University of Arizona Athletics

Honors and Awards:

• 2024-25: All-Big 12 First Team
• 2024-25: CSCAA All-America Second Team

2024-25: Placed 10th at NCAA Championships in 200 free relay (1:27.04)...NCAA Qualifier in the 200 free relay...Big 12 Championships three-time individual finalist in the 100 free (2nd, 48.77, NCAA B Cut), 50 free (6th, 22.28, NCAA B Cut) and 200 free (15th, 1:48.71)...First place and NCAA A Cut 200 free relay at Big 12 Championships (1:26.92)...Swam three personal bests at Big 12 Championships in the 50 free, 100 free and 200 free

2023-24: Two season bests at the Pac-12 Championships in the 100 free (50.38) and 200 free (1:50.76). 

2022-23: Three personal bests at the Minnesota Invitational in the 50 free (22.86), 100 free (50.20) and 200 free (1:49.93).

Before Arizona: Prepped at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California... Lettered four years in swimming under coaches Krista Botton and Jim Klipfel... All-conference Foothill League Champion... All-America 50 free, 100 free 2021, 50 free, 200 free relay 2022... CIF D2 champion junior and senior year... 2022 S.A.M.M.Y award for Saugus student-athletes... Also swam for Paseo Aquatics club for five years under coach Chris Dahowski and Canyons Aquatics for two years under coach Kevin Neilsen.   

Personal: Riley Botton, daughter of Douglas and Krista Botton... One older sister, Dakota... Chose Arizona because “I was drawn to the team spirit and dynamic of the swim team. The coaches of the team were inviting and created an environment that I believed would help me reach my athletic potential while also fostering good sportsmanship and fun.”