2021-22 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Guevara NCAAs
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Photo by: Walt Middleton Photography 2019
Guevara
The Northwestern University women's swimming and diving team take second in the 200 Yard Medley Relay on the first day of the 2019 Big Ten Women's Swimming and Diving Championships. Bloomington, IN, Feb. 20, 2019
Guevara, Miriam

Miriam Guevara

  • Height:
    5-5
  • Class:
    Senior
  • High School:
    Coronado High School
  • Hometown:
    El Paso, Texas
  • Major:
    Computer Science
2022-23:
  • 3x All-American Honorable Mention (100 fly, 200 fly, 400 medley relay)
  • Set the 100 fly school record twice at the NCAA Championships (50.91)
  • Opened the season with two gold medals in the100 back and 100 fly against Illinois and UIC (10/29)
  • Won the 100 fly in a time of 54.58 against Michigan (11/5)
  • Touched in 1:57.86 to place second in the 200 fly at the Purdue Invitational, while also taking third in the 100 back and sixth in the 100 fly (11/16-18)
  • Won the 150 fly against Miami (FL) and Army (12/17)
  • Secured bronze in the 200 fly against Miami (OH) (1/7)
  • Took first in the 100 fly and third in the 200 fly against Wisconsin (1/21)
  • Secured a personal best time and a gold medal in the 100 back (52.71) against Iowa, Minnesota and Purdue (1/27-28)
  • Earned NCAA 'B' cut times in the 100 back (52.34), 100 fly (51.59) and 200 fly (1:55.82) at the Big Ten Championships, taking the bronze medal for the 100 fly (2/15-18)
  • Broke the school record in the 100 fly prelims (51.24) then broke that record in finals (50.91) at the NCAA Championships to place 10th (3/15-18)
2021-22:
  • Won both the 100 and 200 fly against Indiana (10/16)
  • Won the 100 back and took bronze in the 200 IM versus Illinois and UIC (10/23)
  • Secured top-10 finishes in the 100 and 200 fly at the Purdue Invitational (11/20)
2020-21:
  • Took silver in the 200 fly and bronze in the 100 fly against Michigan and Indiana (1/16)
  • Won both the 100 and 200 fly against Iowa and Penn State (1/23)
  • Took gold in the both the 100 and 200 fly against Illinois and Wisconsin with an NCAA 'B' cut time of 1:55.18 in the 200 fly (2/6)
  • Secured the silver medal in the 200 fly and placed fourth in the 100 fly while also placing fourth in the 100 back prelims at the Big Ten Championships (2/23-2/27)
  • Also at B1Gs, swam the fly leg of the school record-setting 200 medley relay team and the silver-medalist 400 relay team (2/23-2/27)
  • Second team All-Big Ten
  • Honorable All-American in the 100 fly, 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay
  • Set a new school record in the 100 fly during prelims at the NCAA Championships, touching in a time of 51.90, before taking 13th in the event in finals (3/18-3/20)
  • Also at NCAAS, swam the fly leg of the 200 and 400 medley relay teams that placed 12th and 11th, respectively (3/18-3/20)
2019-20:
  • Took bronze in the 200 fly at the Big Ten Championships with a personal best time of 1:54.31 while also taking fifth in the 100 fly and 10th in the 100 back, both with personal best times 
  • Part of the school record breaking 200 and 400 medley relay teams at the Big Ten Championships with times of 1:36.37 and 3:29.48, respectively 
  • Set a personal best in the 200 back (1:57.99) at the SMU Invite, adding a second place finish in the 100 fly and a win on the fly leg of the 200 medley relay (Oct. 11-12)
  • Took first in the 100 back and 100 fly in dual meet win over Michigan State (11/2)
  • Finished second in the 200 fly with an NCAA 'B' cut time of 1:58.53 at the TYR Invitational (11/24)
  • Placed third in the 200 fly against Notre Dame (1/17)
  • Took home gold in both the 100 and 200 fly against Iowa (1/18)
2018-19: 
  • Fastest Wildcat in 100 fly (52.20) and second fastest Wildcat in 100 back (53.65)
  • Helped set two school and pool records at the TYR Invitational with the 200 medley and 400 medley relay teams
  • Won her first event, the 100 IM, at her first collegiate meet against Michigan
  • Also took second in the 100 fly and third in the 100 back (10/19)  
  • Grabbed first place in the 100 fly at the Big Al Invitational
  • At the TYR Invite, took home two individual first place finishes in the 50 back and 100 fly, where she set a season-high and led off a 1-5 Wildcat sweep of the event (11/16-18)
High School:
  • Swam for club team El Paso Aqua Posse for 7 years
  • 2012-2016 Female Border Swimmer Award
  • National qualifier
  • Jr. National qualifier
  • Leo Cancellare Award of Leadership
  • Graduated from International Baccalaureate Diploma program
  • National Honor Society
  • French Honor Society
  • Graduated in the top 2% of her class
Personal:
  • Born Miriam Carolina Guevara
  • Daughter of Yolanda and Felipe Guevara
  • Chose Northwestern over Texas A&M, University of Missouri and NC State
  • Majoring in Computer Science
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