Maisie Gilford Season 2024-25

Honors & Awards

• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2024*)
  *Indicates 4.0 Semester GPA

Junior (2024-25)
In her first season as a Husker, Maisie Gilford made incredible strides in the 50 free and 100 free events. She also was a top contributor in relays for the Big Red. She totalled 17 top-five finishes including 14 top-three showings, five of which were first-place performances in the 50 free. Gilford earned the fourth fastest time in the 50 free for NU at the conference championships touching the wall at 22.61. She had incredible performances in the 100 free earning eight top-five finishes out of the nine times she competed in the event. She earned the sixth fastest time in Nebraska history at the Hawkeye Invitational in mid November recording a time of 49.51 and a fourth-place finish. 

The junior from England now holds three school record times in relay events. At the conference championships, Gilford assisted in school records in the 200 free relay, 800 free relay, and the 200 medley relay. She swam alongside Beatrix Tanko, Anna Vlachou and JoJo Randby grabbing a 1:29.97 in the 200 free relay. In the 800 free relay, she assisted Gena Jorgenson, Giulia Marchi and Tanko in earning a 7:07.35. Lastly, she swam a leg in the 200 medley relay with Virginia Consiglio, Randby and Vlachou earning a 1:38.50. At the Hawkeye Invitational in late November, Gilford also helped her 400 free relay team secure the second fastest time in the event in NU history with a 3:18.25 and second-place showing.

Before Nebraska
Gilford joined the Huskers in the fall of 2024. She competed internationally at the University of Bath, after competing as a high school student in Qatar. Gilford is expected to help Nebraska in the sprint freestyle events.

Gilford competed at the 2024 British Swimming Championships at the London Aquatics Centre in April of 2024, where she posted her best times in the 50 free (26.09), 200 free (2:03.77) and 200 individual medley (2:23.31). She qualified for the championships, which served as Britain's Olympic Trials, in the 50-, 100- and 200-meter freestyle and the 200-meter IM.

She also competed at Danish Nationals in July of 2024, recording a personal-best 57.04 in the 100-meter freestyle.

At the Golden Bear Meet in Zagreb, Croatia in June of 2024, Gilford finished second in the 100-meter freestyle, while adding third-place finishes in the 50-meter free and the 50-meter butterfly (29.03) for the University of Bath Swim Club. In March of 2024 she competed in the 50 and 200 free along with the 50-meter fly (28.55) at the Edinburgh International swim meet.

She also competed at British Summer Nationals in 2022.

In 2019, Gilford competed at the FINA World Cup, posting times of 27.67 in the 50-meter free and 32.41 in the 50-meter backstroke. She also competed at the British Swimming Summer Championships in 2019 as a high school junior at Doha College.

Personal
The daughter of Kevin and Alison Gilford, Maisie was born Sept. 9, 2003. She has a younger sister, Lara, and a younger brother, Fred. Maisie is majoring in mathematics at Nebraska.

Career-Best Times

Event	Time	Meet (Date)
50 Free	22.61	Big Ten Championships (2025)
100 Free	49.51	Hawkeye Invite (2024)
200 Free	1:49.43	Hawkeye Invite (2024)
100 Fly	57.48	Hawkeye Invite (2024)