Read or Download Full Version (PDF) - Duke University Athletics

MEET THE BLUE DEVILS
Catherine Conklin
Senior • Back/Free
Kenilworth, Ill.
(New Trier Township)
Honors: ACC Academic Honor Roll (2009, 2011)
2010-11: Closed the season with a pair of personal-best performances at the
College Cup … recorded a time of 26.33 in the 50 free … also clocked 1:02.52
in the 100 back … notched a personal-best 57.98 in the 100 free against
Virginia … posted a 58.13 split to help the 400 free relay take sixth against
South Carolina and Queens ... named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2009-10: Competed in six events on the year ... season-best time was 57.66
in the 100-meter free against UNC Wilmington in the season home-opener
… helped guide the 400 free relay to a seventh-place showing against Houston
and Georgia Tech (3:49.16).
2008-09: In her first collegiate meet, swam the 100-meter backstroke
against UNC Wilmington in a time of 1:03.43 … registered a season-best
1:03.29 in the 100 back in the season finale against Clemson … called upon
to swim the 500 free twice over the course of the season, responding with a
5:25.45 against UNC Wilmington and a 5:21.87 against Campbell and Miami
… swam the 200 free twice, posting a 2:03.16 against Campbell and Miami
and a career-best 2:00.84 against Virginia … contributed on the 200 and
400 medley relays … named to the ACC Honor Roll.
Prep: Three-year letterwinner at New Trier Township … team captain as
a senior … state qualifier alternate as a sophomore, junior and senior …
sectional qualifier in the 100 backstroke as a junior … JV champion in the
50 free as a freshman … second-team statewide as a senior … third-team
statewide as a sophomore and junior … swam with New Trier Swim Club
from age 7-18 … sectional qualifier in the 100 back and 500 free … Academic
All-American for the 2007-08 school year … Illinois State Scholar in 2008.
Personal: Born Catherine Wilson Conklin on Apr. 26, 1990 in Evanston, Ill. ...
daughter of Jeff and Teri Conklin … has one sister, Caroline, who also swims
at Duke … mother (’82) and father (’81) both swam at Duke … godmother
Nancy Hogshead also swam at Duke … other relatives who have graduated
from Duke include uncle, Greg Changnon (’85), and aunt, Pola Ayllon (’85)
… majoring in economics … favorite athlete is Olympian Aaron Peirsol.
2011-12 DUKE SWIMMING & DIVING
Conklin Personal Records & Duke Career Performance List:
50-Yard Freestyle
26.33 College Cup (11th/11) Feb. 5, 2011
26.50 South Carolina/Queens (10th/13) Jan. 15, 2011
26.62 UNC Wilmington (8th/8) Oct. 16, 2010
100-Yard Freestyle
57.66 UNC Wilmington (11th/11) Oct. 17, 2009
x57.98 Virginia (8th/8) Jan. 23, 2011
x58.15 NC State/Campbell (12th/12) Oct. 29, 2010
200-Yard Freestyle
2:00.84 Virginia (7th/7) Jan. 25, 2009
2:03.95 UNC Wilmington (12th/12) Oct. 17, 2009
500-Yard Freestyle
5:24.76 Gamecock Invitational (27th/31 - Prelims) Nov. 20, 2008
x5:25.45 UNC Wilmington (7th/8) Oct. 18, 2008
100-Yard Backstroke
x1:02.52 College Cup (13th/13) Feb. 5, 2011
x1:02.65 NC State/Campbell (11th/15) Oct. 29, 2010
x1:02.89 North Carolina (7th/7) Feb. 4, 2011
1:03.43 UNC Wilmington (7th/7) Oct. 18, 2008
x1:05.18 Davidson/South Carolina (8th/9) Jan. 10, 2009
200-Yard Backstroke
2:14.13 North Carolina (7th/8) Jan. 30, 2009
x2:15.00 Clemson (8th/8) Jan. 31, 2009
x2:15.29 Virginia (8th/8) Jan. 25, 2009
x2:19.07 Davidson/South Carolina (8th/8) Jan. 10, 2009
200-Yard Freestyle Relay
1:42.08 (25.18) Gamecock Invitational (15th/20) Nov. 20, 2008
1:43.19 (25.75) Gamecock Invitational (21st/22) Nov. 19, 2009
1:43.37 (26.09) UNC Wilmington (8th/8) Oct. 16, 2010
x1:44.99 (26.06) Virginia (3rd/3) Jan. 25, 2009
x1:45.13 (26.06) North Carolina (3rd/3) Jan. 30, 2009
x1:46.43 (26.97) Virginia (4th/4) Jan. 23, 2011
400-Yard Freestyle Relay
3:38.93 (55.42) Gamecock Invitational (12th/19) Nov. 21, 2008
3:44.58 (58.13) South Carolina/Queens (6th/7) Jan. 15, 2011
x3:45.45 (56.95) Maryland/NC State (12th/12) Nov. 1, 2008
3:46.68 (57.48) Maryland (7th/7) Oct. 23, 2010
x3:46.81 (57.99) NC State/Campbell (9th/12) Oct. 29, 2010
x3:47.19 (57.39) Davidson/South Carolina (7th/7) Jan. 10, 2009
3:49.16 (58.89) Houston/Georgia Tech (7th/8) Oct. 30, 2009
x3:50.54 (57.82) Clemson (7th/7) Jan. 31, 2009
800-Yard Freestyle Relay
7:57.25 (2:00.37) Gamecock Invitational (11th/17) Nov. 21, 2008
8:01.73 (2:03.22) Gamecock Invitational (20th/20) Nov. 20, 2009
200-Yard Medley Relay
1:49.32 (25.81) South Carolina/Queens (6th/7) Jan. 15, 2011
1:54.67 (25.91) Gamecock Invitational (25th/26) Nov. 20, 2009
1:54.93 (25.93) Maryland (6th/6) Oct. 23, 2010
x1:56.48 (26.31) Virginia (7th/7) Jan. 23, 2011
1:57.81 (26.00) UNC Wilmington (8th/8) Oct. 16, 2010
x1:58.93 Gardner-Webb (5th/6) Jan. 17, 2009
400-Yard Medley Relay
x4:08.13 (1:02.89) Maryland/NC State (12th/12) Oct. 31, 2008
- 31 -