Skip to main content
Partner logo
Mobile Icon Link Mobile Icon Link Mobile Icon Link Gamecocks+

Ana Menendez-Nava

  • position Breaststroke
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Pola de Siero, Spain
  • High school IES Escultor Juan De Villanueva
  • position Breaststroke
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Pola de Siero, Spain
  • High school IES Escultor Juan De Villanueva

Ana Menendez-Nava Bio

MENENDEZ-NAVA’S TOP TIMES
Event Time Date Meet Location
50 Freestyle 24.62 2/19/20 SEC Championships Auburn, Ala.
100 Breaststroke 1:01.80p 2/21/20 SEC Championships Auburn, Ala.
200 Breaststroke 2:15.67p 2/18/18 SEC Championships College Station, Texas
100 Backstroke    1:05.34 10/25/19 at NC State Raleigh, N.C.
200 Backstroke 2:23.87 10/25/19 at NC State Raleigh, N.C.
100 Butterfly 58.60p 2/16/17 SEC Championships Knoxville, Tenn.
200 IM 2:07.69 2/1/19 Virginia Tech Invite Blacksburg, Va.

! = School Record  |  t = Time Trial  |  # = Leadoff Split/Split | p – Prelims


AWARDS/ HONORS

  • CSCAA Scholar All-American (2018)
  • 4x SEC Academic Honor Roll (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)

IN THE RECORD BOOK

  • 8th — 100 breaststroke
  • 10th — 200 breaststroke
  • 3rd — 200 medley relay
  • 7th — 400 medley relay


2019-20 (SENIOR)

  • Finished her Gamecock career by making her first career final at SECs, reaching the C-final of the 100 breast
  • Took home back-to-back wins in the 100 breast against Georgia Tech and at the SC College Invite
  • Set a new personal record in the 50 freestyle at SECs, swimming a 24.62 in prelims


2018-19 (JUNIOR)

  • Won the 100 breast at the SC College Invite with a 1:03.29
  • Swam a season-best 1:03.09 to finish second in the 100 breast at the Virginia Tech Invite
  • Posted a season-best 1:18.18t at the Virginia Tech Invite
  • Had nine top-eight races between the two breaststroke events in her third season at Carolina

 
2017-18 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Finished 33rd and 35th in the 100 and 200 breaststroke events, respectively, at the SEC Championships
  • Won the 200 breaststroke (2:16.56) in the SC College Invite
  • Had three top-five finishes during the regular season in the 200 breaststroke
  • Tallied six top-five finishes in the 100 breast with a season-best second-place finish in the SC College Invite
  • Placed seventh at the CSCAA Invite in the 200 breast (2:15.95)
  • Had 16 total top-10 finishes during the season between the 100 and 200 breaststroke
  • Member of 200 medley relay team that finished second (1:40.49) at the CSCAA Invite


2016-17 (FRESHMAN)

  • Finished 27th in the 100 breaststroke (1:02.96), 34th in the 200 breaststroke (2:16.62) and 51st in the 100 butterfly (58.60) at the SEC Championships
  • Swam in three events as a freshman (100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke, 100 butterfly)
  • Tallied eight top-10 finishes throughout the regular season
  • Took a season-best third in the 100 breaststroke at three dual meets – Kentucky, Arkansas and Tennessee


PRE-COLLEGE

  • Graduated from IES Escultor Juan De Villanueva
  • Member of Real Grupo de Culture Covadonga