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2010-11 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Ana Gonzalez Pena

Ana Gonzalez Pena

  • Position:
    Breaststroke
  • Height:
    5-6
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    Gijon, Spain
  • High School:
    IES Aramo
  • Letters:
    2

Summary

Biography

Selected as a candidate for the CSCAA centennial list of 100 Greatest Swimmers & Divers.

2010-11:  NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Earned six First Team All-America accolades … claimed two individual national titles and two relay titles … won the 100 breaststroke (1:01.86), coming in .02 seconds under the meet record and .03 under the school record … won the 200 breaststroke for the second straight year (2:12.89), breaking her own school record and setting a meet record … swam the second leg of the 200 medley relay, which broke WSU’s 2010 meet record (1:40.78), and the 400 medley relay which set a meet record in both the prelims (3:41.69) and finals (3:40.45) … went second in the second-place 400 free relay (3:22.44, school record) and the third-place 200 free relay (1:32.14, school record) … finished 29th in the 50 free (24.01). GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Earned five conference titles including two individual championships … won her second straight title in the 100 breaststroke (1:02.97) … also won the 200 breaststroke (2:16.60) … swam the second leg of the 200 medley relay which broke WSU’s GLIAC meet record (1:42.27) and the 200 free relay (1:33.18, meet and school record) … went third on the 400 free relay (3:25.45, school record) … swam the second portion of the second-place 400 medley relay (3:45.39) … finished fourth in the 50 free (24.02). SEASON:  Named GLIAC Women's Swimming and Diving Athlete of the Week (Dec. 6) and CollegeSwimming.com Counsilman-Hunsaker National Collegiate Swimmer of the Week (Dec. 8) after contributing to three NCAA "A" qualifiers and four "B" cuts at the Kenyon Total Performance Invitational ... won the 100 and 200 breaststroke events, achieving "A" cuts in both (1:02.61, 2:16.10) ... was also a part of four relays, including the first-place 200 medley relay which made an "A" cut (1:44.08) ... posted top time of 23.70 in the 50 free (relay leadoff) ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team.

2009-10: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Became a two-time national champion and earned four First Team All-America honors … broke Courtney Roberts’ school record in the 200 breaststroke (2:14.64) and swam the third leg of the 200 medley relay, which set school and NCAA records (1:41.46) … finished second to Roberts in the 100 breaststroke (1:02.42) … swam the third portion of the third-place 200 free relay (1:34.41) which broke the WSU record … placed 19th in the 50 free (23.91) … joined the preliminary 400 medley relay, which set a school record later broken in the finals (3:45.20). GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Earned three conference titles … won the 100 breaststroke, breaking Roberts’ pool record set in the prelims and edging Roberts in the finals by .13 seconds … went third in the championship 200 medley relay, breaking conference, school, meet and pool records (1:42.56) … swam second in the 400 medley relay, which set meet and pool records (3:47.17) … was edged by Roberts in the 200 breaststroke (2:18.14) by .93 seconds, as both swimmers came in under pool and WSU record pace … was the third swimmer in the 200 free relay, which placed second and set a WSU record (1:34.48) … came in ninth in the 50 free (24.13). SEASON: Initially bested Roberts’ school mark in the 200 breaststroke at the Eastern Michigan Invitational (2:19.85) … top time in the 200 individual medley (2:15.03) Jan. 9 against Grand Valley State.

2009: Swam at the U.S. Open Championship in August 2009.

High School: Attended IES Jovellanos and IES Aramo ... graduated in 2004.

Personal: Full name--Ana Gonzalez Pena ... born in Gijon, Spain ... daughter of Juan Domingo and Nia Yolanda ... has a brother, Paloma ... is a media arts and studies major ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.0-3.49) for Fall 2009, Fall 2010 and Winter 2011.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2009-10Junior

    Breaststroke
    5'6"
  • 2010-11Redshirt Senior

    Breaststroke
    5'6"