2017-18 W Swimming & Diving Roster

Matthew Nielsen

Maija Roses

  • Position Breaststroke
  • Height 5-2
  • Class Senior
  • Last School(s) Cannon School
  • Hometown Durham, N.C.
  • Major Media Studies

Biography

CALIFORNIA SUCCESS

  • Completed her Cal career with a pair of PRs at the 2018 Pac-12 Championships, going 1:00.42 in the 100 breast and 2:10.86 in the 200 breast
  • Those times put her eighth in the 100 breast and sixth in the 200 breast in school history
  • At the 2018 Pac-12 meet, took eighth in the 100 breast and 11th in the 200 breast
  • At the 2017 Pac-12 Championships, placed 10th in both the 100 breast (1:00.78) and 200 breast (2:11.83)
  • Took 10th in the 100 breast (PR 1:01.57) and 13th in the 200 breast (2:13.01) at the 2016 Pac-12 meet
  • At the 2015 Pac-12 Championships, placed 12th in the 400 IM (4:19.10), 14th in the 100 breast (1:02.05) and 12th in the 200 breast (2:13.30)
  • Named a second-team Pac-12 All-Academic as a junior and senior after receiving honorable mention recognition her sophomore year
  • A four-time CSCAA Scholar All-American

INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS

  • Represented the U.S. at the 2017 Maccabiah Games, where she won gold medals in the 100m breast (1:10.54) and 200m breast (2:31.65) and on the 4x100m medley relay, setting Maccabiah records in the relay and the 200 breast

NATIONAL SUCCESS

  • Member of the U.S. Junior National team in the 100m and 200m breaststroke
  • Won a bronze medal in the 400 medley relay at the 2013 FINA World Junior Championships
  • Captured the 200m breast in 2:31.77 at the 2013 USA Junior Nationals meet and was third in the 100 breast (1:09.56)
  • Finished fourth in the C final of the 50 breast at the 2014 Phillips 66 National Championships; also placed sixth in the 100 breast C final and eighth in the 200 breast C final.
  • Competed in the 100 breast and 200 IM at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials and in the 100 and 200 breast and 200 IM at the 2016 Trials

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB SUCCESS

  • Trained with SwimMAC Carolina and recipient of the club’s Perseverance Award
  • A USA Swimming Scholastic All-American
  • Won state titles in the 100 breast and 200 individual medley and set a state record in the 100-yard breast (1:01.86)

PERSONAL

  • Media studies major
  • Produced a video blog for CalBears.com and plans to follow er passion for photography and videography after graduation
  • Born Jan. 31, 1996 in Durham, N.C.
  • Parents are Ann Saunders and the late Allen Roses, who both worked as professors in the neurology department within the Duke University School of Medicine
  • Father swam as an undergraduate student at Pitt, while older sister, Stephanie, swam at Mt. Holyoke College

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    Breaststroke
    5'2"
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    Breaststroke
    5'2"
  • 2016-17Junior

    Breaststroke
    5'2"
  • 2017-18Senior

    Breaststroke
    5'2"