Education
Anderson attended the University of Arizona, where she swam for coach Frank Busch"s Arizona Wildcats women"s swim team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (National Collegiate Athletic Association) competition from 2008 to 2012.
Anderson attended the University of Arizona, where she swam for coach Frank Busch"s Arizona Wildcats women"s swim team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (National Collegiate Athletic Association) competition from 2008 to 2012.
Anderson"s younger sister, Haley, is also a swimmer and competed with her at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships. At the 2009 United States. Nationals and World Championship Trials, Anderson placed fourth in the 200-meter freestyle, earning a place on the United States. 4x200-meter freestyle relay team at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome. In Rome, Anderson swam the third leg of the relay preliminaries and split 1:58.35.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she swam for the winning United States. team in the preliminary heats of the women"s 4x200-meter freestyle relay and earned a gold medal.
At the 2012 United States Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, the United States. qualifying meet for the Olympics, Anderson made the United States. Olympic team for the first time by finishing sixth in the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 1:58.40, which qualified her to swim in the 4x200-meter freestyle as a member of the United States. relay team