Mary Kate Luddy

ISU SR Mary Kate Luddy competing in the W 200Yd Butterfly at the 2018 Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championship at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center on Saturday, February 24, 2018.

Photo by: Liz Parke

Position:
Distance Free/Fly/IM
Class:
Senior
High School:
Millard North
Hometown:
Omaha, Neb.

Personal Records

Event	Time	Opponent
50 Free	0:24.57	2016 Last Chance Meet
100 Free	0:54.07	Kansas (2014-15)
200 Free	1:48.66	2018 Big 12 Championships
500 Free	4:50.68	2015 Big 12 Championships
1000 Free	10:25.99	TCU/South Dakota (2015-16)
1650 Free	17:57.84	2014 Kansas Classic
50 Back	0:28.72	Pentathlon (2015-16)
100 Back	0:58.76	Non-ISU
200 Back	2:10.76	Non-ISU
50 Breast	0:33.13	Pentathlon (2015-16)
100 Breast	1:10.64	South Dakota State (2014-15)
200 Breast	2:37.38	Non-ISU
50 Fly	0:26.45	Pentathlon (2015-16)
100 Fly	0:55.31	Iowa (2017-18)
*200 Fly	1:59.54	2018 Big 12 Championships
100 IM	1:02.14	Pentathlon (2015-16)
200 IM	2:07.86	Non-ISU
*400 IM	4:17.77	2018 Big 12 Championships

*Iowa State School Record

Awards and Honors
All-Big 12 First Team: 400 IM (2018)
All-Big 12 Second Team: 200 Butterfly (2015, 2018), 400 IM (2015), 500 Freestyle (2015, 2018)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll: Fall 2014
Kerry O'Brien Award: 2015-16
Academic All-Big 12 First Team: 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18
Kansas Classic All-Invite Team: 2017
Big 12 Swimmer of the Week: Feb. 5 (2018)
ISU Most Valuable Swimmer: 2017-18

2017-18 (Senior)
Notched six victories throughout the season in butterfly events … finished the season as the Cyclones’ top 200 free, 500 free, 100 fly, 200 fly and 400 IM swimmer … participated in three of five Cyclone relays … named to the Kansas Classic All-Invite Team by scoring a team-high 45 points … competed in the 100 fly (second, 55.32), 200 free (eighth, 1:51.43) and 500 free (second, 4:54.93) at the Kansas Classic … ended the season with 14 top-two finishes, the most by a Cyclone swimmer this season … named the Big 12 Swimmer of the Week on Feb. 5 for her competition at the West Virginia and Villanova double-dual and in the Kansas meet ... competed in the 200 fly (fifth, 1:59.54), 400 IM (third, 4:17.77) and 500 free (sixth, 4:50.68) at the Big 12 Championships … broke the school records in the 200 fly and 400 IM, and is the only Cyclone to go sub-two minutes in the 200 fly … earned one First-Team All-Big 12 recognition and two Second-Team honors … set the 10^th-fastest 200 free time (1:48.66) leading off for the school record 800 free relay squad … also set a record in the 400 free relay … scored 43 individual points at this year’s conference meet, the 12^th-most in Cyclone history in a single Big 12 meet … her 136 career Big 12 Championship points currently ranks third all-time … she scored 205 points in her senior season, ranking 11^th among Iowa State seniors during the Big 12-era … First-Team Academic All-Big 12 recipient, one of only seven Big 12 swimming and diving student-athletes with a perfect 4.0 GPA.

2016-17 (Junior)
Led the team in the 200 butterfly and ranked among the top-five in the 500 freestyle, 1000 freestyle, 100 butterfly and 400 IM … swam butterfly split of the year’s top 400 medley relay, which ranks sixth in program history … registered nine top-three finishes in individual events and swam on seven scoring relays … competed in the 500 freestyle (11^th, 4:55.04), 400 medley relay (5^th, 3:42.96), 400 IM (8^th, 4:24.48) and 200 butterfly (7^th, 2:00.80) at the Big 12 Championship … took seventh in the 200 butterfly and eighth in the 100 butterfly at the Kansas Classic … First-Team Academic All-Big 12 team member.

2015-16 (Sophomore)
Tallied 16 event wins between relays and individual events on the season … had 31 total top-three finishes … finished in 6th place at three-team Pentathlon … swam the 800 FR (3rd place, 7:19.36), 500 freestyle (9th place, 4:54.84), 400 IM (10th place, 4:22.90) and 200 butterfly (10th place, 2:03.06) at the Big 12 Championship … top-three Cyclone swimmer in three events, including No. 1 in 500 freestyle and 200 butterfly … swam third leg of the year’s best 800 FR time with a 1:51.32 split … Kerry O’Brien Award winner … named to the 2016 Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2014-15 (Freshman)
Recorded a breakout freshman campaign … broke a 13-year-old school record in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:00.43 … reached the podium in the 200 butterfly (fourth, 2:00.43), 400 IM (sixth, 4:19.88) and 500 freestyle (sixth, 4:51.91) at the Big 12 Championships … also competed in the 200 medley relay (Exh., 1:44.18) at the conference championship meet … joined the ISU all-time top-performers lists in the 500 freestyle (second, 4:51.91), 100 butterfly (16^th, 0:56.17), 200 butterfly (first, 2:00.43) and 400 IM (second, 4:19.88) … led the Cyclones in the 500 freestyle (4:51.91), 200 butterfly (2:00.43) and 400 IM (4:19.88) on the season … notched 21 top-three finishes on the season, including a first-place performance in the 1000 freestyle against South Dakota State and 500 freestyle against South Dakota.

High School
Four-time letter winner at Millard North High School under coach Andy Cunningham ... part of the 2012 state champion 200 medley relay team ... 2014 state champion in the 500 freestyle ... two-time state runner-up in the 500 freestyle (2011 and 2013) ... most valuable freshman (2010-2011) and most outstanding swimmer (2011-2012 and 2013-2014) for the Mustangs ... three-time Omaha Metro Conference All-Academic team honoree (2012-2014) ... two-time Academic All-State recipient (2013 and 2014) ... swam club for Swim Omaha under coaches Docker Harfield and Doug Krecklow ... Midwest Swimming Swimmer of the Year in 2013 ... Midwestern Swimming girls 15-18 200 butterfly record holder ... two-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American (2013 and 2014).

Personal
Daughter of John and Kathy Luddy ... born on Dec. 21, 1995 ... biology major.