Weronika Gorecka

Class:
Freshman
High School:
Liceum mistrzostwa sportowego im.
Hometown:
Wroclaw, Poland

2023-24: Honorable Mention All-America in the 200 Back... finished 14th at the NCAA Championships with a time of 1:52.61... named First-Team All-MAC... won three golds, two silvers and one bronze medal for 53 points at the MAC Championships... helped the Zips secure the 2023-24 MAC Championship... won golds as part of the 400 MR, 400 FR teams and won silver as part of the 800 FR at the MAC Championships... set a personal best in the 50 Free with a time of 23.23 at the Zips Classic... set a personal best in the 100 Free with a time of 49.89 at the Tim Welsh Classic... set a personal best in the 200 Free (L) with a time of 2:05.48 against Toledo... set a personal best in the 50 Back with time of 24.76 at the Tim Welsh Classic... set a personal best in the 50 Fly with a time of 24.32 at the Magnus Invitational... set a personal best in the 400 IM with a time of 4:21.56 at the Zips Classic... named to the Academic All-MAC Team... named to the CSC Academic All-District Team...

2022-23: MAC Medal of Excellence winner …. NCAA Honorable Mention All-American…First Team All-MAC…13^th overall in the 200 back at 2023 NCAA Championships, breaking a MAC and school record (1:52.43)…six-time MAC Champion (2 individual, 4 relay)…Set MAC records in the 200 backstroke (1:53.33) and 200 freestyle (1:45.39)…Member of four relays that set pool records (200 freestyle relay, 400 freestyle relay, 800 freestyle relay, and 400 medley relay)…MAC Team Champion…Named to the Academic All-MAC Team and All-MAC First Team…Qualified to NCAA Championships in the 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke, 200 freestyle…Set a MAC and program record in the 200 backstroke in the preliminaries with a 1:52.43 and finished 13^th overall in the consolation finals with a time of 1:52.63 to earn All-American honors

2021-22: First team All-MAC, silver medalist in 200 back, bronze in 800 free relay, final in 100 fly and 100 back, First team all mac, gold medalist in 200 back, bronze in 100 back, 5th in 200 IM, gold in 800 free relay…MAC Team Champion

2020-21: Second team All-MAC, bronze medalist in 200 backstroke, gold medalist in 400 medley relay, 4th place 100 back, final B 200 IM

2019-20: Akron Athletics’ Female Newcomer of the Year ... MAC Co-Freshman Swimmer of the Year ... second-team All-MAC ... MAC Championships: Earned three top-four finishes, including first in the 400 medley relay (3:35.13), third in the 200 back (1:55.82), and fourth in the 100 back (54.23) ... Invitationals: Placed first in the 400 medley relay (3:37.51) and the 200 back (1:55.75) at the Zippy Invitational, and swam three first-place B-cut times at the Zips Classic in the 400 medley relay (3:37.60), 100 back (54.64), and the 200 medley relay (1:40.88) ... Duals: Earned victories in the 100 back (55.54) and the 200 back (1:58.61) against Miami, and took first in the 100 fly (58.16), 200 back (2:00.79), and the 400 medley relay (3:49.54) against Ohio.

At Liceum Mistrzostwa Sportowego Im: Polish Championships multi-medalist in 100 Back and 200 Back, participant in European championships in Glasgow (2018).

Personal: Daughter of Marzena and Grzegorz Gorecka … Has an older sister, Paulina … Organizational & Strategic Communication major