Elle Niebuhr

Photo by: Christopher Mitchell

Photo by: Christopher Mitchell

Class:
Senior
High School:
Minneapolis Southwest HS
Hometown:
Minneapolis, Minn.

PRONUNCIATION

Career Honors and Awards

Named Most Improved at 2021 team banquet
3x Academic All-Big Ten honoree (2022-24)

2023-24 Senior Season: Academic All-Big Ten honoree... Purdue/Iowa/Northwestern Quad-Dual: finished ninth in the 500 free (4:46.80) and 14th in the 200 free (1:52.42)... Pitt Dual: captured sixth in the 200 free (1:54.83) and seventh in the 100 fly (1:00.85)... Tampa Dual: placed third in the 500 free (5:10.97), fourth in the 200 free (1:57.50) and 12th in the 50 free (25.98)... Minnesota Invite: finished 11th in the 1650 free (17:26.52), 19th in the 500 free (4:58.82) and 24th in the 200 free (1:53.38)... Wisconsin Dual: got eighth in the 200 free (1:58.53)... St. Thomas/South Dakota State Dual: placed third in the 500 free (5:11.09) and ninth in the 50 free (25.47)... SMU Dual: earned eighth in the 100 fly with a time of 1:01.46... Nebraska/South Dakota Tri-Dual: came in eighth in the 500 free (5:10.13) and ninth in the 200 free (1:56.59)

2022-23 Junior Season: Academic All-Big Ten honoree ... First Chance Meet: earned third in the 50 free (24.34) and 200 free (1:52.61), and fourth in the 100 free (51.77) and 500 free (4:57.79) ... Minnesota Invite: came in 29th in the 400 IM finals (4:31.16), 40th in the 500 free prelims (5:01.72), 42nd in the 100 free prelims (52.18) and 47th in the 200 free prelims (1:55.45); also part of the 200 free relay that came in 18th (1:36.13) ... Iowa Dual: placed fifth in the 50 free (25.10) and 500 free (5:08.98); also part of the 400 free relay that placed fourth (3:35.84) ... Wisconsin Dual: claimed sixth in the 200 fly (2:10.12) and eighth in the 200 free (1:57.13); also part of the 400 free relay that claimed fourth (3:37.29) and the 200 medley relay that was fifth (1:45.44) ... St. Thomas/South Dakota State Tri-Dual: took fourth in the 100 free (53.29) and fifth in the 50 free (24.68); also part of the 200 medley relay that took eighth (1:52.20) and swam the 400 free relay in an exhibition (3:35.41) ... SMU Dual: finished fifth in the 200 free (1:56.07) and 200 fly (2:11.37); also part of the 400 medley relay that finished fourth (3:56.28) and the 200 free relay (1:39.52) and 400 free relay (3:32.96) that were both fifth ... Nebraska/South Dakota Tri-Dual: placed fourth in the 200 fly (2:12.45) and swam the 500 free (5:16.48) and 400 free relay (3:38.76) in exhibitions

2021-22 Sophomore Season: Placed fourth in the 100 free (51.95) and 500 free (4:59.72) at the Minnesota First Chance Meet • came in seventh in the 200 fly (2:05.91) in a tri-dual against Northwestern and Iowa; also helped an 800 free relay to fifth (7:31.97) and a 400 free relay to a sixth-place finish (3:26.74) • finished 11th in the 200 fly (2:09.60) and helped a 400 free relay team to eighth (3:29.86) in a tri-dual versus Wisconsin and Michigan • at the Minnesota Invite, took 25th in the 1650 free (17:34.75), 31st in the 200 fly prelims (2:07.23), 37th in the 500 free finals (4:54.97) and 52nd in the 200 free prelims (1:52.55) · touched sixth in the 400 free relay (3:42.52) and eighth in the 200 fly (2:08.68) against Wisconsin · finished second in the 1000 free (10:44.43) versus St. Thomas · placed sixth in the 200 fly (2:08.70) against Nebraska · took third in the 200 fly (2:10.11) at Iowa • Academic All-Big Ten honoree

2020-21 Freshman Season: Touched 43rd in the 200 free (1:50.92) and 45th in the 500 free (4:56.70) at the 2021 Big Ten Championships · finished seventh in the 500 free (4:58.86) at the Iowa/Nebraska tri-dual · named “Most Improved” by team at the end-of-season team award banquet.

High School: A 2020 graduate of Minneapolis Southwest H.S. · finished in fourth in the 200 fly at the 2020 Minnesota Senior State Championships · bronze-medalist in the 500 free at the MSHSL Girls Class AA State Championships · three-time All-Conference & four time All-State honoree · Minneapolis City Conference record holder in the 500 free, 200 medley relay, 200 free relay & 400 free relay · holds six team records in the 200 free, 200 IM, 500 free, 200 medley relay, 200 free relay & 400 free relay · six-time letterwinner for swimming.

Personal: Native of Minneapolis, Minn. · also competed for the Edina Swim Club · parents are Leigh and Jess Niebuhr · lists favorite sports moment as the USA hockey team defeating the USSR at the 1980 Winter Olympics · hobbies include traveling, reading & showing off her “amazing dance moves.”