University of Miami Athletics

Nancy Gajos

position

Butterfly/im

Class

Junior

Hometown

Mississuga, Ontario

2005-2006: As a junior, captured a second place finish with a time of 2:08.33 in the 200 yard butterfly against FAU…finished with a time of 59:65 for fourth placein the 100 yard butterfly against FAU…came in 11th place at the Georgia Tech Invitational in the 100 yard butterfly finishing at 58:42 in the finals…clocked in at 2:07.29 fora 10th place finishin the 200 butterfly in the final of the Georgia Tech Invitational along with 10th place finish in the preliminaries finishing with a time of 2:08.70…turned in a time of 2:17.67 in the 200 yard backstroke versus FAU for sixth place…in the 200 yard IM, finished with a time of 2:13.37 at the Georgia Tech Invitational in the preliminary round…in the final round of the 200 yard butterfly, she clocked in a time of 2:07.29 to capture tenth place at the Georgia Tech Invitational.

2004-05:Hurricanes top performer in the 100 and 200-yard butterfly… swept the butterfly events against Florida Atlantic…placed first in the 100-yard butterfly and second in the 200-yard butterfly against Virginia…placed first in the 100-yard butterfly in the Houston/Texas A&M tri-meet…won the 200-yard butterfly against Virginia Tech…won the 100-yard butterfly against FIU/Florida A&M/New Orleans…placed 12th in the finals of the 2100-yard butterfly at the ACC Championships…was the 2004-2005 second fastest performer in 100-yard freestyle with a time of 53.47 as a leadoff split in the 400-yard freestyle relay at the ACC championships…swam the second fastest 200-yard IM for the hurricanes in 2004-05 in the ACC championships…named to the ACC All-Academic Honor Roll.

2003-04: Emerged as one of the Hurricanes most dominant swimmers in 2003-04, in particular in the 100 and 200-yard butterfly, recording the fastest time of any Miami swimmer in 2004 in each event…finished second in the 100-yard butterfly at the Minnesota Invitational with a time of 55.54…touched in with a time of 2:03.10 in the prelims of the 200-yard butterfly before going on to finish sixth in the finals of the BIG EAST Championships with a time of 2:03.30…recorded a first-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly against South Carolina…swam the second-fastest time of any Hurricane swimmer in 2003-04 in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:54.73 at the Minnesota Invitational…competed at the 2004 Canadian Olympic Swimming Trials in the 100 and 200 butterfly.Prep: Swam for Etobicoke swim club…best times included 2:15.79 in the 200 butterfly (meters), 1:02.51 in the 100 butterfly (meters), and 4:59.89 in the 400 IM (meters)…placed sixth in the Canadian Nationals in the 200 butterfly.

Personal: Chose Miami because of the weather and people…enjoys reading, spending time with family and friends, watching movies, and playing sports (especially wrestling)…honor roll selection every year in prep school…favorite athlete is Elizabeth Warder.