Nikki Venema

Princeton Women’s Swimming and Diving hosts the Ivy League Tournament on February 15, 2023.

Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

Photo by: Sideline Photos, LLC

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Position:
Free/Back/Fly
Class:
Senior
High School:
Kellam
Hometown:
Virginia Beach, Va.

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)

Top Times
No. 1: 200 freestyle, 1:45.31, 2/20
No. 1: 200 freestyle relay, 1:29.76, 2/20
No. 1: 400 freestyle relay, 3:17.11, 2/20
No. 1: 800 freestyle relay: 7:04.23, 2/20
No. 1: 200 medley relay: 1:37.86, 2/20
No. 2: 100 freestyle, 48.55, 2/20
No. 3: 50 freestyle, 22.38, 2/20
No. 10: 100 backstroke, 55.09, 12/19

Lifetime Bests
50 Free – 22.30
100 Free – 48.55
200 Free – 1:45.31
100 Fly – 52.42

2022-23: Finished 33^rd 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.

2021-22: 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.

2019-20: 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 freestyle and 100 backstroke.