Caterina Bisiacchi Season 2024-25

Honors
One Letter (2024)
Academic All-Big Ten (2025)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2023, 2024*; Spring 2024)
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2024)
*Indicates 4.0 Semester GPA

Senior (2024-25)
Caterina Bisiacchi was a strong contributor in the distance freestyle events in 2024-25. In her final season as a Husker, the senior from Trieste, Italy, totaled 17 top-five finishes, including 15 top-three performances. She also produced four career bests.

She capped her Husker career by scoring for the Big Red at the Big Ten Championships with her 23rd-place finish in the 1,650 free in a career-best 16:30.55. At the Hawkeye Invitational in mid-November, Bisiacchi cruised to a career-best 4:47.90 to claim second place in the 500 free. She added a career-best 1:50.07 in the 200 freestyle at the Hawkeye Invite prelims.  

In meets against Iowa State and Illinois, she picked up gold medal finishes in the 200 butterfly, before adding a season-best time of 2:00.87 in the event at the Big Ten prelims. She also swam in the 100 fly against Omaha on Dec. 11 grabbing a 58.40 and second-place time. In a meet with Kansas, Bisiacchi contributed a second-place finish in the 500 free. 

Bisiacchi also helped lead strong relay swims over the season, including a fifth-place finish in the 400 free relay alongside Riley Miklos, Jenna Brown and Gena Jorgenson in a tri-meet win over Iowa at Rutgers to close the regular season. She added a leg in a third-place 200 medley relay in a dual win over Omaha.

Junior (2023-24)
Bisiacchi was a key contributor to freestyle and butterfly events in her first season as a Husker. She totaled 24 top-five finishes, including 13 top-three performances. At the Hawkeye Invitational, Bisiacchi earned a third-place finish in the 1,650 freestyle (16:43.29). She set a new career best in the event at the Big Ten Championships with a 20th-place finish (16.37.28). Bisiacchi finished fourth in the 500 freestyle final at the Hawkeye Invite (4:50.19) and seventh in the 200 butterfly (2:03.59). She set a career best in the 200 freestyle with her ninth-place finish (1:50.79).

In a dual with Omaha, Bisiacchi won the 500 freestyle (5:05.91) and took third in the 200 butterfly (2:05.47). Against Illinois, she added two runner-up finishes. Bisiacchi set a career best with her second-place finish in the 1,000 freestyle (10:04.76). She added another runner-up finish in the 500 freestyle (4:55.72) and placed third in the 200 butterfly (2:03.05). In a dual with Rutgers (Feb. 2-3), Bisiacchi earned a pair of runner-up finishes in the 500 and 1,650 freestyles, while adding two fourth-place finishes.

Before Nebraska
Bisiacchi came Nebraska as a junior from Trieste, Italy. Bisiacchi graduated from the University of Trieste in July of 2023. She attended Liceo Scientifico Guglielmo Oberdan and competed for A.s.d. Tergeste Nuoto Altura under Coach Matteo Bianchi. Bisiacchi was crowned the National Category Champion in 2018 for her first-place finish in the 200-meter butterfly. Also in 2018, she qualified for the B Final Italian Championships in the 200-meter butterfly. Bisiacchi placed second in the 200-meter butterfly at the 2019 Italian Category Championships. She qualified for the B Final in the 200-meter butterfly at two different events in 2019, the Italian Championships and the Internazionali di Nuoto 56°SevenHills Trophy.

Personal 
The daughter of Roberto Bisiacchi and Alessandra Giacomini, Cate was born on May 2, 2001. She has one sister, Chiara. Cate is pursuing a master’s degree in applied science at Nebraska and earned Academic All-Big Ten accolades in 2024. She is a three-time member of the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll. She was also named to the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team in 2024 for her service in the Lincoln community. Cate chose Nebraska because she felt welcomed by the team and coaches on her visit and was impressed with the facilities that Nebraska had to offer.

Career-Best Times

Event	Time	Meet (Year)
100 Free	54.97	South Dakota State (2023)
200 Free	1:50.07	Hawkeye Invite (2024)
500 Free	4:47.90	Hawkeye Invite (2024)
1,000 Free	9:58.59	Big Ten Championships (2025)
1,650 Free	16:30.55	Big Ten Championships (2025)
100 Fly	57.04	Hawkeye Invite (2023)
200 Fly	2:00.61	Big Ten Championships (2024)