2024-25 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Claire Michalik

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Riverside, Conn.
  • High School Greenwich Academy

Biography

2024-25:
  • Placed second in the 200 fly (2:06.84) and 200 IM (2:10.33) against UMass
  • Placed fifth in the 50 fly (24.74) against Harvard, Princeton
  • Had season-bests in the 50 fly (25.81), 100 fly (55.34), and 200 IM (2:05.91) at the Ivy League Championships

2023-24:
  • Finished 17th in the 200 butterfly, 21st in the 100 butterfly, and 31st in the 200 IM at the Ivy League Championships.
  • Finished 8th in the 200 butterfly at the HYP meet.
  • Finished 4th in both the 100 and 200 butterfly against George Washington.
  • Finished 4th in both the 100 and 200 butterfly against Cornell.
  • Finished 5th in both the 100 and 200 butterfly against Penn and Dartmouth.
  • Finished 5th in the 200 butterfly and 6th in the 100 butterfly at Brown.
  • Finished 3rd in the 200 butterfly at UMass. 
2022-23:
  • Placed second in the 200 individual medley and third in the 200 butterfly versus UMass
  • Placed sixth in the 100 butterfly versus Brown
  • Placed second in the 500 freestyle and in the 400 individual medley versus Southern Connecticut 
  • Placed seventh in the 200 butterfly in the HYP meet
  • Placed fifth in the 100 butterfly and sixth in the 200 butterfly in the Penn-Dartmouth meet
  • Placed sixth in the 100 butterfly versus Cornell
2021-22:
  • Placed sixth in the 100 backstroke and in the 100 butterfly versus Columbia
  • Placed sixth in the 100 and 200 butterfly versus Brown
  • Placed ninth in the 100 and 200 butterfly in the Penn-Dartmouth meet
  • Won the 200 butterfly and placed fourth in the 100 butterfly versus Southern Connecticut
  • Placed third in the 200 butterfly and fourth in the 200 backstroke versus Cornell
  • Placed seventh in the 200 butterfly and tenth in the 100 butterfly in the HYP meet
Before Yale:
  • Three-time NISCA All-America selection at Greenwich Academy
  • Seven-time NEPSAC champion
  • Set school record in 200 IM and 200 freestyle
  • Earned All-FAA honors 14 times
  • Team captain
  • Three-time Connecticut Scholar Athlete
  • Helped lead Greenwich Academy to four NEPSAC titles
  • Swam for YMCA of Greenwich Marlins, the 2021 sectional champions.
Personal: Greenwich Academy valedictorian… Served on the Board of CT swimming as Senior Athlete Representative (2019-2021)… Volunteered as a swim instructor to teach local underprivileged students how to swim… Mom ran track at Yale, dad and uncle played football at Yale.
 
Why Yale: “Because it gave me the opportunity to further both my academic and athletic careers at the highest level. When I visited campus on my recruiting trip, I was immediately impressed with the level of success, passion, and energy that each individual brought to the community, and I knew these were the people I wanted to surround myself with during my college experience. Boola Boola!”

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22First Year

    Fly, IM, Free
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Fly, IM, Free
  • 2023-24Junior

    Fly, IM, Free
  • 2024-25Senior

    Fly, IM, Free