Claire Newman

Class:
Graduate Student
Position:
Freestyle
Height:
5-8
Hometown:
Freeland, Mich.
High School:
Dow

At Michigan
• Five-time Big Ten Champion (2022: 200-Yard Freestyle Relay, 400-Yard Freestyle Relay; 2024: 400-Yard Freestyle Relay; 2025: 200-Yard Freestyle Relay, 400-Yard Freestyle Relay)
• All-Big Ten First Team (2022, 2024-25)
• All-Big Ten Second Team (2021)
• Six-time CSCAA All-American (2022: 400-yard Freestyle Relay, 200-yard Freestyle Relay; 2024: 200-Yard Freestyle Relay, 400-Yard Freestyle Relay; 2025: 200-Yard Freestyle Relay, 400-Yard Freestyle Relay)
• Big Ten Sportsmanship Award (2024)
• CSCAA All-America Second Team (2021: 200-yard Freestyle Relay; 2023: 200-Yard Freestyle Relay, 400-Yard Freestyle Relay)
• CSCAA Scholar All-American (2023)
• Four-time Academic All-Big Ten (2022-25)

Graduate Student (2024-25)
• NCAA Division I Women's Championship (Mar. 19-21): Placed 29th in 50 Free prelims (22.11), 42nd in 100 Free prelims (48.57)
• B1G Conference Championships (Feb. 19-22): Placed 9th and PB in 50 Free (21.99), 13th in 100 Free (48.47), 21st in 100 Breast (1:01.07)
• Miami (Ohio) (Feb. 1): Placed 1st in 100 Breast (1:01.15)
• Ohio State (Jan. 18): Placed 3rd in 50 Free (22.91), 4th in 100 Free (50.03)
• Indiana (Jan. 10): Placed 5th in 100 Free (49.25), 6th in 100 Breast (1:01.46)
• Georgia Tech Invitational (Nov. 22-24): Placed 1st in 200Y Free Relay (1:27.21), 3rd in 50Y Free (22.20), 6th in 100Y Breast (100.82), 3rd and PB in 100Y Free (48.03), 1st in 400Y Free Relay (3:11.09), PB in 50Y Breast (28.25)
• Oakland (Nov. 8): Placed 4th in 200Y Free (1:53.75)
• Notre Dame/ Wisconsin (Oct. 18-19): Placed 2nd in 100Y Free (49.77) and 4th in 50Y Free (22.87)

Senior (2023-2024)
• NCAA Division I Women's Championships (Mar. 20-Mar. 23): Competed in the 200-Yard Freestyle Relay (21.66) and the 400-Yard Freestyle Relay (47.75).
• Big Ten Women's Championships (Feb. 21-Feb. 24): Placed 7th in the 50-Yard Freestyle (22.26), 10th in the 100-Yard Freestyle (48.76), and 9th in the 200-Yard Freestyle (1:45.96).
• Ohio State (Jan. 20): Placed 3rd in the 50-Yard Freestyle (22.80) and 5th in the 100-Yard Freestyle (50.18).
• Indiana (Jan. 19): Placed 5th in the 50-Yard Freestyle (22.99) and 4th in the 100-Yard Freestyle (50.13).
• Georgia Invitational (Nov. 16-18): Placed 2nd in the 50-Yard Freestyle (22.10), 5th in the 100-Yard Freestyle (48.48).
• UW-Madison (Oct. 20-21): Placed 3rd in the 50-Yard Freestyle (23.04).

