KathrynPainter

Top Times (SCY):
200 Butterfly: 1:58.70 (2018 SEC Championships, 02/17/18)
400 IM: 4:06.82 (2018 SEC Championships, 02/16/18)
500 Freestyle: 4:46.35 (2016 SEC Championships, 02/17/16)
1000 Freestyle: 9:46.31 (2018 SEC Championships, 02/18/18)
1650 Freestyle: 16:09.91 (2018 SEC Championships, 02/18/18)
 
Top Times (LCM):
400 Freestyle: 4:21.90 (Atlanta Classic, 05/14/16)
800 Freestyle: 8:53.07 (2017 Phillips 66 National Championships, 06/27/17)
1500 Freestyle: 16:52.93 (TYR Pro Series Columbus, 07/05/18)
200 Butterfly: 2:16.60 (2016 U.S. Open, 08/02/17)
400 IM: 4:46.62 (Greensboro Speedo Sectionals 07/15/16)
 
Career Notes:

• 2016, 2017, 2018 NCAA Qualifier
• 2017 All-America Honorable Mention
• 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials Qualifier
• 2016 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

2018-19 (Senior): Scored points in the 400 IM and 1650 free at the SEC Championships … Finished in 20th in the 400 IM on a 4:12.35 mark and earned 21st in the 1650 free on a 16:38.26 stamp at the SEC Championships … Earned season-best marks in the 200 fly (2:02.23) and 400 IM (4:12.35) at the SEC Championships.
 
2017-18 (Junior): Finished just shy of the podium at the SEC Championships in the 1650 free, placing fourth with the second-fastest performance in school history at 16:09.91 … Won the “B” final of the 400 IM at the SEC Championships with a school-record time of 4:06.82 … Scored in the 200 fly at the SEC Championships, finishing 19th with a personal-best time of 1:58.70 … Placed 20th overall at the NCAA Championships in the 400 IM with a time of 4:08.74 … Named to SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.

2016-17 (Sophomore): Lowered her own UK record in the 400 IM to 4:07.88 at the NCAA Championships to finish 16th overall and earn All-America Honorable Mention … Also set a personal record in the 1650 free at the national meet, going 16:11.25, which ranks second on UK’s all-time performance list … Qualified for the NCAA Championships at the Ohio State Last Chance Meet, setting a new UK record of 4:08.11 … Scored at the SEC Championships in the 1650 free, placing 12th in 16:22.36.
 
2015-16 (Freshman):  Broke UK’s 17-year-old record in the 400 IM at the SEC Championships, placing 12th in 4:10.92 … Second-fastest 1650 free in program history at the NCAA Championships with a 22nd-place finish in 16:12.86, posting the third-fastest 1000 free split in school history in 9:48.94 … Placed 24th in the 500 free at the SEC Championships after swimming a 4:46.35 in the prelims for the sixth-fastest time in program history … Recorded NCAA “B” cuts in the 500 free, 1650 free and 400 IM, and competed in all three at the NCAA Championships … Was just off her school record in the 400 IM at the national championships, finishing 27th in 4:11.41 … Broke the UK school record and notched an Olympic Trials cut in the LCM 400 IM at the Ohio State Invite, finishing second in 4:49.06 … Recipient of the Team Spirit award at the end of year banquet … Qualified to the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 400 IM… SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
 
Prior to UK: Swam for Norwin Aqua Club under coach Neil Jones … Was the 2015 Pennsylvania State Champion in the 500 free and the 2014 runner up in the 200 IM and 500 free … Four-time WPIAL Champion, taking titles in the 200 IM and 500 free as a junior and senior … Holds the Norwin High School records in the 200 IM, 500 free, and 100 breast … The 2014 Eastern Zone Sectional Champion in the 400 IM … Broke 30 different age group records while swimming at Norwin Aqua Club.