Among three returning first-year letterwinners and two true freshmen from a year ago... among returnees, posted the top times last year in the 100 and 200 IM and 50, 100 and 200 breaststroke...
Coach Fahey: "Katie had a record-setting freshman season. She is motivated and excited to improve on her marks made last year."
2012-13: Earned a multitude of honors... achieved All-New England recognition in three individual events and with two relays, won the Little East Conference's 100 breaststroke title and was also All-LEC with the 200 medley relay, set program records in the 50 and 100 breaststroke and with the 200 and 400 medley relays and was named Eastern's Individual Sport Rookie-of-the-Year... in her first collegiate meet, finished second in the USJ Pentathlon with a combined time of 5:46.00 in five 100 yard events, winning the breaststroke.... at the NEISDA Championships, was third in the 50 breaststroke and seventh in the 100 breaststroke and 100 IM and helped the 200 medley relay to third place and 400 medley relay to fourth... set her program records in the preliminaries of teh 50 breaststroke (31.10) and in the final of the 100 breaststroke (1:08.95)... shared third place on the team by collecting 73 points in individual events at the meet... during the regular season, was undefeated in the 50 breaststroke and won three of four times in the 100 breaststroke... joined junior sister Colleen on the team...
High School: Four-year member of swim team… four-year member and three-year starter for volleyball team… one-year member of track team… swims 100 and 200 breaststroke and 200 individual medley …
PERSONAL: Born Katherine J. King March 18, 1994… Parents: Beverly and Phillip… Major: Mathematics… Career Plans: Finance... Residence: Barkhamsted, CT...
KATIE... REVEALED
Favorite activity other than sports: Anything outside if it’s not the winter
Best place for pizza: Portobello’s
Favorite actor: Bradley Cooper or Gerard Butler
Most difficult aspect of college: Getting enough sleep
Something that you may never live to see: The year 3000
Most important thing in your life: Family
When you were young, favorite game to pass time on a car trip: Red Light Challenge/I-spy
Most difficult aspect of your sport: Staying positive
Best athlete of all time: Michael Phelps
Greatest song ever: Lose Yourself, by Eminem; We Can’t Stop, Miley Cyrus
Favorite pro team: Red Sox
One thing you would like to do before you die: Go to Ireland
Most embarrassing moment: Doing breast in a fly leg of a relay…oops
Favorite smell: Black cherry
Your greatest thrill in sports: Racing
Most important invention or discovery in your lifetime: Cancer treatments
What would you like to get paid to do for a living? Analyze sports or medical statistics
Automobile you would buy tomorrow if you had the money: FJ Cruiser
Favorite amusement park ride: Roundup
Favorite amusement park food: Fried Dough
A class you’ve taken that you’ll never need to use: History
Favorite city ever visited: Boston
Favorite Olympic sport to watch: Swimming
Greatest fear: Heights
Superstitions: Haven’t changed from my pink goggles for as long as I can remember
Pet Peeve: People who talk non-stop
Red Sox or Yankees: Red Sox
Biggest waste of money: Going to the movie theatre
Largest crowd you’ve ever been part of: Comcast concerts
Longest you’ve ever gone without sleep: 24 hours
Something no one would miss if it was blown up: Homework
Best vacation of all time: Cape Cod
Worst vacation of all time: Florida training trip
Amount of weekly allowance you would give to your children: None
2013/14
100 Back
1:11.00 9th (36) USJ Pent./ Oct 26
50 Breast
32.30 1st (4) WCSU/ Nov 9
32.52 1st (4) Western NE/Jan.29
32.57 1st (5) RI College/Jan. 31
32.25 1st (6) Regis/Bridgewater/Feb. 1
30.79 Prelims NEISDA/Feb. 14
30.65* 2nd NEISDSA/Feb. 14
100 Breast
1:11.25 1st (31) USJ Pent./ Oct 26
1:10.53 1st (4) WCSU/ Nov 9
1:09.85 1st (6) St. Joe / Nov. 23
1:07.73 1st (23) Little East/Dec. 7
1:10.32 Ex. Regis/Bridgewater/Feb. 1
1:07.68* 2nd NEISDA/Feb. 15
200 Breast
2:35.80 1st (6) St. Joe/Nov. 23
2:31.97 2nd (19) Little East/Dec. 7
100 Fly
1:13.47 12th (34) USJ Pent./ Oct 26
100 Free
1:01.40 11th (40) USJ Pent./ Oct 26
1:00.21 3rd (5) RI College/Jan. 31
59.72 Ex. Regis/Bridgewater/Feb. 1
100 IM
1:09.16 4th (33) ` USJ Pent./ Oct 26
1:06.61 Ex. St. Joe/Nov. 23
1:05.94 Ex. RI College/Jan. 31
1:02.64 4th NEISDA/Feb. 16
200 IM
2:26.83 Ex WCSU/ Nov 9
2:22.96 5th (27) Little East/Dec. 7
*-Program record
2012/13
50 Back
33.77 5th (6) RIC/ Feb 2
100 Back
1:11.65 15th (48) USJ Pent./Oct. 20
1:11.06 4th (6) Bridgewater/Dec. 8
50 Breast
33.17 Ex. WConn./Nov. 3
32.90 1st (23) UMD Invite/Nov. 10
33.33 1st (6) Bridgewater/Dec. 8
32.56 1st (6) KSC/Jan. 12
32.56 1st (6) UM Dart/Jan. 19
31.10* Prelims NEISDA/Feb. 8
31.24 3rd (26) NEISDA/Feb. 8
100 Breast
1:11.56 1st (37) USJ Pent./Oct. 20
1:11.61 2nd (18) UMD Invite/Nov. 10
1:09.32 1st (27) Little East/Dec. 1
1:12.07 Ex. St. Joe (CT)/Jan. 18
1.10.52 1st (6) RWU/Jan 26
1:08.95* 7th (32) NEISDA/Feb. 9
200 Breast
2:39.98 2nd (4) USJ/Nov. 17
2:35.60 4h (19) Little East/Dec. 1
2.35.47 3rd (6) RWU/Jan 26
50 Fly
30.57 Ex. RIC/ Feb 2
100 Fly
1:12.90 11th (36) USJ Pent./Oct. 20
1.08.36 Ex. WNEU/ Jan 30
100 Free
1:01.75 11th (49) USJ Pent./Oct. 20
100 IM
1:08.14 2nd (42) USJ Pent./Oct. 20
1:06.58 Ex. WConn./Nov. 3
1:06.05 1st (3) KSC/Jan. 12
1:06.86 Ex. St. Joe (CT)/Jan. 18
1.07.10 2nd (6) WNEU/ Jan 30
1:04.15 Prelims NEISDA/Feb.10
1:04.13 7th (23) NEISDA/Feb.10
200 IM
2:25.65 Ex. WConn./Nov. 3
2:24.95 1st (15) UMD Invite/Nov. 10
2:23.23 2nd (5) St. Joe (CT)/Jan. 18
2:24.32 Ex. UM Dart/Jan. 19
2.24.57 3rd (6) RWU/ Jan 26
400 IM
5:25.01 Ex. USJ/Nov. 17
5:10.44 8th (17) Little East/Dec. 1
*-Program record