Junior (2022-23)
NCAA Championships (March 15-18): Was apart of the 200 free relay team that finished 15th and the 400 free relay team that finished 15th.
• Boiler-Make-It Qualification (March 4-5): Finished 1st in the 50-yard Freestyle (22.40) and 5th in the 100-yard Freestyle (58.18).
• Big Ten Championships (Feb. 15-18): Finished 12th in the 50-yard Freestyle (22.47), 16th in the 200-yard Freestyle (1:47.66) and 16th in the 100-yard Freestyle (49.63).
• Wisconsin/Pittsburgh (Jan. 28): Finished 3rd in the 100-yard Freestyle Timed Finals (51.02) and 4th in the 50-yard Freestyle Timed Finals (23.30).
• Ohio State (Jan. 21): Finished 4th in the 100-yard Freestyle Timed Finals (51.27) and 5th in the 50-yard Freestyle Timed Finals (23.33).
• Tennessee Invite (Nov. 17-20): Finished 9th in the 100-yard Freestyle (48.99), 12th in the 50-yard Freestyle (22.75) and 19th in the 200-yard Freestyle (1:48.42).
• Northwestern (Nov. 5): Finished 2nd in the 50-yard Freestyle Timed Finals (23.17) and 4th in the 100-yard Freestyle Timed Finals (50.63).
• Eastern Michigan/Ohio/Purdue (Nov. 4): Finished 2nd in the 100-yard Breaststroke Timed Finals (1:04:80) and 6th in the 100-yard Butterfly Timed Finals (57.68).
• SMU Classic (Oct. 7-8): Finished 8th in the 100-yard Freestyle Timed Finals (49.82) and 9th in the 50-yard Freestyle Timed Finals (22.90).

Sophomore (2021-22)
• NCAA Championships (Mar. 16-19): Finished 46th in the 50-yard Freestyle (22.48) and 36th in the 100-yard Freestyle (48.70).
• Big Ten Championships (Feb. 16-19): Finished 8th in the 50-yard Freestyle (22.24), 10th in the 100-yard Freestyle (48.46) and 16th in the 200-yard Freestyle (1:47.75).
• Ohio State (Jan. 28): Finished 5th in the 50-yard Freestyle (23.21) and 5th in the 100-yard Freestyle (50.53).
• Wisconsin/Minnesota (Jan. 15): Finished 3rd in the 50-yard Freestyle (23.14) and 3rd in the 100-yard Freestyle (50.33).
• Minnesota Invitational (Dec. 1-4): Finished 8th in the 50-yard Freestyle (22.56) and 3rd in the 100-yard Freestyle (48.52).
• Grand Valley (Nov. 6): Finished 4th in the 200-yard Freestyle (1:54.33).
• Purdue/Missouri (Nov. 5): Finished 4th in the 50-yard Freestyle (22.62) and 2nd in the 100-yard Freestyle (49.30).
• Oakland (Oct. 9): Finished 1st in the 50-yard Freestyle and 1st in the 100-yard Freestyle (51.25).

Freshman (2020-21)
• CSCAA All-America Honorable Mention (200-yard Freestyle Relay)
• All-Big Ten (Second Team)
• NCAA Championships (March 17-20): Swam leg on 200-yard Freestyle Relay.
• Big Ten Championships (Feb. 23-27): Tied for 23rd in the 100-yard Freestyle (50.33), finished 27th in the 50-yard Freestyle (23.27) and 50th in the 200-yard Freestyle (1:52.00).
• Michigan State/Rutgers (Jan. 23): Swam the 100-yard Freestyle (51.65) and 200-yard Freestyle (1:55.52).
• Indiana/Northwestern (Jan. 16): Finished 7th in the 50-yard Freestyle (23.69) and 8th in the 100-yard Freestyle (51.85).

Prep
• High School: H.H. Dow
• Two-time MHSAA D-II Women's Swimmer of the Year (2018, 2019)
• Dow H.S. Female Athlete of the Year (2020)
• Four-time Saginaw Valley League Female Swimmer of the Year (2016-19)
• Two-time Academic All-American (2018-2019)
• Three-time All-American (2018-20)

Club/International
• Club: Midland Dolphins

Personal
• Full Name: Claire Elyse Newman
• Birthday: July 26, 2002
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts
• Major: Environment

Career Bests

Event	Time	Date
50-yard Freestyle	21.99	2/20/2025
100-yard Freestyle	48.03	11/24/2024
200-yard Freestyle	1:45.96	2/23/2024
100-yard Breaststroke	1:00.71	2/21/2025
100-yard Butterfly	54.80	12/1/2021