2024-25 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster
Roster
Julia Heimstead
- Position:
- Fly/Free
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- High School:
- Normal Community High School in Illinois
- Hometown:
- Bloomington, Ill.
2024 Olympic Trials
| Date | Event | Result |
| 6/15/24 | Heat: 100 fly | 41st - 59.96 |
| 6/19/24 | Heat: 200 fly | 31st - 2:13.43 |
- 2024-25 CSCAA First-Team Scholar All-American
- 2024-25 SEC First-Year Honor Roll
SEC Championships
- Member of the SEC Championships second-place team
- Competed in the 100 fly, 200 fly and 100 free
- Finished 32nd in the 200 fly (1:59.65)
- Placed 34th in the 100 fly (53.49)
- Went 50.15 in the 100 free to earn 50th
- Competed in five dual meets and one Invitational
- Raced in 22 events
- Tallied one first place and nine top-five individual finishes
- Raced in three events in her Florida debut at Virginia (10/18)... Swam a 59.29 in the 100m fly to earn fifth... Placed sixth in the 200m free (1:58.50)... Recorded a 55.15 lead-off split for Florida's 400m free relay A team that finished second
- Earned two top-two finishes in her individual events at Georgia (11/1)... Won the 200y fly in 1:59.09 and placed second in the 100y fly after going 54.15... Member of Florida's 200y medley relay B team that finished third in 1:41.34
- Competed in seven events at the Georgia Fall Invitational (11/20-22)... Advanced to the 100y fly B Final where she clocked a 53.57 to earn 12th overall... Member of Florida's 200y free relay A team that placed third (1:28.94), Florida's 400y medley and 800 free relay B teams that both finished fifth in 3:33.09 and 7:12.26, respectively... Went 23.17 in the 50y free for 26th and 2:01.59 in the 200y fly for 15th... Was the lead off for Florida's 400y free relay C team who placed 11th (3:19.75)
- Earned three top-five finishes in Florida's home win against Indiana (1/3)...Was fifth in the 100y fly (55.16) and the 100y free (50.87)... Member of the Gators 200y medley relay B team that finished fourth in 1:41.45
- Notched third in the 100y free after going 51.57 in Florida's win at Texas A&M (1/17)... Swam the third leg for Florida's 200y medley relay B team who came in third (1:41..20)... Went 55.62 in the 100y fly for fourth... Clocked a 23.86 in the 200y fly for sixth...
- Florida State: Posted second place in the 200y fly (1:58.48) against FSU (1/31)... Finished fourth in the 100y fly (53.98)... Member of Florida's 200y medley relay A team that finished second in 1:38.68, swimming the fly leg in 23.68
| 50 Free | 22.49 | UGA Fall Invitational | Nov. 20, 2024 |
| 100 Free | 49.88 | UGA Fall Invitational | Nov. 20, 2024 |
| 200 Free | 1:49.18 | UGA Fall Invitational | Nov. 20, 2025 |
| 50 Fly | 23.68 | vs. FSU | Jan. 31, 2025 |
| 100y Fly | 53.57 | UGA Fall Invitational | Nov. 20, 2025 |
| 200y Fly | 1:58.48 | vs. FSU | Jan. 31, 2025 |
Honors and Awards
- 2022-23: CSC Academic-All District
- 2023: Pac-12 Women’s Swimmer of the Week
- 2023: Pac-12 Women’s Swimmer of the Month
- 2021-22: CSCAA Scholar All-American
2023-24: Three-time NCAA Championship Qualifier in the 50 free, 100 fly and 200 fly... Three-time Pac-12 Championship finalist in the 200 fly (6th place, 1:54.57, NCAA B cut), 200 free (8th place, 1:46.60, NCAA B cut) and 100 fly (8th place, 52.03, NCAA B cut)... Pac-12 Championship relay finalist in the 200 medley relay (3rd place, 1:36.90, NCAA B cut).
2022-23: NCAA Championship qualifier in the 50 free, 200 free and 200 fly... Two personal bests at NCAAs in the 50 free (22.56) and 200 free (1:44.69)… 3rd place finalist at Pac-12's in the 100 fly (52.03; B cut)… Four NCAA B cuts at Pac’s in the 50 free (22.66), 200 free (1:44.83), 100 back (53.43; PB) and 100 fly (52.03; PB).
2021-22: NCAA Championship qualifier in the 50 free, 100 fly, 200 fly and 200 IM... Personal best at the NCAA Championships in the 50 free (22.85)… Two-time finalist at Pac-12's in the 100 fly (52.37; B cut) and 200 fly (1:54.90)… Personal best at Pac’s in the 200 IM (1:58.00; B cut).
2020-21: Two personal bests at the Pac-12 Championships in the 100 fly (53.04; NCAA B cut) and 200 fly (1:58.93; NCAA B cut)… Finalist at Pac-12's in the 200 fly.
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— Gators Swimming & Diving (@GatorsSwimDv) April 5, 2024
Welcome to UF, Julia! #GoGators pic.twitter.com/dVApflqDXW
Personal
- Received Masters degree in Management from UF in Summer 2025
