Liz Koselka

Class:
Senior
Position:
Freestyle
Hometown:
Ann Arbor, Mich.
High School:
Pioneer

Last Updated: May 1, 2012

At Michigan ... Three-time NCAA Honorable Mention All-American (2010: 800-yard Freestyle Relay (11th); 2009: 800-yard Freestyle Relay (14th), 400-yard Freestyle Relay (16th))... CSCAA Scholar All-America (2010) ... Four-time U-M Athletic Academic Achievement (2009-12)... Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2010-12).

Senior (2011-12) ... Academic All-Big Ten...Championship Meets ... Finished 46th in the 500-yard freestyle, 47th in the 200-yard freestyle, and 75th in the 100-yard freestyle at Big Ten Championships (Feb. 15-18) ... Regular Season ... Won the 1,000-yard freestyle against Michigan State (Jan. 27) ... sixth in the 200-yard freestyle against Ohio State (Jan. 21) ... 10th in the 200-yard freestyle against Northwestern/Notre Dame (Jan. 14) ... sixth in the 200-yard freestyle and eighth in the 100-yard freestyle against Indiana (Jan. 7) ... ninth in the 200-yard freestyle and 12th in the 500-yard freestyle the Hawkeye Invitational (Dec. 2-4) ... 12th in the 100-yard freestyle and 200-meter freestyle against Florida/Stanford (Nov. 4-5) ... 12th in the 100-yard freestyle and 15th in the 500-yard freestyle against IU/Texas (Oct. 28) ... third in the 200-yard freestyle and sixth in the 500-yard freestyle against Toledo (Oct. 22) ... sixth in the 100-yard freestyle and 200-yard freestyle against Minnesota (Oct. 7-8).

Junior (2010-11) ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Championship Meets ... Finished 28th in the 200-yard freestyle, 32nd in the 500-yard freestyle, and 47th in the 100-yard freestyle at the 2011 Big Ten Championships (Feb. 16-19) ... Regular Season ... Finished second in the 200-yard freestyle and third in the 500-yard freestyle at Northwestern/Notre Dame (Jan. 15)... swam in four events at Indiana (Jan. 8)... finished third in the 200-yard freestyle at the EMU Invitational (Dec. 3-4)... swam in four individual events against Stanford/Florida (Nov. 5-6), including a fifth-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle... swam the 100-, 200- and 500-yard freestyle (8th/5th/9th) against Indiana/Texas (Oct. 29-30)... finished second in the 200-yard freestyle, fifth in the 100-yard freestyle and sixth in the 500-yard freestyle against Toledo (Oct. 22)... swam in the 100- and 200-yard freestyles, as well as the 400-yard freestyle relay, against Minnesota (Oct. 8).

Sophomore (2009-10) ... CSCAA Scholar All-America (2010)... Championship Meets... earned Honorable Mention All-America honors as part of U-M's 800-yard freestyle team (11th) at the NCAA Championships (March 18-20) ... Regular Season... Finished third in 100-yard freestyle against Northwestern (Jan. 16)... earned an NCAA 'B' mark as a part of U-M's 800-yard Freestyle Relay team at the Purdue Invitational (Nov. 21)... finished fifth in 200-yard freestyle and 500-yard freestyle against Notre Dame (Oct. 10).

Freshman (2008-09) ... Championship Meets ...earned All-America honorable mention as part of the 14th-place 800-yard freestyle relay and the 16th-place 400-yard freestyle relay and finished 61st in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:48.95 at the NCAA Championships (March 19-21) ... finished 11th in the 200-yard freestyle with a career-best and NCAA consideration time of 1:47.82, captured 21st in the 100-yard freestyle with a career-best 50.79, and took 23rd in the 500-yard freestyle with a career-best 4:49.99 at the Big Ten Championships(Feb. 19-21)... Regular Season... recorded a career-best time of 10:28.55 in the 1,000-yard freestyle against Michigan State (Jan. 30) ... notched career-best times of 24.55 in the 50-yard freestyle, 58.84 in the 100-yard butterfly and 2:28.83 in the 200-yard breaststroke at the EMU Invitational (Dec. 5-6) ... swam a time of 1:48.94 in the 200-yard freestyle and earned a time of 51.55 in the 100-yard freestyle as part of the 400-yard freestyle relay at the Texas A&M Invitational (Nov. 22-23)... swam a 4:58.52 in the 500-yard freestyle against Texas and Indiana (Oct. 31-Nov. 1) ... had a career-best time in the 100-yard breaststroke(1:09.75) and was part of the first-place 4x200-yard medley relay team against Toledo (Oct. 24).

Prep ... Pioneer High School (2008) ... four-year letterwinner (2004-07) ... member of four-time state championship team (2004-07) ... member of two-time national championship team (2004-05) ... part of national record-setting 4x100-yard freestyle relay team along with current Wolverine swimmers Margaret Kelly, Leigh Cole and Kristyne Cole ... Member of Junior National team ... competed in Junior Pan-Pacific Games for the USA (2006).

Personal ... Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts ... double-majoring in anthropology and Spanish ... birthday is October 10, 1990 ... Mother and Father both swam at the University of Notre Dame.

Event	Time	Date
50-yard Freestyle	24.24p	2/27/11
100-yard Freestyle	50.79	2/21/09
200-yard Freestyle	1:47.82	2/21/09
500-yard Freestyle	4:49.99	2/21/09
1,000-yard Freestyle	10:28.55	1/30/09
100-yard Butterfly	58.53	2/27/11
100-yard Breaststroke	1:09.75	10/24/08
200-yard Breaststroke	2:28.83	12/5/08