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Anna Havens Rice - Swimming & Diving - University of Kentucky Athletics

Anna HavensRice

  • position Butterfly/Breaststroke/IM
  • class Freshman
  • Hometown Greenville, S.C.
  • Major Chemistry
  • High school Greenville High School
BIO

Top Times (SCY):
100 Breaststroke: 1:01.08 (2021 SEC Championships, 2/19/21)
200 Breaststroke: 2:10.21 (2021 SEC Championships, 2/20/21)
200 IM: 1:57.34 (2023 SEC Championships, 2/15/23)
400 IM: 4:09.53 (2021 SEC Championships, 2/19/21)
200 Butterfly: 1:55.86 (2022 SEC Championships, 2/18/22)

Top Times (LCM):
100 Breaststroke: 1:13.05 (Mizuno Atlanta Classic, 5/14/21)
200 Breaststroke: 2:36.56 (Summer Junior Nationals, 8/3/18)
200 IM: 2:17.35 (Mizuno Atlanta Classic, 5/16/21)
400 IM: 4:54.30 (Southern Senior Zone Championships, 07/27/23)

Career Notes:

  • 2023. 2024 CSC Academic All-American Third Team
  • 2023, 2024 CSC Academic All-District
  • 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier
  • 2021 All-America Honorable Mention in 400 Individual Medley
  • 2021, 2022 NCAA qualifier
  • 2022, 2023, 2024 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
  • 2021 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
  • 2024 CSCAA Second-Team Scholar All-America
  • 2021, 2022 CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team
  • Frank G. Ham Society of Character inductee

In the Record Book:

  • No. 5 in 200 fly (2022)
  • No. 6 in 400 IM (2021)
  • No. 7 in 200 IM (2023)
  • No. 10 in 100 breast (2021)

2023-24 (Senior): Made three finals at SEC Championships including an A-final in the 400IM. Placed 11th in the 200 fly (1:56.56) and 13th in the 200 IM (1:58.38) … Was first in 100 fly against Cincinnati (53.63) … Finished second in the 200 fly at Louisville (1:57.60) … Had three second-place finishes against Alabama, taking runner-up in the 100 fly (53.29), 200 fly (1:59.55) and 200 IM (2:00.69) … Made three finals at Tennessee Invitational where top result came in the 400 IM (4:17.09) where she was sixth … Placed second in the 200 fly in season-opening meet vs. Arkansas (2:02.74) … Won the Bob Bradley Scholarship Award and the Booster Club Award at team banquet.

2022-23 (Junior): Reached three finals at the SEC Championships, winning the B-final in the 200 fly (1:56.12), placing 11th in the 400 IM (4:12.18) and 13th in the 200 IM (1:57.34) … Won first in the 500 free vs. Cincinnati (4:58.17) … Had five top-three finishes in dual meets for the season … Swam in four finals at the Ohio State Invitational led by an 11th-place finish in the 400 IM (4:16.10), 14th in the 200 IM (2:00.22), 16th in the 200 fly (1:59.87) and 27th in the 200 breast (2:18.00)… Won Bob Bradley Scholarship Award team banquet.

2021-22 (Sophomore): Won the B-final of the 200 fly (1:55.86) at the SEC Championships, also placing 18th in the 400 IM (4:12.80) and 20th in the 200 IM (1:58.30) … Raced three events at the NCAA Championships with her highest finish being a 35th-place showing in the 200 fly (1:56.47) … Raced to sixth in the 200 fly (1:58.81), 12th in the 400 IM (4:12.76) and 18th in the 200 breast (2:15.94) at the midseason Ohio State Invitational … Posted 10 top-6 finishes throughout the dual meet season … Finished third in the 200 fly (2:03.93) in the season opener with Indiana and Indiana State … Was the runner-up in the 200 breast (2:20.22) against Ohio … Placed fifth in the 200 fly (2:00.96) in a tri-meet with Auburn and NC State … Took third in the 200 fly (2:02.81) in a tilt with Marshall … Had a trio of top-3 finishes against Cincinnati … Won the Bob Bradley Scholarship Award at the program’s annual award banquet.

2020-21 (Freshman): Finished 11th in the 400 IM (4:09.53), 17th in the 200 breast (2:10.21), and 20th in the 100 breast (1:01.08) at the SEC Championships as UK won their first-ever conference title … Qualified for the NCAA Championships, placing 16th in the 400 IM (4:12.79) while also racing the 200 breast (2:10.82) and 200 IM (1:57.48) … Placed sixth in the 400 IM (4:19.09), ninth in the 200 breast (2:14.09), and 14th in the 100 breast (1:03.56) at the Missouri Invitational … Posted five top-5 finishes throughout the dual meet season, including a runner-up showing in the 200 breast in her Wildcat debut against Vanderbilt … Earned the Freshman Award at the program’s annual awards banquet … Named to the SEC First-Year Honor Roll … Named to the CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team.

Prior to UK: Eight-time South Carolina 4A state champion in the 100 breast and 200 IM … Also competed for Team Greenville where she was a U.S. Open qualifier … Won the B-final of the 200 breast at 2019 Juniors East and the 200m IM at 2019 Junior Nationals … USA Swimming Scholastic All-American.

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