Carley Caughron

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South Dakota

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Position:
Sprint Free/Fly
Class:
Senior
High School:
Waterloo West
Hometown:
Waterloo, Iowa

Personal Records

Event	Time	Opponent
50 Free	22.85	2024 Big 12s
100 Free	50.22	2025 Big 12s
200 Free	1:53.26	2022 Kansas Classic
100 Fly	54.18	2024 Big 12s

Awards & Honors

Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (Nov. 10, 2021, Dec. 15, 2021)
CSC Academic All-District (2025)
Academic All-Big 12 Team (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)
Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team (2021-22)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (F22, F23, S24, F24, S25)

2024-25
Earned sixteen top-five finishes across all events… recorded a personal best twice at Big 12 Championships in the 100 free… moved up to fifth best on the all-time top performer’s list in the 100 free and second in the 200 medley relay.

2023-24
Recorded 49 points at 2024 Big 12 Championships which was tied for the third-highest single meet points total in program history... third-fastest 50 free in program history (22.85), led to ninth place in event at Big 12 Championships... broke PR in 100 free twice at Big 12 Championships, 50.33 time in 400 free relay was 20th fastest time in school history, No. 6 on all-time top performers list... set PR of 54.18 in the 100 fly at Big 12 Championships, tied for No. 3 spot on all-time top performers list... recorded 13 top-three finishes across 2023-24 season.

2022-23
Tallied seven event victories across the 50 free, 100 free, and 100 fly ... Recorded three PR’s at the Big 12 Championships with 23.23 in the 50 free for 10th place, 50.54 in the 100 free for 14th place, and 54.65 in the 100 fly for 13th place ... holds the eighth-fastest performance in the 50 free, seventh-fastest performance in the 100 free and 100 fly … second-best top performance and time in the 200 medley relay, third top performance and time in the 400 medley relay, eighth top performance and time in the 200 free relay... holds the school record with her 400 free relay team ... named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2021-22
Named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week twice for her swims against Omaha and Iowa … claimed her first collegiate victory in the first meet of the season against UNI in the 50 free (24.07) … went on to total four event-winning times, all in sprint free events … swam to new PRs of 23.32 in the 50 free, 51.18 in the 100 free and 56.11 in the 100 fly at the Kansas Classic … tied the ninth-best 50 free performance and became the 20th-best 100 free performer in school history … member of four relay teams ranking in the top 10 all time … posted the third-fastest 50 free time in history by an Iowa State freshman.

Prior to Iowa State
High School
Broke six school records and two pool records … claimed honors of MVC champion, district champion and 2020 District Athlete of the Year … four-time state qualifier and five-time state finalist … swam to personal-bests of 23.83 in the 50 free, 52.04 in the 100 free and 56.55 in the 100 fly … swam for Coach Jeff Kamp at Waterloo West High and for Coach Melissa Woltz for BLAST.

Personal
Majoring in kinesiology and exercise sciences.