2020-21 Swimming & Diving Roster
Olivia Anderson
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Lorne Park
- Hometown:
- Mississauga, Ontario
Record Book: No. 8 in 1,000 freestyle.
2020-21: Earned Second Team CSCAA All-America citation in 1,650 freestyle...Finished 10th in 1,650 freestyle and 44th in 500 freestyle at NCAA Championships...Finished fifth in 1,650 freestyle and eighth in 500 freestyle at SEC Championships...Finished first in 1,650 freestyle and second in 500 freestyle at UGA Fall Invitational...Earned dual win in 500 freestyle against South Carolina and wins in 1,000 freestyle against South Carolina (2) and Florida...Set new personal-best times in 500 and 1,000 freestyle...Named to CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team...Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll...Named to J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll...Named the recipient of the Women’s Swimming and Diving Scholarship.
2019-20: Earned CSCAA All-America citation in 1,650 freestyle...Qualified for NCAA Championships in 1,650 freestyle...Ranked 15th nationally in 1,650 freestyle...Finished 13th in 1,650 freestyle and 24th in 500 freestyle at SEC Championships...Also competed in 200 freestyle at SECs...Posted B-cut in 500 freestyle...Placed second in the 1,650 freestyle and fifth in the 500 freestyle finals at the Tennessee Invitational, setting personal-best times in each event...Earned win in 1,000 freestyle at North Carolina with personal-best time...Named to CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team...Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll...Named to J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll.
2018-19: Finished 18th in 1,650 freestyle at SEC Championships; also competed in 500 freestyle…Posted B-cut in 1,650 freestyle…Finished third in 1,650 freestyle and 14th in 500 freestyle at UGA Fall Invitational…Named to CSCAA Scholar All-America Second Team…Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll…Named to Dean’s List and J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll.
2017-18: Finished 24th in 1,650 freestyle and 60th in 500 freestyle at NCAA Championships …Named to Second Team All-SEC…Named to SEC All-Freshman Team…Finished third in 1,650 freestyle at SEC Championships; also competed in 500 freestyle and 400 IM…Placed third in 1,650 freestyle and 15th in 400 IM at UGA Fall Invitational…Named to CSCAA Scholar All-America Second Team…Named to SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll…Named to J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll.
High School: Graduated from Lorne Park Secondary School.
National: Swam for Etobicoke Swim Club under Coach Kevin Thorburn...Finished fourth in 800m freestyle and fifth in 1,500m freestyle at 2020 Canadian Swimming Trials...Came in seventh in the 800 freestyle at the 2017 World Championships after placing second in the Canadian Trials...Placed second in the 1,500 freestyle and third in the 800 freestyle at th 2016 Junior Pan Pacific Championships...Won the 800 and 1,500 freestyle and came in third in the 400 freestyle at the 2016 Canadian Championships...Came in second (behind former Lady Bulldog Brittany MacLean) in the 800 freestyle at the 2016 Olympic Trials...Placed seventh in the 1,500 freestyle at the 2015 World Junior Championships...Came in first in the 800 and 1,500 freestyle at the 2015 Canadian Swimming Championships...Won the 400, 800 and 1,500 freestyle in the 2015 Canadian Age Group Championships.
Personal: Born May 30, 1999...Daughter of Dennis and Barb Anderson...Majoring in Genetics.
Collegiate Personal Bests
| 200 Freestyle | 1:51.20 | 2017 UGA Fall Invitational (12/2/17) |
| 500 Freestyle | 4:42.03 | 2020 UGA Fall Invitational (11/18/20) |
| 1,000 Freestyle | 9:39.46 | 2021 SEC Championships (2/20/21) |
| 1,650 Freestyle | 16:00.84 | 2019 Tennessee Invitational (11/23/19) |
| 200 Breaststroke | 2:25.11 | South Carolina (1/16/21) |
| 400 IM | 4:24.46 | 2017 UGA Fall Invitational (12/2/17) |
