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Caroline Patterson - Women's Swim & Dive - Kansas Jayhawks

Caroline Patterson

Position Back
Class Senior
Hometown Boulder, Colorado
High School Fairview High School
bio

Top Times
50-yard backstroke: 27.87
100-yard backstroke: 57.70
200-yard backstroke: 2:02.49
200-yard individual medley: 2:05.37
400-yard individual medley: 4:40.25

2013-14 (Junior)
Started the season with a fourth-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke (59.47) against Air Force (10/12)… Finished fourth in the 200-yard backstroke (2:09.35) at the same meet… Took home third place in the 200-yard IM (2:16.09) against William Jewell (12/7)… Picked up another third-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:11.30) at the same meet… Placed fifth in the 200-yard backstroke (2:10.65) against Iowa State (2/7-8). 

2012-13 (Sophomore)
Academic All-Big 12 Second Team… Athletic Director’s and Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Fall 2012)… Finished second in the 200-yard backstroke, in a dual meet at Rice (10/6), with a time of 2:04.55… Closed out the season at the Big 12 Championships (2/27-3/2) by finishing 14th in the 200-yard backstroke (2:04.83) and 25th in the 200-yard IM (2:08.93).

2011-12 (Freshman)
Finished second in the 200-yard IM, with a time of 2:14.39, in a dual meet with Nebraska-Omaha (11/19)… Finished the year with season-best times in the 100-yard backstroke (57.97), the 200-yard backstroke (2:04.55) and the 200-yard IM (2:07.74), at the Big 12 Championships (2/22-25).

High School
Competed in 2011 5A State Championship Finals in 200-yard IM (2:14.58) and 100-yard backstroke (1:00.55)… Finished third in four events at finals of 2011 Boulder County Invitational… Named All-American in swimming in 2010 and 2011… Swam for Rally Sport Aquatic Club under Coach Grant Holicky.

Personal
Parents are Lou and Donna Patterson… Uncle played tennis at West Texas State and another uncle played basketball at Lamoni College… Majoring in journalism.