Norah Simich

Class:
Junior
Position:
Butterfly/Freestyle
Hometown:
Birmingham, Ala.
High School:
Oak Mountain

2025-26 All-BIG EAST Team
2026 BIG EAST Championships: 100 Fly Silver Medalist
2026 BIG EAST Championships: 200 Fly Bronze Medalist
2026 BIG EAST Championships: 200 Medley Relay Bronze Medalist
2026 BIG EAST Championships: 400 Medley Relay Gold Medalist
2024-25 All-BIG EAST Team
2025 BIG EAST Championships: 200 Fly Bronze Medalist
2025 BIG EAST Championships: 800 Free Relay Silver Medalist
2023-24 All-BIG EAST Team
2024 BIG EAST Championships: 200 Fly Bronze Medalist

2025-26: Earned All-BIG EAST in four events, winning a BIG EAST title as part of the 400 medley relay...Set a personal-best time of 53.98 in the Championship final of the 100 fly, placing second...Set the top prelim time in the 200 fly, and set a season-best time of 1:59.09 in the A-Final to place third...Set a personal-best time of 23.52 in the B-Final of the 50 free, scoring in 10^th place...Swam the fly leg of the first-place finishing 400 medley relay...Also helped Xavier to a third-place finish in the 200 medley relay, swimming butterfly...Swam the lead-off leg for the 200 free relay and 800 free relay, both finishing in fourth.

2024-25: Earned All-BIG EAST in a pair of events and helped Xavier to a new school-record at 2025 BIG EAST Championships...Set the top time in the prelims of the 200 fly, 1:58.58, her personal-best, finishing third in the Championship final...Set a personal-best time of 54.53 in the Championship final of the 100 fly, placing sixth...Set a personal-best time of 23.73 in the prelims of the 50 free to earn a spot in the C-Final, scoring in 19^th place...Helped Xavier to a second place finish in the 800 free relay, finishing in a school-record time of 7:15.79.

2023-24: Took part in three events at the 2024 BIG EAST Championships, earning a spot in the championship final in both butterfly events…Earned All-BIG EAST with a third-place finish in the Championship Final of the 200 fly, setting a personal-best time of 2:00.09, the second fastest time in program records…Also set a personal-best time of 55.20 in the Championship Final of the 100 fly, placing sixth…Set a personal-best time of 24.33 in the prelims of the 50 free.

PRIOR TO XAVIER: Came to Xavier from Birmingham, Alabama, where she attended Oak Mountain High School and also swam for Birmingham Swim League and Swim Birmingham YMCA...Excels in butterfly and freestyle sprints.