Kaylee Kucera

Position:
Sprint Freestyle/Butterfly/Backstroke
Class:
Senior
High School:
Hutchinson
Hometown:
Hutchinson, Minn.

Personal Records

Event	Time	Opponent
50 Free	0:23.62	2015 Big 12 Championships
100 Free	0:52.78	Iowa (2012-13)
50 Back	0:28.14	Pentathlon (2015-16)
100 Back	0:54.62	2016 Big 12 Championships
200 Back	2:02.89	2014 Big 12 Championships
50 Breast	0:36.10	Pentathlon (2015-16)
100 Breast	1:12.04	2013 Last Chance Meet
50 Fly	0:27.38	Pentathlon (2015-16)
100 Fly	0:55.70	2014 Big 12 Championships
200 Fly	2:07.04	Iowa (2015-16)
100 IM	1:04.89	Pentathlon (2015-16)
200 IM	2:21.20	Nebraksa-Omaha (2013-14)

Awards and Honors
All-Big 12 Second-Team: 200 Medley Relay (2015)
Cyclone Relay Swimmer Award (2015-16)

2015-16 (Senior)
Capped career as one of the best relay swimmers in school history … swam on 16 relay squads that finished in the top-three … competed in 200 MR (3rd place, 1:40.93), 400 MR (4th place, 3:42.92), 100 butterfly (7th place, 56.03), 100 backstroke (7th place, 55.30) and 200 backstroke (18th place, 2:03.38) at Big 12 Championship … won 100 backstroke swim-off at The Big Challenge by 0.19 seconds to finish 4-0 in swim-offs for her career … top-three Cyclone swimmer in four events on the season, including No. 1 in the 100 backstroke … swam butterfly leg of the year’s top 200 MR and 400 MR teams … earned the Cyclone Relay Swimmer Award.

2014-15 (Junior)
Competed in the 200 medley relay (second, 1:41.26), 100 backstroke (seventh, 0:56.18), 100 butterfly (11^th, 0:55.76), 200 backstroke (16^th, 2:04.01) and 50 freestyle (Exh., 0:23.62) at the Big 12 Championships … led the Cyclones in the 100 backstroke with a time of 0:55.25 and was part of the team’s fastest 200 medley relay squad (1:41.26) on the season … crack’s ISU’s all-time top-performers lists in the 50 freestyle (17^th, 0:23.62) and 200 medley relay (fourth, 1:41.26) … notched 34 top-five performances on the season, including event wins in the 400 medley relay and 50 backstroke against South Dakota State, 100 butterfly against South Dakota and 200 medley relay against Northern Iowa.

2013-14 (Sophomore)
Competed in the 200 medley relay (4th, 1:41.14), 50 freestyle (prelims, 23.79), 400 medley relay (3rd, 3:41.81), 100 butterfly (15th, 56.07), 100 butterfly swim-off (1st, 55.70), 100 backstroke (13th, 56.96), 200 backstroke (13th, 2:02.89) at the Big 12 Championships … tallied six top-five time spots for the Cyclones including 100 butterfly (Big 12s, 55.70), 100 backstroke (Big 12s, 56.42), and 400 medley relay (Big 12s, 3:41.81) this season … recorded 32 top-five performances this season (16 individual and 16 relay) including first-place against SDSU in the 200 medley (1:48.24) and first-place in 400 medley (4:24.85) against South Dakota.

2012-13 (Freshman)
Competed in the 200 medley relay (third, 1:40.84), 50 freestyle (15th, 24.31), 400 medley relay (third, 3:42.92), 100 butterfly (22nd, 57.33), 100 backstroke (15th,57.13), 400 free relay (Exh., 3:30.12) at the Big 12 Championships … finished sixth in the 10 breaststroke (1:12.04) at the Last Chance meet … took second in the 100 back and 100 free against Northern Iowa … finished fifth in the 50 free at Illinois … was fourth in the 100 back and 100 fly for the Cyclones.

High School
Swam for Hutchinson High School under coach Rory Fairbanks … five-year all-conference and all-state recipient … member of 400 free relay which earned first place and Class “A” record time at 2009 and 2010 state meet … also competed in 200 medley relay which earned first place…finished fifth in the 100 backstroke and third in 100 butterfly ... team won state meet in 2010 … placed second in the 200 medley relay ... third in 100 backstroke and fourth in 100 butterfly … finished first at the 2011 state meet in 200 medley relay … butterfly split time of 24.94 … finished second in 100 butterfly and third in 100 backstroke … earned all-conference and all-state honors in basketball her senior year … all-conference for softball in 2011 and 2012 … honor roll member all four years.

Personal
Daughter of David and Cathryn Kucera … born May 9th … accounting major.