Grace Swoboda

Photo by: LUKE LU @KL6PHOTO

Photo by: LUKE LU @KL6PHOTO

Position:
Breast/Free
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Mercy High School
Hometown:
La Vista, Neb.

Personal Bests

Event	Time	Opponent
50 Free	23.13	Big 12 Championships (25-26)
100 Free	51.25	Big 12 Duals (25-26)
200 Free	1:52.65	Hawkeye Invite (25-26)
50 Breast	28.08	NICs (25-26)
100 Breast	1:00.18	Big 12 Championships (25-26)
200 Breast	2:11.89	Big 12 Championships (25-26)

Awards & Honors

All-Big 12 Second Team (2025-26)
Big 12 Swimmer of the Week (Feb. 5, 2026)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (F24)
Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team (2024-25)
Academic All-Big 12 Team (2025-26)

2025-26
Continued dominance in the breaststroke events, qualifying for finals at the National Invitational Championships and posting two top three finishes in 50 and 100 breast... broke the school record for the 100 breaststroke (1:00.18) at the Big 12 Championships, finishing fifth overall... posted six all-time top 10 times in the event as a Second Team All-Big 12 honoree... also swam second for the program's record-breaking 400 medley relay (3:39.15) at the Big 12 Championships with Emma Kuhn, Kendall Mallers and Piper Hagen... totaled 251 points on the season, the third best total by a sophomore in program history... posted 49 points at the conference championships, tied for the fifth best mark at a single Big 12 Championship meet... notched four all-time top times in the 200 breaststroke, three of which appear in the top 10... ranks second on the program's all-time top performance list for 200 breast.

2024-25
Raced in the 100 breast at every meet during her rookie season... broke the freshman 100 breast record with a time of 1:01.02, becoming the second-fastest performer in ISU history for the event… holds the second-fastest mark in both the freshman records and the all-time top performer list… competed in the 200 Medley Relay, helping the squad post the second-fastest time in school history at 1:39.96, and tied for the fourth-best time in the 400 Medley Relay.

Prior to Iowa State
High School
State champion in 100 breast in 2024 and runner-up in 100 breast and 50 free in 2023... four-time Nebraska state finalist, placing second in the 50 yard freestyle and the 100 yard breaststroke, sixth in 2022, and eighth back in 2021... four-time Speedo Sectional finalist, placing third in the 50 L breaststroke and fifth in the 100 L breaststroke her senior year... lettered all four years of high school.

Personal
Daughter of Tim and Kelly Swoboda... has one sister, Emily... majoring in mechanical engineering.