The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2023-24 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster
Roster
Erica Sullivan
- Position:
- Distance Free
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Palo Verde / Sandpipers of Nevada
- Hometown:
- Las Vegas, Nev.
- Major:
- Radio-Television Film
- 2020 Olympian
- Olympic silver medalist in the 1,500-meter free
- 2021 10K Open Water United States national champion
- National Runner-up Team (2022, 2023, 2024)
- Seven-time All-American
- 500 free (2022, 2023)
- 1650 free (2022, 2023, 2024)
- 800 free relay (2023, 2024)
- UT record holder: 1,000 free (9:27.99), 1,650 free (15:45.94),
- Three-time Big 12 Team Champion (2022, 2023, 2024)
- Six-time Big 12 Champion (Four-time Individual Champion)
- 500 free (2022, 2023)
- 1650 free (2022, 2023, 2024)
- 800 free relay (2023)
- 2021-22 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year
- 2022 Big 12 Championship Newcomer of the Meet
- Two-time Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (Oct. 20, 2021; Feb. 2, 2022)
2022-23 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team - Three-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Spring 2023)
TOP TIMES (SCY/LCM) - Updated Mar. 19, 2023
200 free: 1:45.72/1:59.99
400 free: 4:06.35/4:06.36
500 free (SCY): 4:34.07
800 free (LCM): 8:24.02
1000 free (SCY): 9:17.32
1500 free (LCM): 15:41.41
1650 free (SCY): 15:23.81
200 back: 1:55.26/2:12.94
400 IM: 4:18.00/4:48.97
AS A JUNIOR (2023-24)
- Placed sixth in the 1650 free (15:54.82) and competed in the 500 free (4:41.51) at the NCAA Championships
- Teamed with Kelly Pash, Erin Gemmell and Olivia Bray to place seventh in the 800 free relay (6:54.68/1:44.56) at the NCAA Championships
- Won gold in the 1650 free (15:52.90), silver in the 500 free (4:40.15) and bronze in the 200 free (1:46.39) at the Big 12 Championship
- Won the 500 free with a pool-record 4:39.17 at SMU
- Joined Brooke Adams, Meghan DiMartile and Campbell Stoll to place third in the 200 free relay (1:33.52/23.38) at SMU
- Won the 1650 free with a swim of 16:08.21 at The Sterkel Classic
- Took second in the 400-meter free in 4:16.72 against TCU
- Won the 1000 free (9:41.59) and placed eighth in the 200 back (2:07.19) at No. 17 Duke
- Teamed with Brooke Adams, Meghan DiMartile and Campbell Stoll to finish sixth in the 200 free relay (1:35.24/23.99) at No. 17 Duke
- Took second in the 500 free with a swim of 4:42.25 at No. 10 NC State
- Was seventh in the 500 free with a time of 4:43.66 (NCAA-B) and finished third in the 1650 free with her time of 16:02.42 (NCAA-B) at the Texas Invitational
- Won the 1000 free with a time of 9:31.77 and the 500 free in 4:42.91 in the wins against Texas A&M and Georgia Tech
- Opened the season in the 1000 free at the Dust Off Your Boots Invitational and finished with a time of 9:44.74
AS A SOPHOMORE (2022-23)
- Won bronze with Kelly Pash, Olivia Bray and Kyla Leibel in the 800 free relay (6:55.55) at the NCAA Championships
- Finished fourth in the 500 free (4:37.28) and fifth in the 1650 free (15:50.27) at the NCAA Championships
- Won gold in the 500 free (4:36.70) and 1650 free (15:49.16) at the Big 12 Championships
- Teamed with Kelly Pash, Kyla Leibel and Erica Sullivan to win gold in the 800 free relay (6:56.49) at the Big 12 Championships
- Won the 500 free (4:35.88) and 1000 free (9:33.66) versus No. 4 NC State
- Joined Grace Cooper, Olivia McMurray and Brooke Adams to finish third in the 400 free relay (3:18.67/49.89 split) versus No. 4 NC State
- Finished second in the 1000 free (9:47.89), eighth in the 200 free (1:50.81) and ninth in the 500 free (4:56.21) against No. 5 Ohio State and No. 6 Alabama
