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2023-24 Swimming and Diving Roster

Anika Lam

  • Position Butterfly/Individual Medley
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • High School Olathe North High School
  • Hometown Olathe, Kan.

Biography

Event  Personal Best Time at MSU   2023-24 Best Time 
50-yard free 23.12 (2/24/24) 23.12 (2/24/24)
100-yard free 53.06 (2/28/21) --
100-yard fly 55.15 (2/23/24) 55.15 (2/23/24)
  200-yard fly   2:04.66 (2/24/24) 2:04.66 (2/24/24)
 100-yard back  57.33 (12/4/21) --
200-yard IM 2:09.74 (11/16/22) --

Top Achievements
  • 2023-24 MVC bronze medalist in 200 freestyle relay
Honors & Awards
  • All-MVC Honorable Mention: 2024
  • MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award: 2022-23, 2023-24
  • MVC Honor Roll: 2022-23, 2023-24
  • MSU Athletics Director's Honor Roll: Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024
2023-24 Season (Senior)
Swam in all 10 meets…Placed third in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:31.50), eighth in the 50-yard freestyle (23.44), eighth in the 200-yard butterfly (2:04.66) and ninth in the 100-yard butterfly (55.15) at the MVC Championships (Feb. 21-24)...Placed 11th in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:34.85), 13th in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:27.29), 15th in the 200-yard medley relay (1:45.66), 18th in the 400-yard medley relay (3:53.22), 25th in the 100-yard butterfly (56.72), 25th in the 200-yard butterfly (2:11.27) and 54th in the 50-yard freestyle (24.52) at the Purdue Invitational (Nov. 16-18)...Won first career individual events in the 50-yard freestyle (23.72) and the 100-yard butterfly (55.96) in tri meet against UIC and Evansville on Jan. 26…Recorded even top-five individual finishes…Named All-MVC Honorable Mention.

2022-23 Season (Junior)
Swam in all nine meets...Placed 13th in the 100 butterfly (56.12), 13th in the 200 medley relay (1:44.04), 19th in the 50 freestyle (23.74) and 20th in the 200 butterfly (2:07.69) at the MVC Championships (Feb. 15-18)...Posted two top-five finishes in individual events.

2021-22 Season (Sophomore)
Appeared in all seven meets…Placed 15th in the 200 butterfly (2:09.36) at the MVC Championships (Feb. 16-19)…Took eighth in the 200 butterfly (2:15.45) at Kansas (Oct. 22-23)…Posted three top-ten finishes on the season.

2020-21 Season (Freshman)
Appeared in four meets…Recorded season-best times in the 100 butterfly (58.55) and 200 butterfly (2:12.24) at the MVC Championships (April 14-16)…Finished fourth in the 100 freestyle by clocking a 53.06 against Mizzou (Feb. 28)…Recorded two top-five times throughout the season.

Background
As a freshman, she was the State Champion in the 200 IM and placed fifth in the 100 free...She set school records in the 50 free, 100 free, 100 backstroke, 100 butterfly and the 200 IM also as a freshman...Her sophomore year, she was the State Champion again in the 200 IM and placed third in the 100 free...She was the Sunflower League Champion in the 200 IM and broke a 23-year-old record...Her junior year, she helped set school records in the 200 and 400 free relays...She placed fifth in the 100 free and fourth in the 200 IM at the State Championships with two torn ligaments in her ankle...She received First Team All-State honors her freshman and sophomore years. She earned Second Team All-State laurels her junior year.

Personal
Born on 2/25/02 in Overland Park, Kansas...Daughter of Kin and Kristi Lam of Olathe, Kansas...Has a brother, Michael...Plans to major in Exercise and Movement Science.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Freestyle/Individual Medley
    5'10"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Freestyle/Individual Medley
    5'10"
  • 2022-23Junior

    Butterfly/Individual Medley
    5'10"
  • 2023-24Senior

    Butterfly/Individual Medley
    5'10"

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