2024-25 (Graduate Student)
- Third place with 200 free relay and fourth place with 200 medley relay "B" team vs. Nebraska & Iowa (1/31)
- Sixth place in 400 free relay at Minnesota Invitational (12/7)
- Runner-up in 200 free "C" final at Minnesota Invitational (12/6)
- Fifth place with 200 free relay at Minnesota Invitational (12/5)
- Third place with 200 free medley team, third place with 200 medley relay "B" team, fifth place in 50 free and sixth in 100 free vs. Princeton (11/16)
2023-24 (Graduate Student)
- Swam lead off on the fifth-place 400 medley relay team for the highest relay finish at Big Ten Championships for Rutgers since joining the league in 2014-15
- Third place with 400 free relay, 400 medley relay and 200 free relay "B" team, fourth place in 50 free and sixth place in 100 free at Nebraska (2/2-3)
- Third place with 200 medley relay "B" team and seventh in 50 free vs. Villanova (1/20)
- Runner-up with 200 free and 200 medley relay, fifth in 50 free and seventh in 100 free at Princeton (11/11)
- Won 50 free, runner-up in 200 and 400 free relay, fourth place with 200 medley relay "B" team and eighth place in 100 free vs. Purdue & Oakland (11/3-4)
- Won 200 medley relay swimming anchor, 200 free relay swimming lead off 100 back and 200 back vs. LIU (10/28)
- Won 200 medley relay swimming anchor, runner-up in 50 free and with 200 free relay and third in 100 free vs. Toronto (10/27)
- Won 200 free relay swimming second leg, runner-up with 400 free relay, third place in 50 free and fifth place with 400 free relay "B" team at Rutgers Preseason Tune-Up (10/6-7)
Prior To Rutgers:
- Belgian relay record holder
- Placed first in the 200 back and third in the 50 free and 50 back at the 2023 Open Belgian Championship
- Finished 19th in the 50 back at the 2022 FINA World Cup in Toronto, Canada
- Was 28th in the 50 back, 30th in the 200 back and 37th in the 100 back at the 2021 LEN European Championships
Personal:
- Daughter of Serge and Nadia
- Mother, Nadia, was member of the Belgium National Basketball and Volleyball Teams
- Grandmother was member of Belgium National Basketball Team of basketball and was named player of the year
- Plans to obtain a master's degree in communication
Smits On Choosing Rutgers: :" I love the swim team and that they feel like a family. I also like the vibe."
Know Your Knights
One word to describe your Coach: Supportive
Favorite Rutgers athlete, past or present: Katherine Lang
Best player ever competed against: Kira Toussaint
Major: Communication and media
I chose my major because: It is in line with what I study now (Business and languages)
The person I most admire is and why: My mother.She takes care of me, cleans the house, makes food and goes to work. I don’t know how she does all of that.
If I wasn’t swimming, I’d be: An influencer. I love fashion and would love to show that to the world
Favorite professional athlete: Kira Toussaint
One word to describe myself in the pool: Determined
One word to describe myself out of the pool: Caring
Person who had greatest influence on my athletics career: My parents
I started playing my sport because…: I always jumped in the water as a small child and didn’t know how to swim. So I started taking swim classes and never stopped.
I chose Rutgers because…: I love the vibe here. The swim team feels like a family.
Favorite cereal: All of them
The first song I knew all the words to is: Many songs
If I could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, I would win a gold medal at: Sleeping
Favorite all-time gift received: My necklace with my dog's first tooth
Pets I had growing up were: 8 guinea pigs, Dog
My favorite Halloween costume growing up was: We don’t really celebrate Halloween
The place in the world I would most like to visit is: Barcelona or Brasil
My favorite teacher was: Danny Wuyts, German
One thing on my bucket list is: Travel the world
Phone app you cannot live without: Instagram or TikTok and WhatsApp
