Haimes Rejoins Husker Swim as Graduate Assistant – College of Nebraska

Lincoln, Neb. – Former Husker freestyle and butterfly specialist Emily Haimes returns to the Nebraska swimming and diving workforce in her first season as a graduate assistant in 2025-26. Haimes was a big contributor on Nebraska’s relay groups throughout her three years Lincoln whereas additionally setting spectacular requirements within the classroom and group. 

Haimes etched her title into the Nebraska document guide together with her efficiency alongside Caitlin Cairns, JoJo Randby and Beatrix Tanko within the 200 medley relay on the 2024 Big Ten Championships with a time of 1:39.42. Their efficiency stands because the third quickest time in class historical past. In her early expertise with NU, Haimes was a lead contributor within the 400-meter freestyle relay. The 2021-22 workforce of Lexi Kucera, JoJo Randby and Autumn Haebig owns the fifth-best time (3:19.36) in class historical past within the occasion. 

Individually, Haimes excelled within the 50 free, 100 free and 100 butterfly. In her second season at Nebraska in 2022-23, Haimes took third within the 100 fly (56.73) and fourth within the 50 free (24.30) in opposition to Minnesota and South Dakota. In the Hawkeye Invitational, Haimes added a Tenth-place standing within the 100 freestyle (51.35) in her last season as a Husker. 

Haimes was not solely an distinctive swimmer but additionally a mannequin pupil and group member. Following the 2023-24 season, she was one in every of simply 9 Nebraska Outstanding Scholars throughout all Husker sports activities. An Academic All-District selection by the College Sports Communicators in each 2023 and 2024, Haimes was additionally a two-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten choice. A six-time member of the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll, Haimes earned a prestigious Sam Foltz 27 Hero Leadership Award in 2024 and was a two-time member of the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2023, 2024). 

Before coming to Nebraska, Haimes spent two seasons at West Virginia, the place she claimed first-team All-Big 12 honors. She raced to a third-place end within the 100 butterfly as a sophomore and a fourth-place end within the 50 free as a freshman on the Big 12 Championships. She was additionally a member of the 200 free relay workforce that took runner-up honors on the 2021 Big 12 meet in a school-record 131.05. She additionally earned a third-place Big 12 end as a member of the 400 free relay workforce in 2020. She added top-eight efforts within the 100 free (sixth, 2021; seventh, 2020) and the 50 free (eighth, 2021), whereas additionally successful the B last within the 100 fly in 2020. Her efforts as a freshman earned her a spot on the Big 12 All-Rookie Team.

Originally from Enfield, London, England, Haimes competed at Mount Kelly High School, the place she raced to a silver medal and a pair of bronze medals on the 2019 British Summer Championships. 

Hamies earned her bachelor’s diploma as a double main in psychology and historical past from Nebraska in May 2024.