Karolina Bank

Photo by: Kaylee English
Mizzou Swim & Dive, Mizzou Qualifier

Photo by: Kaylee English/ Mizzou Athletics

Position:
Breast/IM
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Lafayette, Colo.
High School:
Fairview

PERSONAL RECORDS & RESULTS

HONORS & AWARDS

2025 NCAA Qualifier (200 IM, 100 Breast, 100 Free, Relays)
2024-25 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll

2025-26 (SENIOR)

2024-25 (JUNIOR)

Finished first in the 200 medley relay with a mark of 1:38.43; swam the 100 breast in 1:00.41 for a first place finish; completed the 200 breast in 2:13.45 to place first at Arkansas (Oct. 12).
Claimed gold in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:40.89; touched the wall first in the 100 breast with a time of 1:02.43; finished first with a time of 2:16.92 in the 200 breast against Purdue (Oct. 25).
Swam for second in the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:36.76; notched first in the 100 breast in 59.81; touched the wall first in the 200 breast with a time of 2:12.17 against Texas A&M (Nov. 1).
Raced a 59.97 in the 100 breast for fourth place at Georgia Invitational (Nov. 20-22).
Placed third in the 200 medley relay with a 1:38.76 time; claimed silver in the 100 breast with a 59.93 against Louisville (Jan. 3).
Took first in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:38.80; placed third in the 200 free with a 1:49.43 swim; took silver in the 200 breast in 2:13.19; helped the 400 free relay place second with a 3:21.36 time against McKendree and Missouri State (Jan. 17-18).
Finished 16th in the 200 IM with a 2:00.13 time; placed 10th in the 100 breast with a 58.99 swim at SEC Swimming and Diving Championships (Feb. 17-22).
Put up a time of 48.70 in the 100 free at the Mizzou Qualifier (March 1-2).
Completed the 200 IM in 1:59.67; finished 19th in the 100 breast with a time of 59.06; helped the 400 medley relay to a 3:34.47 finish; put up a time of 49.43 in the 100 free; contributed to a 3:16.25 finish in the 400 free relay at NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships (March 19-22).

2023-24 (SOPHOMORE)

Swam the 100 breast in 1:01.59, finished the 200 breast in 2:16.27 at the SMU Classic (Oct. 6-7)
Finished third in the 200 breast (2:21.16), completed the 100 breast in 1:04.11 at Alabama (Oct. 20)
Touched the wall in 1:04.14 in the 100 breast, swam the 200 breast in 2:23.60 against Auburn and Indiana (Oct. 25)
Finished the 100 breast in 1:03.71, completed the 200 breast in 2:22.75 against Lindenwood and Southern Illinois (Nov. 3)
Claimed bronze in the 100 breast (1:01.07), swam the 200 breast in 2:14.50, touched the wall in the 2:03.69 in the 200 IM at the Mizzou Invitational (Nov. 15-17)
Placed third in the 100 L breast (1:13.10) during the Mizzou Long Course Qualifier (Nov. 18)
Claimed first prize in the 100 breast (1:02.43), finished the 200 free in 1:53.25, touched the wall in 57.84 in the 100 IM at Missouri State (Dec. 2)
Finished second in the 100 breast (1:01.37), swam the 50 breast in 27.49, completed the 200 breast in 2:16.69 at Louisville (Jan. 5)
Won two events, first the 100 breast (1:02.83), and then the 200 breast (2:17.88) against Purdue and Illinois (Jan. 13)
Paced the field in the 200 IM (2:01.32), finished second in the 100 free (50.91) at the Tiger Qualifier (Feb. 2-3)
Raced in the 50 breast (28.21), the 100 breast (59.69), the 200 breast (2:13.99) and the 200 IM (2:01.35) at the SEC Championships (Feb. 19-24)

2022-23 (FRESHMAN)

Won the 200 IM (2:01.22), swam the 50 free in 23.77, finished the 100 breast in 1:01.45 at the Mizzou Qualifier (Feb. 25-26)
Swam the 200 free, 100 breast and the 200 breast at the SEC Championships (Feb. 14-18)
Came home in 1:54.39 in the 200 free against Tennessee (Jan. 6)
Touched the wall in 1:50.92 in the 200 free against Louisville (Jan. 6)
Took bronze in the 100 breast (1:03.12), finished the 200 breast in the 2:21.29 versus Missouri State (Dec. 3)
Finished second in the 50 free (23.73), came home in third in the 200 free (1:49.13), touched the wall in 50.58 in the 100 free, swam a 2:04.57 in the 200 IM at the Mizzou Invitational (Nov. 16-18)
Finished the 100 free in 52.67, had a 1:54.81 standing in the 200 free against Indiana (Oct. 29)
Swam a time of 1:52.33 in the 200 free, touched the wall in 2:23.07 in the 200 breast against Georgia and Arizona State (Oct. 1)

PREP

Swam for Elevation Athletics
Was the State runner-up in the 200 free
Holds the 200 free school record
Named All-American in 2020 and 2021 and All-State in 2021
Was a 2021 USA Scholastic All-America
Holds short course times of 23.31 in the 50 free, 50.24 in the 100 free, 1:48.73 in the 200 free, 17:47.25 in the 1650 free, 30.29 in the 50 back, 1:01.83 in the 100 back, 2:22.15 in the 200 back, 28.37 in the 50 breast, 1:02.05 in the 100 breast, 2:17.38 in the 200 breast, 27.98 in the 50 fly, 59.75 in the 100 fly, 2:07.13 in the 200 IM and 4:35.26 in the 400 IM

PERSONAL

Daughter of Wendy and Holden
Plans to major in exercise physiology and minor in psychology
Father swam for Duke and sister, Kajsa, was thrower on the track & field team at Colorado