2017-18 Swimming & Diving Roster

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Olivia Andrew (Photo: Don Liebig)

Olivia Andrew

  • Height:
    6-0
  • Class:
    Freshman
  • High School:
    Loyola Academy
  • Hometown:
    Chicago, Ill.

Career Highlights
Two-time UCLA Director's Honor Roll
2019 NCAAs Relay Qualifier

2019-20
Competed at the Pac-12 Championships in the 50 free, 100 free, and 200 free ... Finished 18th overall at Pac-12s in the 200 free with a season-best time of 1:47.50 ... Her best time in the 200 free was second-best on the squad, trailing only Kenisha Liu ... Swam the anchor leg of UCLA's top 800 free relay squad, which swam a 7:04.67 at Pac-12s ... Competed on UCLA relay teams in the 200 free, 400 free, and 800 free ... Named to the UCLA Director's Honor Roll for winter and spring quarters ...ย Season-bests: 50 free (23.33), 100 free (50.09), 200 free (1:47.50).ย 

2018-19
Swam at NCAAs, competing in UCLA's 400 free relay team and helping the squad to a season-best time of 3:16.71, good for 25th place ... Recorded a time of 1:47.00 in the 200 free during prelims of the Pac-12 Championships, a season-best and the third-best time on the team ... That time was good for an NCAA B Cut ... Competed at Pac-12sย in the 50 free, 100 free, and 200 free ... At the conference championships, finished 46th in the 50 free (23.68), 26th in the 100 free (50.29), and 18th in the 200 free (1:47.30) ... In the Oregon State dual meet, finished runner-up in the 100 free (52.45) and 200 free (1:53.53) ... Swam on UCLA's A Relay team in the 400 free relay at Pac-12s ...ย Seasons-bests: 50 free (23.68), 100 free (50.29), 200 free (1:47.00), 100 fly (59.50).ย 

2017-18
In her first collegiate competition, was part of the "A" 400 free relay team that took first at the SMU Classic on Oct. 13 with a time of 3:33.20 ... Posted a pair of fourth-place finishes at the Arizona State dual meet on Nov. 4, scoring in both the 100 free (52.60) and 200 free (1:52.71).

High School
Attended Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Ill. โ€ฆ team captain earned National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association All-American recognition after winning state title in 400 Free Relay as senior; finished as runner up in 100 Fly.

Club
Competed for NASA Wildcat Aquatics in Evanston, Ill. โ€ฆ established state record in 200 Free Relay with time of 2:00.17 (2015) โ€ฆ multiple-time NCSA Junior National Championships qualifier โ€ฆ attended Zone Select Camp at Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Personal
Parentsโ€™ names are Phil and Michelle โ€ฆ has two younger brothers, Lachlan and Everett, and one younger sister, Georgia โ€ฆ decided to attend UCLA because of its great academic and athletic reputations, as well as the teamโ€™s energy โ€ฆ describes her greatest athletic thrill to date as winning 400 Free Relay with best friends during sophomore year โ€ฆ besides swimming, lists hobbies as beach volleyball and sailing โ€ฆ has a German Shepherd named Scout โ€ฆ dad swam at University of Illinois, while aunt played basketball at University of Michigan.

Best Times
50 free - 23.33
100 free - 50.09
200 free - 1:47.00
500 free - 4:57.42
100 back - 55.54
200 back - 2:00.59
100 breast - 1:19.20
100 fly - 55.15
200 fly - 2:12.60
200 IM - 2:11.64
(last updated: May 18, 2020)

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