KyleHiggins

Top Times:
500 Freestyle: 4:18.29 (2017 NCAA Championships, 03/23/17)
100 Butterfly: 47.14 (2017 NCAA Championships, 03/24/17)
200 Butterfly: 1:42.66 (Ohio State Invitational, 11/20/16)
50 Backstroke:  23.20 (Ohio State Invitational, 11/22/13)
100 Backstroke:  49.39 (Ohio State Invitational, 11/21/14)
 
LCM
200 Free: 1:53.31 (Atlanta Classic, 05/13/16)
400 Free: 4:01.18 (Ohio State Invitational, 11/20/15)
100 Fly: 54.35 (2014 NI-Speedo Summer, 07/24/14)
200 Fly: 1:57.41 (2016 US Olympic Trials, 06/28/16)
 

• 2017, 2016, 2015 NCAA Qualifier
• 2017 SEC Community Service Team
• 2016 US Olympic Trials Qualifier & Semifinalist
• 2017, 2016 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
• 2014 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

 
2016-17 (Senior): Set the Kentucky record in the 200-yard butterfly, going 1:42.66 to take first place at the Ohio State Invitational in November … Went undefeated in the 200 fly throughout the dual season … Narrowly missed the championship final of the 200 fly at the SEC Championships, finishing ninth in the prelims with a time of 1:43.84 … Took 11th in the 200 fly overall at the conference meet … Also scored in the 100 fly at the SEC Championships, tying for 21st with a time of 47.36 …  A member of both the 800 free relay and 400 medley relay teams which broke the school record at the SEC Championships … Competed in the 100 fly, 200 fly and 500 free at the NCAA Championships, setting personal records in both the 100 fly and 500 free … Saw his top finish at the NCAA Championships in the 200 fly, finishing 21st with a time of 1:42.78 …  Recipient of the team’s MVP Award at the end of year banquet … Named to SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll … Selected to 2017 SEC Community Service Team.
 
2015-16 (Junior): Qualified to the NCAA Championships in the 200 fly with a season-best swim of 1:43.65 used to win at the Bulldog Invitational … Posted eight NCAA B cuts in the 200 fly, two in the 100 fly and two in the 500 free leading up to the national meet … Swam the fourth-fastest 500 free in program history in the prelims of the SEC Championships in 4:20.36 before going on to place 19th … Won the consolation final of the 200 fly at the conference meet in 1:43.98 and placed 21st in the 100 fly in 47.63 seconds … Had his highest finish at the NCAA Championships in the 500 free, finishing 33rd in 4:20.45 and also placed 39th in the 200 fly in 1:46.16 and 46th in the 100 fly in 47.95 … Swam the butterfly leg of the UK record-breaking 400 medley relay that finished ninth at the SEC Championships in 3:11.28 with a 47.47 split … Also swam a leg of the 800 free relay that finished seventh at the conference meet in 6:24.65 with a 1:36.88 split … Recipient of the Scholar-Athlete award at the end of year banquet … Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll … Qualified to the US Olympic Trials in the 100 and 200 fly, breaking the UK record in the 200 fly in 1:57.41 to earn a spot in the semifinals.
 
2014-15 (Sophomore):  A member of the Kentucky record-breaking 800 free relay that finished in 6:23.75 at the SEC Championships, anchoring with a 200-yard split of 1:36.03 … Also scored in the 200 fly at the conference meet with a personal record of 1:43.36 to finish eighth … Competed in both the 100 and 200 fly at the 2015 NCAA Championships, where he recorded a personal best of 47.21 seconds in the 100 fly … His time in the 200 fly ranks second on UK’s all-time list while his mark in the 100 fly is good for fourth in Kentucky laurels.
 
2013-14 (Freshman): Named to the 2014 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll … Concluded his freshman year with three personal-bests at the SEC Championships, with times of 49.43 and 1:46.36 in the 100 and 200 backstroke, respectively and a 48.93 in the 100 butterfly … At the Bulldog Invitational, swam a personal-record time of 1:46.59 in the 200 butterfly … Set personal records at the Ohio State Invitational in the 50 backstroke (23.20) and 200 individual medley (1:54.55).