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Kate Kelly - Swimming & Diving - University of Kentucky Athletics

KateKelly

  • class Senior
  • Hometown Greenville, S.C.
  • High school St. Josephs Catholic School
BIO
Top Times:
50 Freestyle: 24.03 (SEC Championships, 2/18/14)
500 Freestyle: 4:46.04 (SEC Championships, 2/18/14)
1650 Freestyle: 16:22.01 (Last Chance Qualifier, 3/1/14)
100 Butterfly: 54.98 (SEC Championships, 2/18/14)
200 Butterfly: 2:01.51 ((SEC Championships, 2/18/14)
400 Individual Medley: 4:27.10 (Ohio State Invitational, 11/22/13)
 
LCM
100 Fly: 1:01.44 (Atlanta Classic, 05/15/16)
200 Fly: 2:21.93 (Ohio State Invitational, 11/22/15)
 

  • 2016, 2017 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
  • 2014 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

 
2016-17 (Senior): Competed primarily in the butterfly and sprint freestyle races throughout the dual season … Posted season best times in the 50 free (24.33), 100 fly (56.14) and 200 fly (2:03.78) at the Ohio State Invite in November … Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.
 
2015-16 (Junior): Posted a season best in the 100 fly at the OSU Invite, placing 10th in 56.22 seconds … Had her fastest time of the season in the 200 fly at the OSU Winter Invite with a 2:04.25 time trail, and also had her fastest 50 free mark in 24.67 at the meet … Set LCM personal records in every appearance, including a 28.12 in the 50 free, 1:01.88 in the 100 fly, and 2:21.93 in the 200 fly … Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.
 
2014-15 (Sophomore):  Competed solely in the 100 fly, swimming a season best of 55.21 seconds at the 2015 SEC Championships.
 
2013-14 (Freshman): Named to the 2014 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll … Recorded three personal-best times at the SEC Championships, with a 2:01.51 in the 200 butterfly, the 10th-fastest time in UK history, a 24.03 in the 50 freestyle, a 4:46.04 in the 500 freestyle and a 54.98 in the 100 butterfly … Posted a career-best 9:58.23 in the 1,000 freestyle and a 2:10.09 in the 200 individual medley vs. Louisville … Swam a personal record in the 1,650 freestyle in 16:22.01 at the Bulldog Invitational Last Chance Qualifier … Notched two career-bests at the Ohio State Invitational, with a 1:52.97 in the 200 freestyle and a 4:27.10 in the 400 individual medley.
 

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