Kasey Roberts

ISU SR Kasey Roberts competing in the W 100Yd Breaststroke at the 2018 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championship at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center on Friday, February 23, 2018.

Photo by: Liz Parke

Photo by: Liz Parke/Big 12 Conference

Photo by: Liz Parke/Big 12 Conference

Position:
Breaststroke/IM
Class:
Senior
High School:
St. Michael-Albertville
Hometown:
Saint Michael, Minn.

Personal Records

Event	Time	Opponent
50 Free	0:23.89	Non-ISU
100 Free	0:52.93	Non-ISU
200 Free	1:50.11	2016 Big 12 Championships
500 Free	5:11.88	Non-ISU
1000 Free	11:09.03	Non-ISU
1650 Free	18:54.86	Non-ISU
50 Back	0:25.94	2017 Big 12 Championships
100 Back	0:55.50	2017 Big 12 Championships
200 Back	2:05.45	2014 Kansas Classic
50 Breast	0:30.51	Pentathlon (2015-16)
100 Breast	1:01.38	2015 Big 12 Championships
*200 Breast	2:11.82	2015 Big 12 Championships
50 Fly	0:26.47	Pentathlon (2015-16)
100 Fly	0:58.67	Non-ISU
200 Fly	2:20.55	Non-ISU
100 IM	0:59.82	Pentathlon (2015-16)
*200 IM	2:00.29	2015 Big 12 Championships
400 IM	4:22.21	Big Challenge (2015-16)

*Iowa State School Record

Awards and Honors
Big 12 Newcomer of the Year: 2014-15
Big 12 Newcomer of the Meet: 2015
ISU Newcomer of the Year: 2014-15
ISU Most Valuable Swimmer: 2015-16
All-Big 12 First-Team: 200 Breaststroke (2015), 200 IM (2016)
All-Big 12 Second-Team: 100 Breaststroke (2015, 2016, 2017), 200 Breaststroke (2016, 2017), 200 IM (2015)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll: Fall 2014
Academic All-Big 12 First-Team: 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18

2017-18 (Senior)
Finished the season in Iowa State’s top-five in the 100 backstroke and breaststroke events … recorded 10 top-three finishes this season, including a pair of event wins … qualified for two scoring finals at the Kansas Classic, taking fourth in the 100 breast (1:04.29) and eighth (57.79) in the 100 back … scored in three events at the Big 12 Championships, including the 100 breast (10^th, 1:03.60), 200 breast (10^th, 2:19.68) and 100 back (15^th, 56.30) … ranks third and fourth among Cyclones in career points scored and career Big 12 Championship points scored, respectively … swam on the top 200 and 400 medley relay squads … named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team for the third-consecutive season, finishing this year with a 4.0 GPA, one of seven Big 12 swimming and diving student-athletes to achieve that feat this season.

2016-17 (Junior)
Tallied 18 top-five finishes in individual events, including seven event victories … member of 11 dual meet scoring relays, two of which took first place … team’s fastest 200 IM swimmer of the season and also ranked among the top-five swimmers in the 200 freestyle, 100 backstroke, 100 breaststroke and 200 breaststroke … lead-off swimmer on the year’s fastest 200 and 400 medley relays … anchored the season’s best 800 freestyle relay time … posted an NCAA ‘B’ Cut in the 200 breaststroke at the Big 12 Championship … swam in the 200 medley relay (3^rd, 1:40.54), 800 freestyle relay (3^rd, 7:19.57), 200 IM (11^th, 2:03.02), 400 medley relay (5^th, 3:42.96), 100 breaststroke (6^th, 1:02.71) and 200 breaststroke (4^th, 2:15.98) at the Big 12 Championship … earned Second-Team All-Big 12 recognition in both breaststroke races … named to the Academic All-Big 12 First-Team.

2015-16 (Sophomore)
Followed up outstanding freshman year by tallying a team-high 29 event wins on the season between individual events and relays … placed in the top-three an additional 15 times … took first place at the Pentathlon by 5.69 seconds … won the 100 IM by 2.3 seconds at the Pentathlon … took fifth at in the 400 IM (4:22.21), fourth in the 100 breaststroke (1:03.09) and first in the 200 breaststroke (2:14.61) at The Big Challenge … named to The Big Challenge All-Star Team … competed in the 200 MR (3rd place, 1:40.93), 800 FR (3rd place, 7:19.36), 200 IM (3rd place, 2:00.79), 400 MR (4th place, 3:22.92), 100 breaststroke (4th place, 1:02.26) and 200 breaststroke (5th place, 2:15.29) at the Big 12 Championship … earned All-Big 12 recognition in the 200 IM, 100 breaststroke and 200 breaststroke … team’s No. 1 swimmer in both breaststroke and both IM events … swam on the top squad in four-of-five relays … named team’s Most Valuable Swimmer … named to the 2016 Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2014-15 (Freshman)
Recorded one of the best seasons in program history for an Iowa State freshman … reached the medal stand six times at the 2015 Big 12 Championship meet in the 200 breaststroke (third, 2:11.82), 200 IM (T-fourth, 2:00.64), 100 breaststroke (fifth, 1:01.38), 200 medley relay (second, 1:41.26), 800 freestyle relay (second, 7:17.49) and 400 medley relay (third, 3:43.24) … set school records in the 200 breaststroke (2:11.82), 200 IM (2:00.29) and 800 freestyle relay (7:17.49), while recording NCAA ‘B’ cut qualifying times in the 100 breaststroke (1:01.38), 200 breaststroke and 200 IM … clocked nine times on the Iowa State all-time top-performers lists in the 100 breaststroke (second, 1:01.38), 200 breaststroke (first, 2:11.82), 100 butterfly (ninth, 0:55.87), 200 IM (first, 2:00.64), 400 IM (13^th, 4:30.40), 200 medley relay (fourth,1:41.26 and eighth, 1:42.67), 400 medley relay (fifth, 3:43.24) and 800 freestyle relay (first, 7:17.49) … tallied 19 first-place finishes and 42 top-three performances on the season, including a pair of wins in the 100 and 200 breaststroke at the Kansas Classic … won seven-of-nine 100 breaststroke and six-of-nine 200 breaststroke races on the season … led the Cyclones in the 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke, 200 IM, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay and 800 freestyle relay.

High School
Four-time letter winner at St. Michael-Albertville High School under coach Tom Guillou ... two-time All-American honoree (2012 and 2013) in the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke ... four-time all-state and all-conference recipient (2010-2013) ... state champion in the 200 IM in 2012 as a junior ... two-time state swimmer of the year nominee ... three-time 8AA regional champion in the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke (2011-2013) ... three-time 8AA regional swimmer of the year (2011-2013).

Personal
Daughter of Marty and Sue Roberts ... Born on Jan. 15, 1996 ... elementary education major.