- Teamed with Ava Longi, Emma Sticklen and Grace Cooper to finish third in the 400 free relay (3:21.48/51.41 split) against No. 5 Ohio State and No. 6 Alabama
- Was on the winning 800 relay team with Leibel, Pash and Sticklen that finished with an NCAA A standard time of 6:59.67 at the Minnesota Invitational
- Won the 500 free A final at the Minnesota Invitational with her B standard time of 4:39.26
- Won the 1650 free at the Minnesota Invitational with her time of 15:58.97 (NCAA B)
- On the 10th-place 400 free relay (3:21.89) team at the Minnesota Invitational
- Was second in the 500 free against UVA with a time of 4:46.47 (NCAA-B) and swam the 200 back in 2:02.60
- Won the 1000 free against No. 1 Virginia with a time of 9:51.24
- Began the season with a second-place finish in the 1000 free with a time of 9:49.64 against Indiana and Texas A&M
- Finished seventh in the 500 free with a time of 4:55.40 against Indiana and Texas A&M
AS A FRESHMAN (2021-22)
- Won silver in the 1650 free (15:45.94) and bronze in the 500 free (4:35.92) at the NCAA Championships
- Won gold in the 500 free (4:39.04) and 1650 free (15:58.74), and placed fourth in the 400 IM (4:19.73) at the Big 12 Championships
- Won the 1650 free (15:53.80) against Rice at the Sterkel Classic
- Won the 1000 free (9:40.86) and finished sixth in the 200 IM (2:05.56) at North Carolina
- Won the 1000 free (9:49.25), placed second in the 500 free (4:5.10) and finished sixth in the 200 free (1:51.34) at No. 5 NC State
- Joined Ava Longi, Morgan Brophy and Sydney Silver to place fourth in the 400 free relay at No. 5 NC State
- Finished second in the 1650 free (16:03.49) and sixth in the 500 free (4:43.85) at the Minnesota Invitational
- Teamed with Evie Pfeifer, Emma Sticklen and Olivia McMurray to finish sixth in the 800 free relay (7:04.29) at the Minnesota Invitational
- Placed second in the 1000 free (9:47.39), third in the 500 free (4:48.49) and fourth in the 200 free (1:49.26) at No. 1 Virginia
- Won the 1000 free (9:44.76) and finished second in the 500 free (4:46.25) at No. 21 Texas A&M
- Joined Sydney Silver, Abby Pfeifer and Mary Smutny to place fifth in the 400 free relay (3:30.03) at No. 21 Texas A&M
- Won the 500 free (4:55.05) and 1000 free (9:44.97) and placed fourth in the 200 free (1:58.58) against Incarnate Word
BEFORE TEXAS
Won the Olympic-distance 10K at the 2021 USA Swimming National Open Water Championships ... represented the United States at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics ... won silver in the 1,500-meter free (15:41.41) at the 2020 Olympics ... competed in the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, placing fifth in the 800-meter free, ninth in the 1500-meter free and 14th in the 400-meter free ... won the 5K at the 2017 USA Swimming Junior National Open Water Championships ... finished second in the 1650-yard freestyle at the 2017 AT&T Winter National Championships ... placed fifth in the Crippen Cup 10K at the Open Water Festival ... took third over all and one the junior national championships at the 10 km race at the 2018 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships ... placed eighth th in the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 10 km marathon swim ... finished fifth in the 10 km 18-19 girls race at the FINA Open Water World Junior Swimming Championships .. won the 2018 USA Swimming Open Water Achievement Award ... finished fourth in the 2019 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships ... took fifth in the 25 km race at the 2019 FINA World Championships ... swam club with Sandpipers of Nevada in Las Vegas.
PERSONAL
Daughter of John and Masasko Sullivan ... father swam for the University of Wisconsin ... is fluent in Japanese, can play guitar and is studying to be a filmmaker.
