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2014-15 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Michael Dubicki
Fares Ksebati
Fares Ksebati

Kristina Novichenko

Kristina Novichenko

  • Position:
    Fly/IM
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Seversk, Russia
  • High School:
    Saint-Petersburg
  • Letters:
    3

Summary

Biography

2014-15:  NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS:  Earned First Team All-American accolades by finishing sixth in the 200 fly (2:01.86) ... finished 11th in the 400 IM with a time of 4:25.86 ... swam a 10:12.76 to finish 15th in the 1000 free ... swam the third leg of the 400 medley relay in the prelims ... also competed in the 1650 free (17:18.53).  GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS:  Won the 1000 free (10:20.37) and 200 fly (2:01.56) ... finished second in the 400 IM and the 1650 free.  SEASON:  Swam in seven meets ... posted top regular season times of 5:14.85 in the 500 free at Oakland (11/1), 10:23.69 in the 1000 free, 57.93 in the 100 fly and 2:02.99 in the 200 fly vs. Grand Valley State (1/10), 32.23 in the 50 breast and 1:07.41 in the 100 breast and 1:01.87 in the 100 IM against Findlay (1/16), 2:12.10 in the 200 IM versus Ashland (11/15) and 4:36.24 in the 400 IM vs. Calvin (11/14).
 
2013-14:  NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS:  Earned six All-America honors, including five First Team certificates ... won a national title in the 400 IM (4:16.08), winning by .64 seconds in a school-record time ... finished second in the 200 butterfly (1:59.53) after setting a school-record in the preliminaries (1:59.01) ... placed third in the 1650 freestyle (16:53.77) and fourth in the 1000 freestyle (10:03.30) ... joined third-place 400 medley relay (3:42.68) and anchored 10th-place 800 freestyle relay (7:33.62).  GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS:  Won three individual conference titles and another as part of one relay ... finished first in the 200 butterfly (1:59.94; meet record), 1000 freestyle (10:06.96) and 1650 freestyle (16:54.90) ... joined GLIAC-champion 400 medley relay (3:44.17; meet record) ... placed second in the 400 IM (4:21.50).  SEASON:  Swam in seven meets ... selected as Counsilman Hunsaker Division II Women's Swimmer of the Week (1/29) after breaking school-record in 200 butterfly (1:59.67) ... 2:09.68 in the 200 IM vs. Grand Valley (Jan. 11).

2012-13:  NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS:  Earned four All-America honors, including three First Team accolades ... finished fourth in the 200 butterfly (2:01.64) ... swam third leg of fifth-place 400 medley relay (3:45.05) ... placed eighth in the 400 IM (4:25.24) and ninth in the 1650 free (17:00.92) ... finished 19th in the 1000 free (10:18.39). GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS:  Placed second in both the 1650 free (17:21.43) and 200 butterfly (2:03.97) ... finished third in the 100 butterfly (57.08) ... swam third leg of second-place 400 medley relay (3:47.96).  SEASON:  Competed in nine meets ... selected Councilman Hunsaker Division II National Swimmer of the Week on Oct. 30 after receiving GLIAC Swimmer of the Week accolades for the same weekend ... top times in 100 breaststroke (1:08.90) and 500 free (5:07.03) vs. Calvin (11/9) ... top time in 200 IM (2:11.78) at Eastern Michigan Invitational (12/1).

Pre-WSU:  Participated in the 2012 Russian National that determined the qualifiers for the Olympic games.

Personal:  Full name--Kristina Novichenko ... born in Seversk, Russia ... daughter of Oleg and Larisa Novichenko ... has a brother, Danil ... is a kinesiology major ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.0-3.49) for Winter 2013, Fall 2013 and Winter 2015.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Freshman

    Fly/IM
    5'8"

  • 2013-14Junior

    Fly/IM
    5'7"

  • 2014-15Senior

    Fly/IM
    5'7"