2024-25 Swimming and Diving Roster

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Philips Ametsikor

  • Position Free
  • Class Fourth Year
  • Hometown Tema, Ghana
  • Highschool Adisadel College

Biography

2024-2025 Season
Ametsikor made season-long progress in backstroke and sprint free, earning personal bests in the 100 Free (1:25.77), 50 Free (32.25), and 100 Back (2:01.15) at the PCSC Championship… also recorded a lifetime best 100 Back (2:05.15) at the GSAC Championship… contributed on medley and free relays throughout the season, including a 57.19 split in the 50 Back at PCSCs.

2022-2023 Season
Ametsikor competed in the 50 Free at the 2022 PCSC Pentathlon and setting a time of 38.61…also competed in the 100 Free setting a time of 1:41.48 at the 2023 Pacific Collegiate Swim Conference…Ametsikor also competed in 50 Back setting a time of 57.18 2023 Pacific Collegiate Swim Conference…closed out the season in the 100 Back at the 2023 Pacific Collegiate Swim Conference, setting a time of 2:21.25…served as a member of the Econ Club…held a job as the Career Development Office Assistant and as the Media Office Assistant…worked in an internship as a Summer Research and Data Analyst at the University of Chicago…recipient of the Scholar-Athlete award.

2021-2022 Season
Competed in the 50 Free setting a college best time of 37.53 at the 2022 Pacific Collegiate Swim Meet…also competed in the 100 Free at the 2022 Pacific Collegiate Swim Meet and set another personal college best swim of 1:38.12…Ametsikor also competed in the 100 Backstroke at the 2022 Collegiate Swim Meet and generated a college best time of 2:08.56…also worked as a digital media assistant at Soka University.
 
High School
Attended and graduated from Adisadel College in Cape Coast, Ghana.
 
Personal
Born and raised in Tema, Ghana…parents; Samuel Ametsikor and Patience Zaglago…two siblings; Philippine Ametsikor and Philip Ametsikor…concentrating in Social and Behavioral Sciences and studying French at SUA…fluent in Ewe, Ga, Twi, and West African Pidgin.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22First Year

    Free
  • 2022-23Second Year

    Free
  • 2023-24Third Year

    Free
  • 2024-25Fourth Year

    Free