2025-26 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Cory Eads
Cory Eads
Cory Eads

Mary Flikkema

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Freshman
  • Highschool Cedar Falls
  • Hometown Cedar Falls, Iowa
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Career Top Times

2025-26: CSCAA Second-Team All-America (200-medley relay, 400-medley relay, 100-back, 200-free relay) ... First-Team All-RMAC (400-medley relay, 100-back) ... Second-Team All-RMAC (200-medley relay) ... Qualified for the NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships as a true freshman in the 100-back with legs on the 200-medley relay and 400-medley relay ... Finished 11th in the nation in the 200-medley relay in her NCAA Championship debut, helping the Orediggers post a program-record time of 1:42.10 ... Helped Mines take 12th in all of DII in the 400-medley relay with a combined time of 3:44.29 ... Raced to 12th in the nation in the 100-back with a 55.52 pace ... Added a leg on Mines' 200-freestyle relay which finished 12th in the country in 1:34.48.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Prep swimmer for Cedar Falls High School in Iowa, earning four varsity letters while focusing on the butterfly, backstroke, and freestyle … Won back-to-back regional titles in the 100-back … Produced five top-eight finishes at the state championships between the 100-fly and 100-back … Won a state title and broke the school record as the leadoff on the 200-medley relay … Performance in the pool led to Hall of Fame status, three Second-Team All-Mississippi Valley Conference honors, seven First-Team All-Conference awards, two distinctions as Honorable Mention All-State, and one First-Team All-State award … Competed under Black Hawk Area Swim Team’s club flag and was a member of their national team while participating in sectionals twice and qualifying for futures … In the classroom, worked her way onto the Honor Roll twice, earned two Gold Scholar awards, was two-time Academic All-Conference, and won the Senor Scholastic Award … Plans to major in mechanical engineering at Mines with a focus in nuclear energy.