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Cody Nath - Swimming & Diving - University of Kentucky Athletics

CodyNath

  • class Senior
  • High school Trinity Academy
BIO

Major – Chemical Engineering

2001-02 – Holds the seventh best time in the 200y backstroke (1:51.88) and 10th best time in the 100y backstroke (51.97) in UK history … Competed at the SEC Championships, placing 20th in the 200y backstroke and 25th in the 100y backstroke … Time of 1:51.88 in the 200y backstroke at the Nike Cup was the second-fastest on the team and a new personal best … Also swam the 500y freestyle and 100y backstroke (19th-place) at the Nike Cup … Placed 19th in the 100y backstroke at the SEC East Extravaganza … Also swam in the LSU/Tennessee, Louisville, South Carolina and Indiana/Cincinnati dual meets … Member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll … Inducted into UK’s Society of Character.

2000-01 – Finished 16th in the 200y backstroke while also competing in the 100y backstroke at the SEC Championships … Placed fourth in the 100y backstroke vs. Tennessee … Swam to a third-place finish in the 100y backstroke and a fourth-place finish in the 1,000y freestyle at Cincinnati … Competed at the Texas A&M Invitational, placing 11th in the 200y backstroke, 21st in the 100y backstroke and 23rd in the 500y freestyle … Won the 1,000y freestyle vs. IUPUI … Placed third in the 200y backstroke at Indiana … Swam to an eighth-place finish in the 200y backstroke and a 10th-place finish in the 100y backstroke at the SEC East Extravaganza … Opened season with a win in the 200y backstroke vs. Louisville.

1999-00 – In UK?s top 10 all-time in the 100y and 200y backstrokes … Placed 18th in the 200y backstroke and 24th in the 100y backstroke at the SEC Championships … Finished 14th in the 200y backstroke, 19th in the 100y backstroke, and 23rd in the 500y freestyle at the Nike Cup … Captured the 200y backstroke at the Louisville dual meet … Took second in the 200y backstroke in the South Carolina and Cincinnati dual meets.

Pre-College – Four-year letterman at Trinity Academy… Captured the 1999 State Championship in the 100 backstroke and the 200-medley relay… Four-time Junior National qualifer… Two-time Scholastic All-American… Chose UK because he loved the university and the team… Hobbies include fishing, reading, and playing sports.

Best Times – 100 backstroke – 51.97; 200 backstroke – 1:51.88; 500 freestyle – 4:41.29.

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