Noah Nichols

Breaststroke/IM

Position

Junior

Class

Midlothian, Va.

Hometown

Steward School

High School

All-America
2022: 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay
2021: 100 Breast, 400 Medley Relay

All-ACC
2021: 100 Breast

Virginia Career Bests
100 Breast: 51.03 (All-time at UVA)
100 Fly: 50.63
200 Breast: 1:52.98 (2nd all-time at UVA)
200 IM: 1:45.66
200 Free: 1:41.10

2022-23
• Won the 100 breast, setting a a meet and conference record at ACC Championships
• Won the 100 breast at the Cavalier Invite
• Won the 200 breast and placed second in the 100 breast against NC State and North Carolina
• Won the 100 breast against Virginia Tech
• Swam second leg of the 200 medley relay placing first against Virginia Tech
• Placed second in the 200 IM at the Tennessee Invitational
• Won the 100 breast at the Tennessee Invitational
• Placed second in the 200 breast at the Tennessee Invitational
• Won the 200 breast against Texas
• Won the 100 breast and 200 breast against Florida

2021-22
• Swam breaststroke leg of 200 medley relay finishing 11th at NCAA Championships
• Finished fifth in the 100 breast, ninth in 200 breast and 18th in 200 IM with season-best times at the ACC Championships
• Won the 200 medley relay and placed second in the 200 breast at Cal
• Finished third in the 100 fly vs. Army
• Was second in the 200 breast and 400 medley relay vs. Texas
• Second in the 400 medley relay and third in the 200 breast at the Tennessee Invitational
• Won a silver medal in the 100 breast at the 2021 Toyota U.S. Open Championships
• Won the 400 medley relay, 100 breast and 200 breast against North Carolina
• Won the 100 and 200 breast vs. NC State

2020-21
• Earned All-America honors with the 400-yard medley relay that finished ninth and set a school record at the NCAA Championships
• Finished 14th in the 100-yard breaststroke and 29th in the 200-yard breaststroke at NCAA Championships
• Earned All-ACC honors with a second-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke, also finished fifth in the 200-yard breaststroke and 19th in the 200-yard IM at the ACC Championships
• Swam breaststroke leg of the 400-yard medley relay that finished fourth at ACCs
• Recorded a time of 1:56.91 in the 200 breast and 1:49.12 in the 200 IM in the team’s double dual meet against Alabama and Tennessee

Background
• Named Poseidon Swimming’s Swimmer of the Year seven times
• Named Steward School’s MVP four times
• Two-time high school All-American
• Three-time team captain for Steward School

Personal
• Undeclared
• Son of Lara Nichols and Prescott Nichols
• Has one sister, Kendall
• National Honors Society member
• Member of high school entrepreneurship program