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Caroline Kenney

Free/Back
Position
Senior
Class
Suwanee, Ga.
Hometown
North Gwinett
High School
Caroline Kenney - Swimming & Diving - Virginia Cavaliers

NCAA All-American (3)
2014:
800 Free Relay
2013:
800 Free Relay (HM)
2012: 800 Free Relay (HM)

ACC Champion (3)
2014:
800 Free Relay
2013:
800 Free Relay
2012: 800 Free Relay

All-ACC (6)
2014:
200 Free, 200 Back, 800 Free Relay
2013:
800 Free Relay
2012: 200 Back, 800 Free Relay

UVA Career Bests
50 Free: 23.94
100 Free: 51.81
200 Free: 1:45.59 (5th all-time at UVa)
500 Free: 4:41.34 (8th all-time at UVa)
1000 Free: 9:51.60
1650 Free: 16:27.10
100 Back: 56.55
200 Back: 1:53.97 (5th all-time at UVa)

2013-14
Earned All-America honors with the 800 free relay that placed fifth at the NCAA Championships
Placed 19th in the 500 free in a career-best time of 4:41.34 at NCAAs
Also finished 22nd in the 200 back and 26th in the 200 free at the national meet
ACC Champion with the 800 free relay that broke the UVa and ACC record in 7:01.39 at ACCs
Earned All-ACC honors in the 200 back and 200 free with third-place finishes
Set a career-best mark in the 200 free of 1:45.59 at ACCs
Placed second in the 500 free, 10th in the 200 free and 17th in the 200 back at the Ohio State Invite
Picked up a win in the 100 back against Duke
Named to the All-ACC Academic Team

2012-13
ACC Champion and earned honorable mention All-America honors with the 800-yard freestyle relay
Swam the second leg of the 800 free relay that broke the school record (7:01.56) and placed first at ACCs
Part of 800 free relay that finished 11th at NCAAs
Placed seventh in the 200-yard backstroke and won the consolation final in the 200 free and 500 free at ACCs
Her prelim time of 1:53.97 in the 200 back at ACCs was a career-best mark
Her finals time in the 200 free at ACCs (1:47.12) was also a career-best time
Finished third in the 1,650 free (16:27.10) in a career-best mark at the Georgia Fall Invitational
Also placed 10th in the 500 free and 14th in the 200 free at the Georgia Fall Invite
Won the 500 free against Wisconsin and Virginia Tech
Given the team[apos]s Hardest Worker award

2011-12
Competed in the 200 freestyle, 500 freestyle and 200 backstroke at her first NCAA Championships

Swam on Virginia[apos]s honorable mention All-America 800 freestyle relay team that placed ninth in 7:03.68 

Placed 21st overall in the 200 backstroke (1:55.25) at the NCAA Championships
Also finished 35th in the 200 freestyle (1:47.21) and 42nd in the 500 freestyle (4:47.64) at the national meet

A member of UVa[apos]s ACC championship 800 freestyle relay team that finished in 7:03.56, the second-fastest time in school history

Earned a third-place finish in the 200 backstroke (1:55.53) at the ACC Championships to gather her first career all-conference selection 

Posted a career-best time of 1:55.16 in the 200 backstroke during the preliminaries at ACCs

An ACC finalist in the 500 freestyle, finishing seventh overall in 4:50.49

Clocked another personal best in the 500 freestyle during preliminaries with a mark of 4:44.27

Won the consolation final of the 200 freestyle at ACCs to take ninth overall in 1:47.58


2012 Olympic Trials qualifier in the 200 freestyle, 400 freestyle and 100 backstroke



2010-11
Finaled in the 200 backstroke at her first ACC Championships

Finished eighth in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:56.94

Went faster in the preliminaries, touching in 1:55.93

Also placed 23rd in the 500 freestyle (4:54.73) and 26th in the 200 freestyle (1:50.82) at ACCs

Recorded a season-best mark of 1:48.84 in the 200 freestyle at the Tennessee Last Chance Meet (Feb. 26)

High School
Four-time all-county and all-state selection

Six-time Georgia state champion

Set team records in the 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 500 free, 100 back and all relay events

Set a Gwinnett County record in the 200 freestyle 

Twice named Gwinnett County High School Swimmer of the Year

Named 2010 Gwinnett Daily Post Swimmer of the Year
Georgia state record holder in 200 freestyle and 200 backstroke (15-16 year-olds)

2009 Georgia Senior Short Course Champion in 100 and 200 freestyle

2010 Georgia Long Course Senior State Champion in 200 freestyle, 100 backstroke and 200 backstroke

Finished eighth in 200 backstroke at 2009 Short Course Nationals

Three-time team MVP 

Selected as the 2010 North Gwinnett Athlete of the Year and won Sports Champion of Atlanta award

Served as team captain 

Four-time Scholastic All-American and Scholar Athlete

Named a 2010 Academic All-American

Member of the Beta Club and National French Honor Society

Awarded National Merit Scholarship Program Letter of Commendation

College Board AP Scholar



Personal
Daughter of Tom and Lisa Kenney

Has one sister, Grace, and one brother, Jack

Enjoys reading