2024-25 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster
Nikki Venema
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Kellam High School
- Hometown:
- Virginia Beach, VA
- Prev School:
- Princeton University
- Major:
- MS in Management
Top Times – Updated May 30, 2025
50 Free: 22.23 (Ivy League Championships, 02/16/23)
100 Free: 47.90 (B1G Conference Championships, 02/22/25)
200 Free: 1:44.06 (B1G Conference Championships, 02/19/25)
50 Fly: 24.17 (Wolfpack Elite Invitational, 11/22/24)
100 Fly: 51.95 (Ivy League Championships, 02/17/23)
Honors
13x Ivy League Champion (First Team All-Ivy)
2023: 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle relay, 200 medley relay, 400 freestyle relay, 800 freestyle relay
2022: 100 butterfly, 200 medley relay
2020: 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 500 freestyle, 200 freestyle relay
6x Ivy League Runner Up (Second Team All-Ivy)
2022: 50 freestyle, 200 freestyle relay, 400 medley relay
2020: 200 medley, 400 freestyle relay, 800 freestyle relay
NCAA Championships Qualifier, 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle (2023)
NCAA Championships Alternate, 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle (2020)
Ivy League Championships High Point Swimmer of the Meet (2023)
U.S. Olympic Trials Qualifier, 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 100 butterfly (2021)
CSCAA Scholar Athlete All-American (2023, 2022, 2020)
CSC Academic All-District (2023)
Jerry Horton Most Valuable Swimmer or Diver Award Recipient (2023, 2022)
AS A GRADUATE STUDENT (2024-25) (AT NORTHWESTERN)
Two first place finishes in the 50 Free (22.50) and 100 Fly (54.32) vs. Miami (OH) (10/12/24)
Finished first in the 50 Free (22.79) and second in the 100 Free (49.52) vs. Cincinnati (10/18/24)
First place finish at Duke in the 100 Fly (53.42) and second place in the 50 Free (22.33) (Nov. 8-9, 2024)
Placed fifth in the 100 Free (49.00) and ninth in the 50 Free (22.40) at the Wolfpack Elite Invitational (Nov. 21-23, 2024)
Won the 500 Free (4:55.83) vs. Southern Indiana (01/10/25)
Won the 50 Free (22.58) and placed second in the 100 Fly (53.70) vs. Penn State and UChicago (01/11/25)
Two third place results in the 50 Free (22.55) and 100 Fly (53.13) at the Minnesota Triple Duals (Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 2025)
Earned a sixth place finish in the 100 Free (47.90) and an 18th place result in the 50 Free (22.29) at the B1G Conference Championships in Columbus, OH (Feb. 19-22, 2025)
Finished in 28th place in the 100 Free (48.21), placed 30th in the 200 Free (1:45.25) and 62nd in the 50 Free (22.46) at the NCAA Division I Women’s Championship in Federal Way, WA
AS A JUNIOR (2022-23 AT PRINCETON)
Finished 33rd in the 200 freestyle and 37th in the 100 freestyle at the NCAA Championships … Finished first in the 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle relay, 200 medley relay, 400 freestyle relay, 800 freestyle relay at the Ivy League Championships … finished first in the 100 freestyle, first in the 20 freestyle and second in the 100 butterfly at the Notre Dame – Navy tri-meet … competed in nine regular season meets.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2021-22 AT PRINCETON)
First team All-Ivy League in the 100 butterfly and the 200 medley relay, as well as second team All-Ivy League in the 50 freestyle, 200 freestyle relay and 400 medley relay...Finished third in the 100 freestyle and fourth in the 800 freestyle relay at the Ivy League Championships...Set top times in the 50 freestyle (22.30) and 100 butterfly (52.42) at the Ivy League Championships, 100 IM (57.50) at the Columbia dual, 200 IM (2:01.62) at the Penn/Cornell tri-meet and the 200 butterfly (2:00.69) and 500 freestyle (4:50.40) at the Big Al Invitational.
AS A FIRST-YEAR (2019-20 AT PRINCETON)
Earned CSCAA Scholar All-America honors...Alternate for NCAAs in the 100 and 200 freestyle events...Ivy League Champion in the 500, 100 and 200 freestyle events along with the 200 freestyle relay, collecting All-Ivy League first team honors in each...All-Ivy League second team in the 400 and 800 freestyle relays along with the 200 relay...set new school records in the 200 freestyle, 200 freestyle relay, 400 freestyle relay, 800 freestyle relay and the 200 medley relay...moved into Princeton's all-time top-10 in the 50 freestyle, 100 D
Personal:
Pursuing a Master’s degree in Management
