Kathleen Quinn – Swimming & Diving

Career Best Times: 57.16 within the 100-yard backstroke; 1:59.67 within the 200-yard backstroke; 2:05.69 within the 200-yard particular person medley; 4:20.10 in 400-yard particular person medley.

General: Elected considered one of three captains for the 2004-2005 season…Fifth quickest 200-yard backstroker in Tar Heel historical past at 1:59.67 and tenth quickest within the 400-yard particular person medley at 4:20.10…was an impressive addition to the Tar Heel group in 2001-02…three-year letter winner…swims the backstrokes and provides nice depth within the IM occasions…is the youthful sister of former Tar Heel males’s swimming All-America and ACC champion Sean Quinn (2000-03)…swam for Mecklenburg Aquatic Club in Charlotte.

2003-04: At the ACC Championships, took twelfth within the 200-yard backstroke in 2:03.93…swam the 400-yard particular person medley in 4:28.21 to position seventeenth.

2002-03: At the 2003 ACC Championships she positioned seventh within the 400 IM with a time of 4:20.40, completed eleventh within the 100 again with a time of 57.60 and positioned sixth within the 200 again in 2:00.60.

2001-02: The ACC champion within the 200-yard backstroke…was additionally sixth within the 400 IM and thirteenth within the 100 again and swam on 800 FR which positioned second…named first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference…had profession greatest occasions as a freshman within the 200 again and 400 IM. Summer 2001: At the USS Southern Sectional in Athens, Ga., she positioned third within the 200 again, eleventh within the 400 IM, twelfth within the 100 again, twelfth within the 200 free and twentieth within the 200 IM…on the U.S. Summer Nationals, she positioned thirty sixth within the 200-meter again, thirty ninth within the 100-meter again and forty first within the 400-meter IM.

Prep: Graduated from Lancaster High School on May 18, 2001…three-year swimmer there…MVP and group captain all three years…received the coaches award in her senior yr…captured state championships within the 100 again and 200 IM…named South Carolina Athlete of the Year…graduated with highest honors…member of Beta Club.

Personal: Given identify is Kathleen Marie Quinn…was born May 6, 1983 in Columbia, S.C….daughter of Walter and Cheryl Quinn…nicknamed “DQ” and “lil Quinn”…athlete she most admires is Lance Armstrong…majors in therapeutic recreation…aspires to attend nursing faculty…greatest sports activities thrill was profitable the 200-yard backstroke at 2001-2002 ACC meet and being on the award stand with two different Tar Heels…individual with essentially the most affect on her athletic profession is Chris Hansen…favourite ebook is the DaVinci Code.