KendalCasey

Top Times:
500 Freestyle: 4:40.81 (2017 SEC Championships, 02/15/17)
200 Freestyle: 1:46.50 (2017 SEC Championships, 02/16/17)
1650 Freestyle: 16:11.90 (2017 SEC Championships, 02/18/17)
 
LCM
200 Free: 2:01.57  (Greensboro Speedo Sectionals 07/15/16)
400 Free: 4:15.13 (2014 Summer Nationals, 08/06/14)
800 Free: 8:50.85 (2014 Summer Nationals, 08/06/14)
1500 Free: 16:58.99 (2014 Summer Nationals, 08/06/14)
 

• 2017 SEC Bronze Medalist in 500 Free
• 2017 All-SEC Second Team
• 2016 US Olympic Trials Qualifier
• 2015, 2016, 2017 NCAA Qualifier
• 2016 All-America Honorable Mention
• 2016, 2017 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
• 2014 CSCAA First-Team Scholar All-American
• 2014 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

 
2016-17 (Senior): Finished in the top five of all three of her individual events at the SEC Championships … Made her first career SEC podium appearance after placing third in the 500 free with a PR 4:40.81 … Also turned in the fourth-fastest time at the SEC Championships in the 1650 free in 16:11.90 … Finished fifth in the 200 free at the conference meet, going 1:46.50 … Named to the 2017 All-SEC Second Team … Recipient of the team’s Most Improved Swimmer award at the end of year banquet … Named to SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.
 
2015-16 (Junior):  Earned All-America honorable mention after swimming a leg of the 15th-place 800 free relay at the NCAA Championships in a UK record of 7:04.75 with an anchor split of 1:46.59 … Relay also broke the record previously at the SEC Championships in 7:05.68 to take sixth … Broke what was UK’s oldest standing record at the OSU Invite, finishing runner-up in 4:42.58 … Also swam a PR 16:15.53 in the 1650 free for the third-fastest mile mark in program history … Finished 10th in the 500 free (4:44.14) and 12th in the mile (16:25.96) at the SEC Championships, and also made the C final in the 200 free with a time of 1:47.57 for 23rd … Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 200, 500 and 1650 free … Posted five top-four finishes in the 200 free and five in the 500 free … Earned the Booster Club Award at the end of year banquet … Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll … Qualified to the US Olympic Trials in the 200 and 400 free.
 
2014-15 (Sophomore):  A member of the Kentucky record-breaking 800 free relay team that clocked a 7:06.15 to finish fifth at the 2015 SEC Championships, with a 200-yard anchor split of 1:46.64 … Also swam in the 500 and 1650 free at the conference meet, finishing 15th in the 1650 and 24th in the 500 … Swam personal bests of 4:43.61 in the 500 free and 16:15.91 in the 1650 free at the Ohio State Invitational, which both rank second on UK’s all-time list … Qualified for the 2015 NCAA Championships in the 500 and 1650 free, placing 37th in the 1650 and 52nd in the 500.

2013-14 (Freshman): Named a 2014 CSCAA Scholar Honorable Mention All-American … Named to the 2014 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll … Placed 11th overall in the 1,650 with a 16:22.34, the fourth-fastest time in UK history, and finished 19th in the 200 freestyle with a school-record 1:47.04 at the SEC Championships … Notched a 1,000 freestyle time of 9:49.80 at the Last Chance Qualifier, the second-fastest time in program history … Won the 1,650 freestyle over Alabama and Arkansas with a time of 16:51.73 … Claimed two wins over Missouri and Southern Illinois, in the 1,650 and 500 freestyle … At the Ohio State Invitational, recorded two personal-bests, a 4:46.60 in the 500 freestyle, the fourth-fastest time in UK history, and a 51.00 in the 100 freestyle.