@fullname - General - Fresno State

Zofia Niemczak

Class:
Freshman
High School:
Volcano Vista HS
Hometown:
Albuquerque, N.M.

FRESNO STATE ACCOLADES
• 2018-19 All-Mountain West (3) - 200 Butterfly (Gold), 100 Butterfly, 500 Freestyle
• 2018-19 Academic All-MW
• 2017-18 All-Mountain West - 200 Butterfly
• 2017-18 Academic All-MW
• 2017-18 Team Most Valuable Swimmer
• 2017-18 Team Newcomer of the Year

2018-19 (SOPHOMORE): Won the MW title in the 200 Butterfly and earned All-MW honors in the 100 Butterfly and 500 Freestyle ... just the third Bulldog in program history to earn three All-MW honors in one season ... broke three program records in the MW Championship ... won Gold in the 200 Fly in 1:58.34 in the final at the MW Championship ... touched in 1:58.10 in the 200 Fly prelims, posting an NCAA B cut time and the fastest prelim time by more than one second ... placed fifth overall in the 100 Fly with a career best and program record time of 54.02 in the final in the MW Championship ... broke the program record in the 500 Free at the MW Championship, reaching the A Final and placing eighth overall with a career-best time of 4:49.21 in the prelims ... also broke the program record in the 200 Free at the MW Championship with her lead split of 1:48.55 in the 800 Free Relay, helping the 'Dogs break that team relay program record in 7:17.75 as well ... had a career-best time in the 100 IM (59.03) at the UNLV Invitational, recording the fourth fastest time in program history ... had career-bests in the 100 Free (54.23) in the Chick-Fil-A Invitational and the 1000 Free (10:22.09) vs. Nevada ... won the 200 Fly twice, vs. Pacific and San Jose State, and won the 500 Free at San Diego ... had six second-place finishes and four third place finishes during the regular season ... had multiple top-three finishes in four different meets ... had the fastest times on the team all season in the 200 Free, 500 Free, 100 Fly, and 200 Fly and had the second-fastest 1000 Free time

2017-18 (FRESHMAN): Broke program records in the 200 Fly (1:57.73) and 500 Free (4:51.54) at the MW Championship and broke the 100 Fly record (54.60) at the TYR Invitational ... had the top prelim time in the 200 Fly in the MW Championship with a program record and NCAA B time of 1:57.73 and placed third in the final to earn All-MW honors ... qualified for the 'B' Final in the 100 Fly in the MW Championship and placed fourth ... made the 'B' Final in the 500 Free in the MW Championship and broke the program record in both the prelims and final .... also helped Fresno State break program records in three relays at the MW Championship ... swam the lead leg on the record 800 Free Relay and the third leg on the record 200 and 400 Medley Relays ... her 200 Free split leading off the 800 Free Relay of 1:49.76 was the fastest on the team all season and the second fastest 200 Free time in program history ... placed third at the TYR Invitational in the 100 Fly with a program record time of 54.60 ... won the 200 Fly in five meets during the regular season, including breaking the original 200 Fly program record in the TYR Invitational in a field of 34 ... won the 100 Fly in two meets ... totaled three second place finishes and finished third in four races ... had the top times on the team in the 200 and 500 Free and 100 and 200 Fly during the season and posted the third best 400 IM time and fourth best 200 IM time.

HIGH SCHOOL: Swam four years at Volcano Vista HS ... Broke the state record in the 100 Fly (55.2) ... Named Gatorade Athlete of the Year ... Was the No. 1 ranked swimmer in the state of New Mexico by collegeswimming.com ... Won title in the 100 Fly and the 200 IM ... Selected as Volcano Vista Female Athlete of the Winter season

PERSONAL: Parents are Antoni and Natalia Niemczak ... Parents are natives of Poland ... Antoni was a world-class marathon runner who either won or placed in the top three in several major world marathons ... Also recruited by Florida State, Iowa State, Houston, Denver, and Florida Gulf Coast ... majoring in business

FRESNO STATE CAREER BESTS

100 Butterfly
54.02*	2-22-19	at MW Championship
200 Butterfly
1:57.73*	2-17-18	at MW Championship
100 IM
59.03	12-1-18	at UNLV Invitational
200 IM
2:08.90	1-13-18	at San Diego
400 IM
4:28.94	1-8-18	at SDSU Quad
100 Freestyle
54.23	10-6-18	Chick-Fil-A Invitational
200 Freestyle
1:48.55*	2-20-19	at MW Championship
500 Freestyle
4:49.21*	2-21-19	at MW Championship
1000 Freestyle
10:22.09	10-27-18	vs. Nevada