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Kelly Berger - Swimming & Diving - University of Kentucky Athletics

KellyBerger

  • class Senior
  • Hometown Northport, Ala.
  • High school Tuscaloosa County High School
BIO

Top Times: 
500 Freestyle:  4:45.68 (OSU Invite, 11/20/15)
1000 Freestyle:  9:52.87 (2015 SEC Championships, 02/17/15
1650 Freestyle:  16:26.32 (Ohio State Invitational, 11/20/17)
400 Individual Medley:  4:23.80 (Ohio State Invitational, 11/21/14)
 
LCM
400 Free: 4:17.02 (Ohio State Invitational, 11/20/16)
800 Free: 8:48.46 (Ohio State Long Course Time Trial, 02/28/16)
1650 Free: 16:53.40 (2014 Summer nationals, 08/06/14)
 

  • 2016 US Olympic Trials Qualifier
  • 2016, 2017 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
  • 2014 CSCAA Scholar All-American Honorable Mention
  • 2014 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
  • 2017 SEC Community Service Team

 
2016-17 (Senior): Recorded season-best times at the Ohio State Invitational in the 200, 500 and 1650 freestyle races … Set a PR in the 1650 at Ohio State in the 1650 free with a time of 16:26.32 … Scored at the SEC Championships, finishing 20th in the 1650 free with a time of 16:39.11 … Named to the 2017 SEC Community Service Team … Also named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.

2015-16 (Junior): Posted NCAA B cuts in both the 500 free (4:45.68) and the 1650 free (16:29.61) at the OSU Invitational … Her 1000 split of 9:52.87 in the mile was a personal record that ranks fifth in program laurels, and her 500 time was also a PR that sits at fifth in the record books … Finished 20th in the mile at the SEC Championships in 16:32.72 … Had seven top-five finishes in the 500 free and five in the 1000 free during the course of the season … Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll … Qualified to the US Olympic Trials in the 400 and 800 free.

2014-15 (Sophomore):  Had the second-fastest times on the team in the 500, 1000 and 1650 free … Swam a season-best 4:46.76 in the 500 free to finish 20th … Also placed 20th in the 1650 free at the conference meet, clocking in at 16:37.47 … Set a personal record of 4:23.80 in the 400 IM at the Ohio State Invitational.

2013-14 (Freshman): Named a 2014 CSCAA Scholar Honorable Mention All-American … Named to the 2014 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll … Placed 20th overall in the 500 freestyle at the SEC Championships with a 4:46.04, the third-fastest time in program history … Won the 1,000 freestyle with a 10:01.56 vs. Cincinnati … Won the 1,000 freestyle with a 9.58.23 at Louisville, the fourth-fastest time in team history … Notched a 16:22.01 at the Bulldog Invitational Last Chance Qualifier, the third-fastest time in UK history … Won the 500 freestyle with a 4:54.37 vs. Alabama and Arkansas.

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