Kate Steward

Position Breast/IM

Class Senior

Hometown Bartlesville, Okla.

High School Bartlesville HS

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Time	Event	Date	Meet
24.59	50 Y Free	11/16/2018	Kansas Classic
52.29	100 Y Free	11/18/2018	Kansas Classic
1:00.34	100 Y Breast	2/29/2020	Big 12 Championship
2:10.68 *School Record	200 Y Breast	2/29/2020	Big 12 Championship
1:58.00 *School Record	200 Y IM	2/24/2021	Big 12 Championship

2020-21 (Junior)

CoSIDA All-District First Team selection
Named a College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America All-American Honorable Mention
Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
Set the school record in the 200-yard IM at the Big 12 Championships with a final time of 1:58.00 to finish second.
Set the pool record at the Robinson Natatorium in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:01.87) at the Friday Night Lights meet (Dec. 4) and in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:12.28) at the KU Virtual Cup 6 (Nov. 20).
Named the Big 12 Swimmer of the Week on Nov. 24.
Finished second in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:01.24) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:10.86) at the Big 12 Championships. Both times qualified her for the 2021 Olympic Trials.
Recorded five first-place finishes in events during dual meets this season.

2019-20 (Sophomore)

Named a College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America All-American Honorable Mention
Was the Big 12 Champion in the 100-yard breaststroke and 200-yard breaststroke
Set the Kansas program record in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:00.34) and the 200-yard breaststroke (2:10.68) at the Big 12 Championship (Feb. 26)
Finished in first place in all eight of her 100-yard breaststroke events
Finished inside the top-two in 21 individual events
Was a member of the 200-yard medley relay team that set the KU record at the Big 12 Championship (Feb. 26) with a final time of 1:37.70
Was a member of the 400-yard medley relay team that set the KU record at the Big 12 Championship (Feb. 26) with a final time of 3:35.96
Finished second in the 200-yard individual medley at the Big 12 Championship (Feb. 26)

2018-19 (Freshman)

Won her first Big 12 Championship in the 200 yard breaststroke in 2:11.98.
All-Big 12 First Team member
Set the Kansas record in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:11.98) at the Big 12 Championship (3/2)
Claimed first place in five 100-yard breaststroke events
Earned a personal-best time in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:01.58) while competing at the Big 12 Championship (3/2)
Finished in first place six times in the 200-yard breaststroke
Won the 200-yard individual medley against TCU (10/27) with a time of 2:07.38
Ended the season with the fastest team time in the 200-yard individual medley (2:00.33) and the 200-yard breaststroke
Had the second-fastest time on the team in the 100-yard breaststroke

High School

Swam with the Splash Club
National qualifier in the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststrokes
Her high school is a four-time defending Oklahoma State Champion (2015-18)
She holds the state record in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:01.46) and the 200-yard individual medley (2:02.27)
She won the event both the 100-yard breaststroke and 200-yard individual medley at the 2017 and 2018 Oklahoma 6A State Championships

Personal

Daughter of Brent and Susan Steward
Has two siblings in Hannah and John

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Women's Swim & Dive 🏊‍♀️ Kate Steward Concludes Superb Kansas Career at NCAA Championships

Kansas senior Kate Steward competed at the NCAA Division I Swimming Championships in Atlanta, Ga., this weekend, capping off her standout collegiate career.

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Kansas senior Kate Steward will be in action at the NCAA Division I Swimming & Diving Championships from March 16-19 in Atlanta, Ga. Steward will compete in the 100-yard breaststroke and 200-yard breaststroke.

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Kansas swim & dive concluded day three of the Big 12 swimming & diving Championship in Morgantown, W.V., on Friday, which was highlighted by senior Kate Steward breaking the KU school record in the 100 breaststroke.

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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.

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My mom, Susan Steward, is the biggest KU fan I know. In fact, I’d argue she’s one of the biggest Jayhawk fans of all time. So, when she told me that what went down Feb. 6 cracked her list of top-five KU memories ever, well, that certainly spoke volumes — and she wasn’t the only one who felt that way.

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Swimming doesn't define Kate Steward. While the Jayhawk Junior has a strong passion for the sport, deciding not to "take it all so seriously" was a massive turning point in Kate's career.