Missouri State

Event	Personal Best Time at MSU	2024-25 Best Time
50-yard back	26.54 (1/17/25)	26.54 (1/17/25)
100-yard back	57.53 (12/2/23)	57.73 (1/18/25)
200-yard back	2:03.24 (2/24/24)	2:06.30 (11/2/24)
200-yard breast	2:18.85 (3/1/25)	2:18.85 (3/1/25)
200-yard IM	2:02.36 (2/27/25)	2:02.36 (2/27/25)
400-yard IM	4:22.52 (2/28/25)	4:22.52 (2/28/25)

Top Achievements

• 2024 House of Champions Invitational bronze medalist in 400 IM

Honors & Awards

• All-MVC Honorable Mention: 2024, 2025
• MVC Scholar-Athlete Team: 2025
• MVC Honor Roll: 2023-24
• MSU Athletics Director's Honor Roll: Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025

2024-25 Season (Sophomore)
Appeared in all nine swim meets…Placed fifth in the 400-yard individual medley (4:22.52), sixth in the 200-yard individual medley (2:02.36) and 13th in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:18.85) at the MVC Championships (Feb. 26-March 1)...Placed third in the 400-yard individual medley (4:22.63), sixth in the 200-yard individual medley (2:03.81), 26th in the 200-yard backstroke (2:07.11) at the House of Champions Invitational…Won three individual events in the 400 IM…Recorded the seventh-fastest individual MVC time in the 400 IM (4:22.52)...All-MVC Honorable Mention...Named to MVC Scholar-Athlete Team.

2023-34 Season (Freshman)
Swam in all 10 meets…Placed fifth in the 400-yard individual medley (4:22.63), 13th in the 200-yard individual medley (2:03.31) and 13th in the 200-yard backstroke (2:03.24) at the MVC Championships (Feb. 21-24)...Placed 13th in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:27.29), 14th in the 400-yard individual medley (4:28.61), 25th in the 200-yard individual medley (2:04.97), 25th in the 200-yard backstroke (2:04.45) at the Purdue Invitational (Nov. 16-18)...Earned seven top-five individual finishes…All-MVC Honorable Mention.

Background
As a junior, Sala set three new NCSA standards in Wisconsin state SCY in the 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle and 200-yard backstroke...She also made the finals in five out of five events and recorded personal best times in five out of six events (including the relay leadoff)...For her high school team, Sala was a member of the school record-breaking squad in the 200-yard medley relay.

Personal
Olivia Caitlyn Sala was born on 04/20/05 in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin…Daughter of Pete and Deb Sala…Has one sister, Grace, who swims Fly and IM at the University of New Hampshire...Majoring in Nutrition & Dietetics.

UPDATED: 5/23/2025