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Victoria Kwan

  • position Butterfly/IM
  • class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Richmond Hill, Ontario
  • High school Bill Crothers Secondary School
  • Major Educations Psychology
  • position Butterfly/IM
  • class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Richmond Hill, Ontario
  • High school Bill Crothers Secondary School
  • Major Educations Psychology

Victoria Kwan Bio

Kwan’s Top Times
Event Time Date Meet Location
100 Freestyle 49.75 1/7/23 vs. UNCW Columbia, SC
200 Freestyle 1:48.92 10/15/22 at Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL
500 Freestyle 4:57.84 11/4/22 at Duke Durham, NC
100 Butterfly 2:01.84 9/23/22 vs. Army Columbia, SC
200 Butterfly 1:57.07p 3/18/23 NCAA Championships Knoxville, TN
200 IM 1:55.78p 2/25/23 UGA Last Chance Meet Athens, GA
400 IM 4:07.46p 2/26/23 UGA Last Chance Meet Athens, GA

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

AWARDS/HONORS

  • CSC Academic All-District (2023)

IN THE RECORD BOOK

  • 8th – 100 free
  • 7th – 200 fly
  • 2nd – 200 IM
  • 2nd – 400 IM
  • 2nd – 800 free relay
  • 7th – 400 medley relay

2022-23 (GRADUTAE)

  • Began her career as a Gamecocks with individual wins in the 200 fly and 200 IM at the season-opener versus Army
  • Throughout the regular season, earned a total of eight individual event wins in five different events and consistently placed in the top-3 of all individual events that she competed in
  • Won the 100 free during the only time that she competed in the event as a Gamecock (vs. UNCW – 49.75)
  • Put up a strong performance at the Gamecock Invitational, placing second in the 200 fly and winning both the 200 and 400 IM’s
  • At the SEC Championships, made the finals of all three individual event that she competed in (200 fly, 200 IM, and 400 IM)
  • At the SEC Championships, placed 14th in the 200 fly, 7th in the 200 IM, and 12th in the 400 IM
  • Qualified for the NCAA Championships where she competed in the 200 fly (39th), 200 IM (23rd), and 400 IM (17th)
  • During her lone season in the Garnet & Black, made entries in six different events into the program’s all-time top-ten, highlighted by being the program’s second fastest swimmer in both the 200 and 400 IM events

PRE-SOUTH CAROLINA

  • Swam for four years at the University of Michigan
  • Was the 2022 Big Ten Women’s Swimming & Diving Sportsmanship Award Honoree
  • Two-time CSCAA All-American in 2020 (200 fly and 400 IM)
  • All-Big Ten Second Team in 2020 in the 200 fly
  • CSCAA Scholar All-American in 2020 and Honorable Mention in 2019
  • Two-time Academic All-Big Ten in 2020 and 2021

PRE-COLLEGE

  • Swam for Bill Crothers Secondary School in Ontario, Canada.
  • Swam club for the Etobicoke Swim Club under coach Robert Novak.
  • Was a member of the Canadian Junior National Team and Senior National Team.
  • Finished 13th in the 400 meter IM at the 2019 World University Games
  • Was a top-8 finalist in the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Trials
  • Attended the 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, the 2017 World Junior Championships, and both the 2017 and 2018 Mel Zajac International

PERSONAL

  • Educational Psychology major pursuing a masters degree
  • Daughter to Ophelia Ko and Andrew Kwan, sister to Zachary and Michaela
  • Favorite foods are sushi, bubble tea, bagels, pasta, and desserts
  • Hobbies include reading, sudoku, journaling, and trying new brunch places
  • Hopes to one day be an elementary school teacher