Swimming & Diving
Danielle Galyer - Swimming & Diving - University of Kentucky Athletics

DanielleGalyer

  • class Senior
  • Hometown Greenville, S.C.
  • High school Mauldin High School

Top Times:
200 Freestyle:  1:46.29 (2016 SEC Championships, 02/16/16)
500 Freestyle: 4:49.52 (2014 SEC Championships, 02/18/14)
100 Backstroke:  51.44 (2016 NCAA Championships, 03/18/16)
200 Backstroke:  1:49.71 (2016 NCAA Championships, 03/19/16)
200 Individual Medley:  1:58.49 (Ohio State Invitational, 11/21/14)
400 Individual Medley:  4:12.34 (Ohio State Invitational, 11/21/14)
 
LCM
200 Free: 2:02.05 (2015 Phillips 66 National Championships, 08/08/15)
400 Free: 4:18.62 (2015 Phillips 66 National Championships, 08/06/15)
100 Back: 1:01.07 (2016 United States Olympic Trials, 06/27/16)
200 Back: 2:09.31 (2016 United States Olympic Trials, 07/01/16)
200 IM: 2:18.61 (Ohio State Invitational, 11/20/15)
 

  • 2016 US Olympic Trials Qualifier & Finalist
  • 2016 NCAA Champion in 200 Backstroke
  • Four-time First Team All-American 
  • 2016, 2017 Elite 90 Award Recipient
  • 2016, 2017 All-SEC Second Team
  • 2016, 2017 CoSIDA Academic All-American At-Large First Team
  • 2015-15 USA Swimming National Team Member
  • 2014-15 USA Swimming Junior National Team Member
  • 2015 SEC Champion in 200 Backstroke
  • 2015 All-SEC First Team
  • 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 NCAA Championships Qualifier
  • 2015, 2016 SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year
  • 2014 CSCAA First-Team Scholar All-American
  • 2014 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

 
2016-17 (Senior): First Team All-America in the 200 back for the third consecutive year … Swam the third leg of UK’s record-breaking 800 free relay team that finished sixth at the NCAA Championships to earn First Team All-America honors … Also earned All-America honorable mention in the 400 medley relay (16th, 3:31.75) and 100 back (14th, 51.78) … Finished runner-up in the 200 back (1:51.17) at the SEC Championships … Swam the third leg of UK’s 800 free relay team which won silver at the conference meet with a time of 6:59.33 … Winner of the NCAA Elite 90 award for the second consecutive season … Named to the All-SEC Second Team … Recipient of the team’s Scholarship Award at the end of year banquet … Won Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year and Miss Wildcat at the CATSPYs.
 
2015-16 (Junior):  Made history as UK’s first swimming national champion, winning the 200 back at the NCAA Championships in 1:49.71 for a time that is not only the school record but is also the sixth-fastest time in US Open history … Named All-America First Team in the 200 back and honorable mention in the 100 back and 800 free relay … Recipient of the 2016 Elite 90 Award and a CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large First Team honoree, the first Wildcat to be named to the first team in nearly two decades … Broke her own school record in the 100 back in 51.44 seconds, placing 12th at the NCAA Championships … Swam a 1:45.70 split on the school-record 800 free relay that finished 15th at the NCAA Championships in 7:04.75 and led off in 1:46.29, which is the second-fastest 200 free in school history, at the SEC Championships on the team that finished sixth in a then-school-record 7:05.68 … Led off on the school-record-tying 400 medley relay in 51.78 seconds, which finished 19th at the NCAA Championships in 3:33.94 … SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year and All-SEC Second Team … Won all but two 200 back races this season and had six first or second-place finishes in the 100 back … Recorded 12 NCAA B cuts in the 100 back, six B cuts and three A cuts in the 200 back, and two B cuts in the 200 IM leading up to the NCAA Championships … Finished runner-up in the 200 back (1:50.73) and third in the 100 back (51.78) at the SEC Championships … Won the honors of Miss Wildcat, Female Athlete of the Year and Female Performance of the Year at the 2016 CATSPYs … Earned the Scholar-Athlete award and was named MVP at the end of year banquet … Named to the SEC Community Service Team and the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll … Qualified to the US Olympic Trials in the 100 and 200 back, making the semifinals in the 100 and the finals in the 200 … Finished fifth at Trials with a new UK record of 2:09.31
 
2014-15 (Sophomore):  The 2015 SEC Female Scholar Athlete of the Year … Named to the US National Team in the summer of 2015 after finishing second in the 200-meter backstroke at the Phillips 66 Nationals in 2:09.75 and eighth in the 100m back in 1:01.23 … A First Team All-American after finishing fourth in the 200 back at the 2015 NCAA Championships in 1:51.68 after breaking the UK record in 1:50.86 in the prelims … Garnered All-America honorable mention in the 100 back, placing 11th in 51.83 seconds …Competed in the 400 medley and 800 free relays at the NCAA Championships, both of which finished 15th and earned All-America honorable mention … Swam the leadoff leg in the 400 medley relay that broke the UK record in 3:33.94 with a 100-yard backstroke split of 52.27 and a UK record of 51.76 seconds in the qualifying heats …Swam the second leg of the 800 free relay that touched in at 7:07.23 with a 200-yard split of 1:46.63 … Crowned one of UK’s first SEC swimming champions since 1998 when she took the title in the 200 back in 1:50.95 … Finished fourth in the 100 back and 19th in the 200 IM at the SEC Championships … Member of the record-breaking 800 free relay that finished eighth at the SEC Championships in 7:06.15 with a second leg 200-yard split of 1:45.77 … Broke the UK record in the 200 IM at the Ohio State Invitational in 1:58.49 and also recorded the second-fastest 400 IM in program history in 4:12.34.
 
2013-14 (Freshman): Competed in two events at the 2014 NCAA Championships and helped UK place 23rd, its highest finish since 2008 … Named to the 2014 CSCAA Scholar All-American First Team … Named to the 2014 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll … Posted a school-record time of 1:54.88 in the 200 backstroke to finish 10th at the SEC Championships … Finished 15th overall in the 400 individual medley with a 4:15.98, the second-fastest time in program history at the SEC Championships … Swam a 53.51 in the 100 backstroke at the SEC Championships, the second-fastest time in UK history … Recorded two personal-best times at the Ohio State Invitational, with a 4:49.52 in the 500 freestyle and a 26.24 in the 50 backstroke.

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