2017-18 Swimming & Diving Roster
Roster
Amy Okada
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Beverly Hills HS
- Hometown:
- Beverly Hills, Calif.
Career Highlights
2020 CSCAA All-American (200 fly)
2020 NCAAs Qualifier
2018, 2019 NCAAs Relay Qualifier
36 Individual Event Wins
Two Pac-12 Championships "A" Finals
Three-time UCLA Director's Honor Roll
Program Record-Holder in the 200 free relay (1:28.88, 2018) and 400 medley relay (3:31.81, 2020)
2019-20
Named a CSCAA All-American in the 200 fly ... Qualified for the 2020 NCAA Championships in the 200 fly after swimming a PR time of 1:55.93 during the Pac-12 Championships ... Swam individually at Pac-12s in the 100 fly, 200 fly, and 200 IM ... Set PRs in all three events as well as new PR 50 fly split of 24.48 ... Qualified for two "A" finals and one "C" Final at Pac-12s ... Placed fifth overall in both the 100 fly (52.37) and 200 fly (1:55.93), was 19th overall in the 200 IM (1:59.55) ... During the Pac-12 Championships, swam the butterfly portion of UCLA's school-record 400 medley relay squad, which finished the race in 3:31.81... Broke the two-minute mark in the 200 IM for the first time in her career at Pac-12s ... Over the course of the season, recorded 12 individual event wins – five apiece in the 100 fly and 200 fly and one apiece in the 50 breast and 200 free – the most of any Bruin ... Had multiple individual event wins in the first five meets of the season ... Competed in eight dual meets, the USD Pentathlon, and the Ohio State Invitational as a senior ... Posted the best time on the team in the 100 fly and 200 fly ... Was part of UCLA's top relay squads in the 400 free (3:15.64, second leg), 200 medley (1:39.57, fly), and 400 medley (3:31.81, medley) ... Had a strong season debut at the USD Pentathlon on Sept. 13, recording the second-best pentathlon time in the field (4:54.16, trailing only teammate Kenisha Liu), winning two events (50 breast, 100 fly), and finishing top-10 in eight of nine events overall ... Swept the freestyle events against Utah on Oct. 11, Arizona on Nov. 1, and Arizona State on Nov. 2 ... Had a strong showing in the butterfly events at the Ohio State Invitational, placing third in both ... Scored in three events against Stanford on Jan. 31 ... Named to the Director's Honor Roll for spring (quarter GPA of 3.0 or higher and pass at least 12 units) ... Season-bests: 50 free (23.13), 100 free (50.36), 100 breast (1:06.55), 100 fly (52.37), 200 fly (1:55.93), 200 IM (1:59.55).
2018-19
Named to the Spring 2019 Director's Honor Roll ... Swam at NCAAs in the 200 free relay ... Among Bruin swimmers, had the top times in both butterfly events as well as the third-best times in the 50 free and 100 free ... Was part of a 200 free relay squad that set a school record of 1:28.88 on Feb. 28 at the Pac-12 Championships ... Was part of UCLA's top relay squads in the 200 free, 400 free (3:16.71), 200 medley (1:38.24), and 400 medley (3:35.95) ... Recorded 12 individual wins and seven relay wins across eight different events ... Posted five wins apiece in 100 fly and 200 fly, picked up single wins in the 50 free and 200 free ... Part of four winning teams in the 200 free relay, also recorded single wins in the 400 free relay, 200 medley relay, and 400 medley relay ... Among Bruin swimmers, had the top two and four of the top five times in the 100 fly ... Had the top eight and 10 of the top 11 times among UCLA swimmers in the 200 fly ... Competed at the Pac-12 Championships in the 200 fly (12th, 1:57.51), 100 fly (13th, 52.97), and 50 free (22.90) ... Recorded three B Cuts in the 200 fly and two in the 100 fly ... Won multiple individual events at four separate meets ... Posted four total wins in the Arizona State dual meet on Nov. 3: 100 fly, 200 fly, 200 free relay, 400 medley relay ... Recorded three totals wins at three meets ... Season-best times: 50 free (22.82), 100 free (49.71), 200 free (1:50.13), 100 breast (1:02.03), 100 fly (52.97), 200 fly (1:57.51).
2017-18
Posted top-four times among Bruins in the 50 free (22.89, third), 100 free (49.94, third), 100 breast (1:01.43, second), 100 fly (52.82), 200 fly (1:57.44, second) ... Also part of UCLA's top relay teams in the 200 free (1:28.91, alongside Kenisha Liu, Katie Grover, and Sarah Kaunitz), 400 free (3:16.99; Sarah Kaunitz, Liu, and Grover), 200 medley (1:38.89; Emma Schanz, Sarah Kaunitz, Grover), and 400 medley (Schanz, Sarah Kaunitz, Liu) ... Helped set a school record in the 200 free relay, set against USC on Feb. 9 ... Was part of a 200 free team that placed 21st at the NCAA Championships with a time of 1:28.91 ... At the Pac-12 Championships, placed fifth in the 200 free relay (1:29.37, "B" Standard), fifth in the 400 free relay (3:36.58), sixth in the 200 medley relay (1:38.89), 15th in the 200 fly (1:58.47, seventh in the "B" Final, "B" Standard), 17th in the 100 fly (53.47, first in the "C" Final, "B" Standard), 23rd in the 50 free (22.89, seventh in the "C" Final, "B" Standard) ... At the Oregon State dual meet on Jan. 12, won the 50 free (23.49), 100 fly (55.89), and 400 medley relay (3:45.66) ... Against ASU on Nov. 4, won the 200 fly (2:00.39) ... At UCSB on Oct. 21, won the 400 medley relay (3:46.59).
2016-17
Named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for spring … established new school record in 400 Medley Relay with Linnea Mack, Katie Grover and Isabella Goldsmith (3:34.02) … won 200 Fly (1:59.86) and 100 Fly (54.92) against Arizona State (Nov. 5) … with Mack, Emma Schanz and Kenisha Liu, won 400 Medley Relay at A3 Performance Invitational (3:40.17, Nov. 17-19); also won 200 Fly (1:59.26) … won 200 Fly (2:02.30) and 100 Fly (56.06) at Hawai’i (Dec. 18) … won 200 Fly (2:02.30) against Kansas and Boise State (Jan. 6) … won 200 Fly (2:02.16) against Utah (Jan. 13) … other notable times: 1:01.25 in 100 Breast (Pac-12 Championships, Feb. 22-25), 53.82 in 100 Fly (Pac-12 Championships), won 200 Fly (2:01.42) against Arizona (Nov. 4).
High School/Club
Okada was a four-year letter winner in swimming at Beverly Hills HS ... the four-time athlete of the year was inducted into the BHHS Hall of Fame ... All-American in the 100 Fly, 50 Free, and 100 Free (2015-16) ... All-American in the 100 Breast, 100 Fly, and 100 Free (2014-15) ... eight-time individual league champion and six-time CIF division 2/3 champion ... finished second in the 100 Breast and third in the 100 Fly at the State Championships ... top high school times include: 23.38 (50 Free), 50.70 (100 Free), 53.84 (100 Fly), 1:01.67 (100 Breast) ... Swam for the Royal Swim Team.
Personal
Born in Beverly Hills, Calif. ... Daughter of Kikuo and Naoko Okada ... Has a younger sister ... Majoring in anthropology.
Best Times
50 free - 22.82
100 free - 49.94
100 back - 57.40
100 breast - 1:01.25
100 fly - 52.37
200 fly - 1:55.93
200 IM - 1:59.55
(last updated: May 21, 2020)
