... Malaysia's Selangor State Champion in the 13-14 year old age group as a freshman in 2010 ... In high school competition with United World College, was a two-time Seasac girls 15 and over champion ... Named 2012 UWC Female Swimmer of the Year ... Two-time team MVP ... Also lettered two years as a middle blocker in volleyball ... National Honor Society and Gold Honor Roll member.

Personal: Born Annika Gerda Winsnes ... Daughter of Hans and Margot Winsnes ... Is of half Dutch and half Norwegian ancestry, but was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, before moving to Malaysia and ultimately Singapore in 2011 ... Chose Northwestern over Princeton, UCLA, USC and Florida ... Major is biological sciences.

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