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2019-20 Swimming & Diving Roster

Kristin Anderson

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Palatine, Ill.
  • High School Palatine

Biography

Personal Bests

50 free: 23.13 (at B1G Champs, 2/21/20)
100 free: 49.90 (at House of Champions Invite, 11/24/19)
200 free: 1:50.06 (at House of Champions Invite, 11/17/18)
100 back: 1:03.02 (at Missouri Invitational, 11/17/17)
100 fly: 1:00.30 (at Missouri Invitational, 11/17/16)

Senior - 2019-20

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Big Ten Distinguished Scholars
  • Swam the fourth fastest 50 freestyle (22.74) split in Illinois history at the Big Ten Championships
  • Claimed the fourth fastest individual time in program history in the 50 freestyle with a time of 23.08, during the 200 freestyle at the Big Ten Championships
  • Member of the eighth fastest 200 freestyle relay team and seventh fastest 400 medley relay team in progrma history

Junior - 2018-19

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Became the seventh-fastest Illini individual in the 50 freestyle with a PR time of 23:34 at the B1G Championships
  • Fifth-fastest individual in the 100 freestyle with a PR time of 50.35
  • Illinois' top sprint freestyle swimmer on the season, finishing with the team's top times in both the 50 and 100 freestyle
  • Part of Illinois' top relays in the 200 freestyle, 400 freestyle and 800 freestyle and 400 medley relays

Sophomore - 2017-18

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Illini's second-fastest 100 freestyle performer with a :50.43 at the B1G Championships (2/17/18)
  • Swam the third-fastest 200 freestyle for Illinois at the Missouri Invitational (1:51.61)
  • Swam a leg on the fastest 200 and 400 freestyle relay at the B1G Championships 
  • Part of the team's fastest 800 freestyle relay that finished with a time of 7:24.82 at the Missouri Invitational 

Freshman - 2016-17

  • Swam the third fastest 50 freestyle time out of all Illini swimmers on the season (:23.50)
  • Posted the ninth fastest 100 freestyle time on the team at home against MSU & Marshall (10/21/2016)
  • Part of 200 freestyle relay (1:33.85) and 200 medley relay (1:42.95) teams that posted the second fastest times on the season at the Missouri Invitational

High School

  • Three-time Illinois High School State qualifier
  • NSCA Junior National qualifier
  • Four-time swimming letter winner 
  • Three-time water polo letter winner
  • Unbeaten in the MSL Conference in the 50 freestyle race during senior season
  • 2015 IHSA All-State swimming selection
  • Finished 13th in the 50 freestyle at the 2015 short course YMCA Nationals
  • Personal-best 50 freestyle time of :23.63
  • Lifetime-best mark of :51.37 in the 100 freestyle

Personal

  • Born July 31, 1998
  • Parents are Lisa and Dave Anderson
  • Has four brothers (Mike, Danny, Mark and Scott)
  • Hobbies include playing music and doing puzzles
  • Lists biggest role model as Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    Free
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Free
  • 2018-19Junior

    Free
  • 2019-20Senior

    Free