Kyra Sarazen 2017-18 Swimming and Diving Roster

AS A FRESHMAN (2015-16): Had breakout first year under the Dome, making ACC Championship travel roster and establishing herself as a versatile freestyler/backstroker on the team … at ACC meet, finished in eighth place with 800 free relay (1:46.63 split) and swam to 12th in 200 IM (1:59.64 finals, 2:01.17 prelims)17th in 200 free (1:47.08 finals, 1:47.95 prelims) and 13th in 200 back (1:56.82 finals, 1:56.63 prelims) … began the year at Dennis Stark Relays, winning on 800 free relay (1:54.59 leadoff split) and 400 free relay (53.31 split) … took second with 300 back team (57.92 leadoff split) and sixth with 200 medley relay (24.82 split) … at Florida Gulf Coast, earned two third-place finishes in 200 free (1:51.99) and 200 back (2:03.40), claiming fifth with 400 free relay (53.86 split) … against Michigan State, came in second in 200 free (1:53.99) and third in 200 back (2:04.07), exhibitioning on 200 free relay (24.80 split) … the next day at Purdue, finished eighth in 200 free (1:53.99) and 200 back (2:03.98) and was sixth on 400 free relay (53.83 split) … at Virginia Tech, placed second with 800 free relay (1:52.90 split), third in 200 IM (2:06.58), fourth in 100 back (56.77) and 200 back (2:02.01) and seventh with 200 free relay (24.31 split) … at Purdue Invitational, swam on four relays and in four individual races throughout the course of the weekend … claimed fifth place with 800 free relay (1:53.06 split), 13th on 200 free (23.97 split) and 200 medley (27.07 leadoff split) relays and 20th with 400 free lineup (52.93 leadoff split) … individually, finished seventh in 200 IM (2:03.82 finals, 2:04.11 prelims), 15th in 200 free (1:52.59 finals, 1:51.66 prelims), 13th in 200 back (2:00.86 finals, 2:01.33 prelims) and 22nd in 100 back (57.16 finals, 57.02 prelims) … at Virginia, earned a pair of fourth-place finishes in 100 back (57.19) and 200 back (2:00.90) … also came in fifth in 200 IM (2:07.47), sixth with 200 medley relay (27.35 leadoff) and seventh with 400 medley relay (58.02 leadoff) … versus Northwestern, was runner-up in 200 free (1:50.76) and 200 back (2:00.36), third with 200 medley relay (27.11 leadoff split) and sixth in 200 IM (2:07.92) … in Shamrock Invitational, took first with 800 free relay (1:52.19 split), second in 200 free (1:52.65), third in 200 IM (2:05.06), fourth in 200 back (2:01.77), fifth in 400 free relay (52.69 split), sixth in 100 back (57.20) and 200 medley relay (26.79 leadoff split) and seventh in 400 medley relay (58.17 leadoff split) … honored as women’s team’s Beeler-Hipp Award recipient at end of year banquet … earned a monogram.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas High School in New Hampshire in the spring of 2015 … earned three letters in swimming … specialized in the backstroke and freestyle events … qualified for the 2012 Olympic Trials in the 200 back when she was 15-years old, placing 90th … swam at Junior Nationals in the summer of 2015 … best short course times include 55.04 in the 100 back, 1:57.85 in the 200 back, 24.03 in the 50 free, 51.74 in the 100 free, 1:49.89 in the 200 free and 2:01.81 in the 200 IM … best long course times include 1:03.11 in the 100 back, 2:15.63 in the 200 back, 26.60 in the 50 free, 57.82 in the 100 free, 2:05.87 in the 200 free and 2:21.81 in the 200 IM … two-time New Hampshire state champion in the 200 IM (FR, JR) … state runner-up in the 100 back as a freshman before winning state title in the same event as a junior … set the New Hampshire state record in the 100 back (55.47) and 200 IM (2:03.71) as a junior while also earning All-America accolades in the 100 back … helped team win state championship as a freshman … competed for Seacoast Swimming Association club team … was a junior national finalist in 200 back … out of the pool was a member of the National and Spanish Honor societies … ranked third in class … Kyra Marie Sarazen was born in New London, Connecticut to David and Cathy Sarazen … has an older sister, Jillian, and a younger sister, Mackenna … sister, Jillian, swam at Oberlin College in Ohio … enrolled in the College of Science, majoring in Neuroscience and Behavior.