2016-17 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster
Ross, Katharine
Katharine Ross
- Position:
- Breast/IM
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Des Moines, Iowa
- High School:
- Homeschooled
Bio
TOP TIMES (YARDS)
- 100 Breast: 58.15 (NCAA Championships, 2016)
- 200 Breast: 2:07.24 (NCAA Championships, 2016)
- 200 IM: 1:56.60 (SEC Championships, 2016)
2015-16 (JUNIOR)
- Earned one first team and one honorable mention honor at the 2016 NCAA Championships
- Finished fourth in the 100 breast at NCAAs in a personal best time of 58.15
- Also took 10th in the 200 breast at the Championships
- Won the 100 breast title at the SEC Championships to become the first swimmer in Mizzou history to claim an SEC crown
- Claimed the 100 breast conference title by over a full second ahead of the second-place finisher
- Owns Mizzou's 100 breast (58.15) record, while also ranking second in both the 200 breast (2:07.24) and 200 IM (1:56.60)
- Also placed fourth in the 200 breast and seventh in the 200 IM at SECs
- Won five event titles during the season, including two each in the 100 breast and 200 IM and one in the 100 back
- Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
2014-15 (SOPHOMORE)
- Claimed one first team and one honorable mention All-America honor at the NCAA Championships
- Part of Mizzou’s 200 medley relay team that finished seventh at NCAAs
- Also finished 14th in the 100 breast at the NCAA Championships
- Holds Mizzou’s 100 breast record (59.43)
- Also ranks second in the 200 breast (2:10.80), third in the 200 IM (1:58.27) and ninth in the 100 back (55.28) at Mizzou
- Placed fourth in the 100 breast at the SEC Championships
- Also took 17th in the 200 breast at SECs
- Won nine event titles during season, with five in the 200 IM and four in the 100 breast
- Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
2013-14 (FRESHMAN)
- Became the first Mizzou freshman swimmer to earn individual NCAA All-America honors with two honorable mention selections at the NCAA Championships
- Placed 11th in the 100 breast at NCAAs
- Also a member of Mizzou's 14th-place 200 medley relay team at the Championships
- Ranked first in the nation in the 100 fly for most of the season
- Placed sixth in the 100 ?y, 14th in the 100 back and 16th in the 50 free at the SEC Championships
- At the SEC Championships, placed 10th in the 100 breast and 15th in the 200 breast
- Won six event titles on the season, including four in the 100 breast and one in both the 200 breast and 200 IM
- 2013-2014 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
PREP
- Swam for Central Iowa Aquatics
- Ranked as Iowa's top 2013 female recruit
- Qualified for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 100 breast
- Was a three-time high school All-American (2009, 2011 and 2012)
- Claimed the Iowa state 100 breast title in record time in 2012
- Holds multiple Iowa state records
PERSONAL
- Daughter of Dave and Michelle Ross
- Both parents swam at Iowa
- Majoring in pscyhology
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