MaddieWelborn

Top Times (SCY):
100 Freestyle: 50.55 (Ohio State Winter Invite, 2/12/23)
200 Freestyle: 1:47.61 (Ohio State Winter Invite, 2/11/23)
500 Freestyle: 4:49.06 (Ohio State Winter Invite, 2/10/23)
200 Backstroke: 1:56.14 (Ohio State Winter Invite, 2/12/23)

Top Times (LCM):
100 Freestyle: 58.07 (NCSA Championships, 8/6/19)
200 Freestyle: 2:05.36 (NCSA Championships, 8/7/19)
400 Freestyle: 4:26.85 (NCSA Summer Championships, 8/9/19)
200 Backstroke: 2:19.51 (IN Indy Spring Cup, 05/20/23)

Career Notes: 

• 2023, 2024 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll

2023-24 (Junior): Raced at the CSCAA National Invitational, placing eighth in the 200 back (1:57.30) … Competed in three events at SEC Championships, taking 32nd in 200 back (1:59.19), 47th in 500 free (4:56.42) and 61st in the 200 free (1:51.10) … Placed second against Cincinnati in the 200 back (2:00.50), while finishing third in the 50 free (23.89) and 200 free (1:51.47) … Touched the wall fifth in the 200 free against Alabama (1:49.91) … Highest finish at the Tennessee Invitational was in the 200 backstroke (1:59.99) where she took 19th … Won the 500 free against Eastern Michigan (5:01.19) … Fourth in the 200 back against Arkansas (2:02.92).

2022-23 (Sophomore): Had five different personal bests at the Ohio State Winter Invite … Finished first in the 200 free (1:47.61), second in the 500 free (4:49.06), second in the 200 back (1:56.14), second in the 100 free (50.76) … third in the 100 back (54.65) … Took second in the 500 freestyle at Cincinnati (4:59.98) … Reached five finals at the Ohio State Invitational, coming in 23rd in the 1000 free (10:18.33), 24th in the 1650 free (17:03.73), 36th in the 500 free (4:56.84), 36th in the 200 free (1:50.35) and 37th in the 200 back (2:01.37)… Won Most-Improved Swimmer award at the team banquet.

2021-22 (Freshman): Finished second in the 200 free (1:48.77), third in the 500 free (4:54.55) third in the 200 back (1:58.67) and eighth in the 50 free (23.78) at the Ohio State Winter Invite while earning four best times … Finaled in three events at the midseason Ohio State Invitational … Had seven top-8 finishes throughout the dual meet season … Placed third in the 500 free (5:01.41) and fourth in the 1000 free (10:25.92) against Cincinnati … Took seventh in the 200 free (1:51.54) versus Tennessee … Finished fifth in the 1000 free (10:30.90) in a tilt with Ohio … Raced to sixth in the 500 free (5:04.89) and seventh in the 50 free (24.17) in the season opener with Indiana and Indiana State, marking her Wildcat debut.

Prior to UK: Six-time Texas 6A State Championship finalist, earning bronze in the 200 freestyle as a senior … Owns the school record in the 200 freestyle … Also competed for Katy Aquatics where she was a Junior National qualifier … Swam for the same club and attended the same high school as UK teammate Beth McNeese … Won three events at the 2020 Gulf Short Course Championships … Five-time finalist at the NCSA Championships in 2019 … NISCA and USA Swimming Scholastic All-American.  

Personal: Daughter of Jane and Jason Welborn … Has one sister, Emily.