Monika Gonzalez-Hermosillo Season 2017-18

Top Times:

• 100 Free: 51.66
• 200 Free: 1:49.28
• 1000 Free: 10:08.62
• 100 Back: 56.12
• 200 Back: 2:03.57
• 100 Breast: 1:03.15
• 200 Breast: 2:11.81
• 100 Fly: 56.41
• 200 IM: 1:55.82
• 400 IM: 4:05.55

2018-19 (Senior):

• Finished third in the 200-yard freestyle at Alabama (1:50.58)
• Won the 1,000-yard freestyle against Rice and TCU(10:08.62)
• Notched a victory in the 100-yard backstroke against SMU (56.12)
• Came in first in the 200-yard IM against LSU (2:01.69)
• Collected six B-cuts with two in the 200 breast, along with a new career-best time (2:11.81), two in the 200 IM with a new career-best (1:55.82) and two in the 400 IM along with a bronze medal with a new lifetime-best (4:05.55) at the SEC Championship (4:05.55)
• Named to the winter SEC Academic Honor Roll
• CSCAA Scholar All-America - First Team

2017-18 (Junior):

• Represented Mexico at Central American and Caribbean Games over the summer in Barranquilla, Colombia … won 4 gold medals (200 IM 4x1 free, 4x1 mixed free, 4x2 free) and a bronze (400 IM)
• Saw action in the 2018 NCAA Division 1 Women’s Championships swimming in the 200 Breast, 200 and 400 IM
• Scored in 3 races at SEC Championships, including 400 IM (12th, 4:09.34), 200 IM (14th, 1:57.22) and 200 breast (19th, 2:12.53)
• Touched the wall first earning victories in the 400 IM against Missouri (4:16.69), and a dual meet against Michigan State and Notre Dame (4:15.23)

 
2016-17 (Sophomore):

• Earned honorable mention All-America honors in the 400 IM with a 15th place finish at the NCAA Championships
• Also saw action in the 200 IM and 200 breast at the national meet
• At SECs, Gonzalez-Hermosillo placed sixth in the 200 IM, sixth in the 400 IM and and 18th in the 200 breast
• Posted season bests of 2:11.50 in the 200 breast, 1:56.50 in the 200 IM and 4:07.59 in the 400 IM

 
2015-16 (Freshman):

• Competing for Penn State, Gonzalez-Hermosillo was the team leader in the 400 IM and also ranked in the top three in the 200 IM, 200 fly and 200 breast
• Had NCAA B cuts in the 200 and 400 IM and the 200 breast
• At the Big Ten Championships, Gonzalez-Hermosillo was 12th in the 400 IM and 15th in the 200 IM

 
High School / Club:

• Swam for German School Alexander von Humboldt in Mexico City and was coached by Carlos Aldama
• Competed in the Mexican National Championships
• Placed second in qualifier for the 2015 Pan American Games.

 
Personal

• Monika
• Born Oct. 27, 1995 in Mexico City, Mexico
• An uncle, Dieter Holtz, swam at Florida State
• Member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee at Texas A&M
• Chose Texas A&M because “

 
Up Close:
Favorite TV Show: Grey’s Anatomy
What do you drive? Jeep Compass
Favorite Movie: Pretty Woman
What I’m Currently Reading: The Rise And Fall Of Nations
Favorite City to Visit: Cities with a lot of history
Favorite Athlete in Another Sport: Roger Federer
Pre-Competition Music: Reggaeton
Something about me that most people don’t know: I speak fluent English, Spanish and German
Favorite Tradition at Texas A&M: Aggie Ring
 
Describe in one word:
Coach Bultman: Experienced
Coach Jamison: Empowering