@fullname - Swimming and Diving - Iowa State University Athletics

ISU SO Kami Pankratz competing in the W 400Yd IM 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

Kami Pankratz

Position:
Butterfly/IM
Class:
Junior
High School:
Blue Valley West
Hometown:
Overland Park, Kan.

Personal Records

Event	Time	Opponent
50 Free	0:26.16	2018 Last Chance Meet
500 Free	5:10.13	Kansas (19-20)
1000 Free	10:19.70	Iowa (18-19)
1650 Free	17:22.19	2019 Big 12 Championships
100 Fly	0:58.69	2017 Big 12 Championship
200 Fly	2:07.47	Iowa (17-18)
200 Back	2:08.70	2017 Last Chance Meet
200 IM	2:06.19	2019 Big 12 Championships
400 IM	4:25.84	2019 Big 12 Championships

Awards and Honors
Academic All-Big 12 First Team: 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20
Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team: 2017

2019-20 (Senior)

Versatile top-five swimmer on the team in the 1000 free, 1650 free, 200 fly and 400 IM … broke her 500 free PR in back-to-back meets against North Texas/UNI and Kansas … placed 13^th (17:43.26) in the 1650 free, 15^th (4:32.48) in the 400 IM and 22^nd (2:08.00) in the 200 IM at the Big 12 Championship … came in second in the 1000 free (10:50.18) against St. Kate/Omaha and in the 400 IM (4:35.87) against North Texas/UNI … scored in the 200 IM (16^th, 2:08.01), 400 IM (13^th, 4:31.17) and 1650 free (10^th, 17:40.78) at the Kansas Classic … named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2018-19 (Junior)
Swam for the Cyclones in a variety of events … top-five Cyclone in the 1000 and 1650 free, 200 fly and IM events … won the 200 IM (2:13.60) at South Dakota State … qualified for the 400 IM finals at the Kansas Classic (7th, 4:31.59), scoring in three other events … scored with a PR time in all three events at the Big 12 Championships … finished 13th in the 200 IM (2:06.19) and 1650 free (17:22.19) … finished a career-best 11th-place finish in the 400 IM (4:25.84), moving to 11th all-time in the event … named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2017-18 (Sophomore)
Swam a variety of events for Iowa State, including distance freestyle, butterfly and individual medley … earned three second-place finishes during the season … top-five Cyclone swimmer in five events … set a personal best of 5:12.25 against TCU and South Dakota with her fourth-place finish … scored in four different events at the Kansas Classic, including the 200 IM (13^th, 2:07.99), 400 IM (seventh, 4:34.18), 1650 free (16^th, 18:06.02) and 200 fly (14^th, 2:08.54) … set a PR time of 2:07.47 in the 200 fly versus Iowa … qualified for three scoring heats at the Big 12 meet, scoring in the 400 IM (13^th, 4:29.70), 1650 free (15^th, 17:44.06) and 200 fly (14^th, 2:10.63), setting a PR time in the mile … Academic All-Big 12 First Team honoree.

2016-17 (Freshman)
Ranked among the team’s top-five swimmers in the 1000 freestyle, 1650 freestyle, 200 butterfly, 200 IM and 400 IM … cracked All-Time Top Performers list in 400 IM, coming in at No. 12 … competed in the 100 butterfly (Time Trials, 0:58.69), 200 IM (20^th, 2:07.11), 400 IM (12^th, 4:30.46) and 200 butterfly (14^th, 2:09.21) at the Big 12 Championship … notched 13 top-five finishes in individual events.

High School
Swam under coach Garnder Howland on the Kansas City Blazers club team … swam only one season at Blue Valley West High School … 6A Second-Team All-State (2013) … finished sixth (500 freestyle) and seventh (200 IM) at state championship meet (2013) … top-12 placement in 800 freestyle and 400 IM at 2016 Speedo Sectionals.

Personal
Daughter of John and Dawn Pankratz … has two siblings, Danny and Sam … majoring in nutritional science … born Feb. 10, 1998.