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Kate Conard
Position: Free/IM
Height: 5'10"
Year: Senior
Hometown: East Setauket, N.Y.
High School: Ward Melville
Major: Psychology/Special Education
Kate Conard Biography
Courtesy: Marist Athletics
Release: 06/01/2011

Current Marist Record Holder of the 200-yd., 500-yd., 1000-yd. & 1650-yd. Individual Freestyle Marks ... Also School Record Holder on 200-, 400-, and 800-yd freestyle and 400-yd medley relays.

2012-13: Team Captain

2011-12: ECAC Champion: 500-Yard Freestyle. 800-Yard Freestyle & 400-Yard Medley Relays ... MAAC Champion: 1000- and 1650-Yard Freestyle. 200-, 400- and 800-yd Freestyle & 400-yd Medley Relays ... CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District First Team ... MAAC All-Academic Team ... MAAC Swimmer of the Week: Nov. 2 ... Defended 1000- and 1650-yd freestyle MAAC titles with times of 10:06.07 and 16:45.79, respectively ... Finished second in the 500-yd freestyle race to teammate Michelle Fountain by .24 at 4:55.89 ... In relay action, Conard went 4-for-4 as her 200- (1:35.47), 400- (3:26.67) and 800-yd (7:33.34) freestyle and 400-yd medley (3:48.42) teams all secured titles.

At the ECAC Championships, she collected Marist's first individual swimming title since 2009 when Alan Roberts won the 100-yd breaststroke and first by a female since 2007 with her victory in the 500-yd freestyle at 4:53.04, 3.13 seconds clear of second place ... Finished runner-up in both the 200- and 1650-yd freestyle races with times of 1:50.12 and 16:41.59, respectively ... In relay action, she raced on two title winning squads, the 800-yd freestyle (7:31.51) and 400-yd medley (3:49.56) teams. Her 200-yd freestyle relay team finished fourth at 1:36.38.

2010-11: United States' ConocoPhillips National Championships Qualifier in the 1000-YD Freestyle ... NCAA B Standard Qualifier in the 500-Yard & 1650-Yard Freestyle ... MAAC Conference Record-Holder: 500-, 1000- & 1650-Yard Freestyle and 800-Yard Freestyle Relay ... MAAC Champion: 500-, 1000- & 1650-Yard Freestyle, 200-, 400- and 800-Yard Freestyle Relays ... MAAC Most Outstanding Swimmer ... MAAC All-Academic Team ... MAAC Swimmer of the Week: Nov. 2, Nov. 23, Dec. 7, Jan. 18 ... Won her first individual event at the MAAC Championships, the 500-yd freestyle with a MAAC and Marist record time of 4:51.88 ... Took first place in the 1000-yd freestyle with a time of 9:57.07, a MAAC and Marist record (extended her lead in Marist record book by 19.03 seconds over number two. Her time was 36th fastest amongst all Division 1 swimmers during the 2010-11 season ... Went three for three in her individual events as she won the 1650-yd freestyle with a MAAC and Marist record time of 16:40.23, she beat the second place finisher by over 25 seconds. Member of three first place relay teams: the 200-yd Freestyle Relay team, who sits atop the Marist record books with a time of 1:35.39, the 400-yd freestyle relay, who won in a Marist record time of 3:28.39 and the MAAC and Marist record-holding 800-yd freestyle relay team, who finished with a time of 7:31.19 ... Also a member of the second place 200-yd medley relay team, who nearly missed capturing first by .46 seconds with a Marist record time of 1:45.52.

At the ECAC Championships, re-broke her Marist 500-yd freestyle record with a second place time of 4:50.97 ... Earned a spot a top the Marist record books with her second place finish in the 200-yd freestyle at 1:50.21 ... Finished the 1650-yd freestyle in second place with a time of 16:41.17 ... Member of the second place finishing 800-yd freestyle relay, as well as the third place 200-yd freestyle relay team and 400-yd medley relay team. In the leadoff backstroke leg, swam the second fastest 100-yd time in school history, 57.30 ... Also swam with the sixth place finishing 400-yd freestyle relay team.

2009-10: MAAC Conference Record-Holder - 500-, 1,000- and 1,650 Freestyle ... MAAC Champion - 500-, 1,000-, 1,650-yd. Freestyle, 400-yd. Medley Relay and 800-yd. Freestyle Relay ... MAAC Championship Most Outstanding Swimmer of the Meet ... MAAC Swimmer of the Week: Oct. 20 ... Set MAAC records in the 500-, 1,000- and 1,650-yd. freestyle events ... Won the 500-yd. freestyle with a 4:55.62 finish and 1,000-yd. freestyle in 10:12.97 ... Earned first in the 1,650-yd. freestyle in 17:03.16 - 8.21 seconds ahead of the field ... Was a member of the 400-yd. medley relay team that took first in 3:50.43 ... Also earned first with the 800-yd. freestyle relay team with their finish of 7:36.05 ... Took second as a member of the 200-yd. medley relay with a 1:46.90 time ... Also finished second with the 400-yd freestyle relay team that finished in 3:30.35 ...

Contributed significantly to the Red Foxes ECAC Championship in her first season ... Raced as a member of the 400-yd. medley relay team that took second in 3:51.41 ... Finished third in the 500-yd. freestyle with a time of 4:58.02 ... Also took third with the 800-yd. freestyle relay team that finished in 7:36.72 ... Earned fourth in the 200-yd. freestyle with a 1:53.04 finish ... Raced as part of the fourth place 400-yd. freestyle relay team that finished in 3:29.90.

Prior To Marist: Conard, a native of East Setauket, N.Y. swam for Ward Melville High School and the Three Village Swim Club. Her team won the 2008 Suffolk County championships, while she was a county champion in two events. She won the 200-yd. freestyle with a time of 1:53.10 and anchored the winning 400-yd. freestyle relay time; her split was 51.88 seconds. Conard also came in second place in the 500-yd. freestyle with a time of 5:01.76. With the results she achieved at the county meet, she qualified for the New York State High School Championships. A three-time state qualifier, she finished fourth in the 200-yd. freestyle, seventh in the 500-yd. freestyle and her relay team came in fifth at the meet.

General: Major is Psychology/Special Education

Marist Women's Swimming and Diving


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