2023-24 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster
Lilia Newkirk
- Position:
- Backstroke
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Reitz Memorial
- Hometown:
- Evansville, Ind.
Career Honors
- Academic All-MAC Team (2023, 2024 & 2025)
Seven Appearances in Top 10 Times in Ball State S&D History
- No. 5 in program history in the 100 backstroke (54.83)
- No. 4 in program history in the 200 backstroke (2:00.03) and 200 medley relay (1:40.12)
- No. 1 in program history in the 200 medley relay (1:39.56)
- No. 9 in program history in the 200 medley relay (1:41.70) and 400 medley relay (3:43.39)
- No. 7 in program history in the 400 medley relay (3:43.39)
2024-25: Senior
- Named to Academic All-MAC Team.
- Captured two individual event wins and two relay wins.
- Member of the 200 medley relay team that combined for the fastest time in program history (1:39.56) at the MAC Championships (Feb. 26), placing fourth.
- Swam her season-best time in the 100 backstroke (55.48) during prelims at the MAC Championships (Feb. 28), advancing to the B Final.
- Earned her season-best time in the 200 backstroke (2:01.87) versus Indiana State and Butler (Feb. 7).
2023-24: Junior
- Named to the Academic All-MAC Team.
- Captured three individual event wins and five relay wins.
- Member of the 200 medley relay team that captured the third-best time in program history (1:40.12) at the MAC Championships (Feb. 28).
- Part of the 400 medley relay team that swam the fifth-best time in program history (3:43.39) at the MAC Championships (Feb. 29).
- Swam the fifth-best time in program history in the 100 backstroke (54.83) at the MAC Championships (March 1), earning the 14th-best time in the Mid-American Conference that season.
- Recorded the third-best time in program history in the 200 backstroke (2:00.03) at the MAC Championships (March 2), earning the 14th-best time in the Mid-American Conference that season.
2022-23: Sophomore
- Named to the Academic All-MAC Team.
- Qualified for the B Final at the MAC Championships in the 200 backstroke (2:00.11), finishing 11th overall.
- Qualified for the B Final at the MAC Championships in the 100 backstroke (55:74), finishing 16th overall.
- Captured the win in the 100 backstroke (58.82) versus Bellarmine (Jan. 28).
- Won 400 Medley Relay (3:50.36) at IUPUI (Nov. 11) and at Butler (Jan. 29) (3:52.96).
- Swam her career-best 100 backstroke (55.44), 200 backstroke (2:00.11) and 100 butterfly (57.21) at the MAC Championships.
- Qualified for the B Final at the MAC Championships in the 200 backstroke (2:00.38), finishing 11th overall.
- Placed 17th overall in the 100 backstroke (55.88) and 25th in the 100 butterfly (57.85) at the MAC Championships.
- Captured the win in the 100 backstroke (57.77) versus Eastern Illinois.
- Finished second at the Indiana Intercollegiate in the 100 backstroke (57.46).
- Won both the 100 backstroke (57.47) and 200 backstroke (2:05.05) versus Toledo.
