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2007-08 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Nina Rossi

  • Position Fly/IM
  • Class Sophomore
  • Highschool Princeton High School
  • Hometown Princeton, N.J.

Biography

Personal Bests:
100 fly: 57.44
200 fly: 2:01.27
200 IM: 2:03.32
400 IM: 4:27.83
100 breast: 1:05.63
200 breast: 2:21.34
200 free: 1:49.84
500 free: 5:00.68
1000 free: 10:39.08

2008 BEIJING OLYMPIC TRIALS COMPETITOR

As a Junior (2008-09): Member of fourth-place 200 medley relay (1:39.76) at 2009 ACC Championships that established a new school-record...finished 20th in the 200 fly (2:02.71) and 21st in the 200 free (1:50.36)...critical part of third-place 400 free (3:25.65) and 400 medley (3:50.35) relays as well as aiding the 200 medley (1:42.89) and 800 free (7:26.97) to first-place finishes at the Terrapin Cup... individually, took fifth in the 200 fly (2:03.98), seventh in the 200 IM (2:07.00), tenth in the 200 free (1:51.67) and 13th in the 100 breast (1:06.95) at the Terrapin Cup.

As a Sophomore (2007-08): Hit NCAA B-cut marks in the 200 IM (2:03.32) and 200 fly (2:01.28) in the ACC Championships...finished sixth in the 200 fly at the ACC Championships...took nearly five seconds off her career-best in the 200 free (1:52.84) in the Terrapin Cup finals...finished third at the Terrapin Cup in the 200 fly and won the event against NC State...had top three finishes in the 500 free v. Richmond, NC State and UMBC...took over ten seconds off her career-best in the 500 free (5:00.68) against Richmond...also had a Terp-best time in the 400 IM (4:27.83) at the ACC Championships...member of NCAA B-cut 800 free relay squad...relay finished fourth at the ACC Championships.

As a Freshman (2006-07): Opened her collegiate career with a first-place finish in the 200-yard individual medley (2:09.86) and second-place swim in the 1000 freestyle (10:39.08) against Johns Hopkins ... won the 200 butterfly (2:03.54) and 200 IM (2:08.35) and also placed second in the 200 breaststroke (2:21.34) against Duke and NC State ... qualified for the championship final in the 200 fly placing fifth overall (2:04.17) and made the consolation final in the 200 IM taking 16th (2:09.68), 400 IM taking 12th (4:30.21), and 100 fly taking 16th (58.04) at the Terrapin Cup ... also swam the second leg for the sixth-place 400 medley relay team (3:52.20) at the Terp Cup ... member of the first-place 500 free relay team (4:36.23), first-place 200 fly relay team (1:47.00), and the first-place 400 IM relay (4:03.14) at the FIU Invitational ... finished seventh in the 100 fly (58.18), third in the 400 IM (4:27.90), sixth in the 200 breast (2:26.40), and sixth in the 200 IM (2:10.09) against Pittsburgh, Richmond, and Villanova ... took second in the 200 fly (2:06.46) and sixth in the 500 free with a career-best time (5:12.05) against Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech ... finished third in the 200 breast (2:26.27) and eighth in the 400 IM (4:32.70) at North Carolina ... at the ACC Championships was a championship finalist and point scorer for Maryland in the 400 IM and 200 fly ... placed seventh overall in the 400 IM with a season-best time (4:25.27) and seventh in the 200 fly (2:04.18) after swimming a season-best time of 2:03.04 in the prelim at ACCs ... top finisher in the bonus consolation final placing 17th overall in the 200 IM with a season-best time of 2:04.35 at ACCs ... was a member of the 800 free relay team placing third with an NCAA B-cut time of 7:17.61 at the ACC Championships.

Before Maryland: Named an All-American all four years of high school at Princeton High ... made an Olympic Trial cut in the 200 fly ... won sectionals in the 200 fly in 2006 ... participated in the Junior and Senior Nationals.

Personal: Daughter of Laura and Luciano ... brother Lou attends Rutgers ... majoring in elementary education ... interested in all sports.

Historical Player Information

  • 2006-07Freshman

    Fly/IM
  • 2007-08Sophomore

    Fly/IM