Kansas Jayhawks
Kaitlyn Witt - Women's Swim & Dive - Kansas Jayhawks
Position Fly/Breast
Class Super-Senior
Hometown Lincoln, Neb.
High School Lincoln Southwest HS

Top Collegiate Times

Time Event Date Meet
24.12 50 Y Free 2/22/2023 Big 12 Championship
1:03.12 100 Y Breast 2/26/2019 Big 12 Championship
2:19.95 200 Y Breast 03/02/2019 Big 12 Swimming & Diving Championship
54.52 100 Y Fly 03/01/2019 Big 12 Swimming & Diving Championship
2:08.83 200 Y IM 11/16/2018 Kansas Classic

2022-2023 (Super-Senior)

  • Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
  • Was voted to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District.
  • Set a personal best in the 50-yard freestyle (24.12) in the Big 12 Championship on Feb. 22nd.

2021-22 (Senior)

  • Swam the 100-yard butterfly (55.48) to help KU finish second at the Big 12 Championship.
  • One of 17 Jayhawks to receive the Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award.

2020-21 (Junior)

  • Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
  • Swam the third leg of the 200-yard medley relay to help KU finish second in the event at the Big 12 Championship.
  • Finished second in the 100-yard butterfly (56.57) against TCU (Oct. 17).

2019-20 (Sophomore)

  • Placed inside the top-10 13 times this season in individual events
  • Finished sixth in the 100-yard butterfly at the Big 12 Championship (Feb. 26)
  • Placed eighth in the 100-yard breaststroke at the Big 12 Championship (Feb. 26)
  • Set personal-best marks in the 50-yard freestyle (24.03) and the 100-yard breaststroke (1:03.12)

2018-19 (Freshman)

  • All-Big 12 Second Team member
  • Won the 100-yard breaststroke event at the Kansas Classic (11/17) with a time of 1:04.74
  • Set a new personal best (1:03.35) in the 100-yard breaststroke at the Big 12 Championship
  • Won the 100-yard butterfly against TCU (10/27) with a time of 56.54
  • Earned a personal-best time in the 100-yard butterfly (54.52) at the Big 12 Championship (3/1)
  • Finished atop the podium for the 200-yard individual medley at the Kansas Classic with a personal-best time of 2:08.83
  • Ended the season with the third-fastest times on the team in the 100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard breaststroke and the 100-yard butterfly

High School

  • Great Nebraska Swim Team member
  • Junior National qualifier in the 100-yard butterfly
  • Won the 2017 Nebraska High School State Championship in the 100-yard butterfly (54.77)
  • Won the same event at the same meet the following year with a time of 54.48
  • Also claimed a second-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:03.68 at the 2018 state meet

Personal

  • Daughter of Mike Witt and Leigh Ann Fetter-Witt
  • One older sister Ashley
Baseball 17 Jayhawks Receive Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award

Seventeen University of Kansas student-athletes have been honored with the 2022 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award – the Big 12 Conference’s highest academic honor.

Women's Swim & Dive 🏊‍♀️ 22 Jayhawks Represented on Academic All-Big 12 Teams

Kansas swimming & diving was represented by 22 individuals on the Academic All-Big 12 teams, the Big 12 Conference announced on Tuesday, highlighted by a league-best six individuals with a 4.0 GPA.