Becca Zimmer

Class:
Senior
High School:
Bethel Park
Hometown:
Bethel Park, Pa.

Zimmer's Top Times
Year	Event	Time
2010-11	200-yard Freestyle	1:50.14
2011-12	500-yard Freestyle	4:53.19
2009-10	200-yard Backstroke	2:02.00

as a Senior (2012-13): Registered first-place finishes in the 200-yard freestyle against Duquesne (Oct. 19) and Cleveland State (Jan. 26) … placed first in the 500-yard freestyle against Ball State (Oct. 27) … recorded a second place time against Duquesne in the 500-yard freestyle … set the squad’s top time of 1:51.67 in the 200-yard freestyle at the MAC Championships … had a season-best time of 5:03.07 in the 500-yard freestyle at the MAC Championships.

as a Junior (2011-12): Swam a personal best 4:53.19 in the prelims of the 500-yard freestyle at the MAC Championships, before finishing fifth in the final ... also clocked a season best 1:50.18 in the prelims of the 200-yard freestyle at the MAC Meet and finished seventh in the final ... placed 14th in the 200-yard backstroke in a season best 2:02.14 at the conference championships ... led-off the second place 400 freestyle relay (3:25.83) at the MAC Meet, while also achoring the seventh place 800 freestyle relay (7:27.27) ... led the team in the 200, 500 and 1000-yard freestyle ... swam a season best 10:32.82 en route to winning the 1000-yard freestyle against Bowling Green (Nov. 18) ... also won the 500 free against the Falcons ... was a double winner in the 500 and 1000 free against Duquesne (Oct. 22) and Ball State (Nov. 5) ... took fifth in the 200 free and sixth in the 500 free at the Zippy Invite (Dec. 2-4).

as a Sophomore (2010-11): Scored in three individual events at the MAC Championships (Feb. 23-26), including seventh place finish in the 200-yard freestyle ... her 200-yard free prelim time of 1:50.14 at the MAC Meet was her personal best ... also scored in the 500-yard free (14th) and 200-yard backstroke (13th) at the conference meet ... swam on three relays at the MAC Meet ... won the 500 and 1,000-yard freestyle against Illinois (Oct. 16) ... was a double winner again in the Duquesne duel (Nov. 12), taking both the 200 and 500-yard freestyle ... finished third in the 200-yard free, fifth in the 500-yard free, and 12th in the 200-yard back at the Zippy Invite (Dec. 3-5) ... took first in the 500-yard free against Bowling Green (Oct. 30) and the 200-yard free at Marshall (Jan. 14).

as a Freshman (2009-10): Placed 10th in the 200-yard backstroke and 11th in the 500-yard freestyle at the MAC Championships (Feb. 24-27) in season best times ... also swam a season best in the 200-yard freestyle at the MAC meet ... recorded her first career victory when she won the 200-yard freestyle against Ball State (Nov. 6) ... finished as the runner-up in four different races ... tallied one relay win ... placed second as a member of the 800-yard freestyle relay at the Zippy Invitational (Dec. 4-6).

at Bethel Park High School: Finished as the WPIAL champion in the 500-yard freestyle all four years ... named Almanac MVP Swimmer of the Year in addition to finishing as a finalist for Female Athlete of the Year in 2009 ... also won the WPIAL title in the 200-yard freestyle two times and finished second two-times ... a 13-time WPIAL medal winner and a 11-time PIAA medal winner ... earned All-American Honors 14 times during her career ... holds a WPIAL record as part of the 400-yard freestyle relay team in 2008.

Personal: Daughter of Tony and Kathy Zimmer ... has two older siblings, Amy and AJ ... father played basketball at Waynesburg College and brother played basketball at Lock Haven University ... enjoys skiing and the outdoors.