University of Northern Iowa Athletics
2019-20 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster
Roster
Taylor, Katie
MID-FREE/FLY
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
DISTANCE FREE
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
BREAST/IM
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
FREE
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
BACK/FLY/IM
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
BRST/FLY/FREE
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
BACK
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
DIVING
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
FREE
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
FLY/IM
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
MID/DIST-FREE
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
DIVING
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
FLY/IM
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
FREE
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
FREE/FLY
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
DIVING
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
BRST/IM/FREE
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Breaststroke/ IM
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
FREE
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
BREAST/IM
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
SPRINT FREE/FLY
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
BACK/IM/FREE
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
SPRINT FREE
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
SPRINT FREE/FLY
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
DISTANCE FREE
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
SPRINT FREE
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
FREE
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Katie Taylor
- Position:
- Backstroke/IM/Freestyle
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Muskego
- Hometown:
- Muskego, Wisconsin
Bio
2018-19: 2019 champion in the 200 backstroke and 200 IM….2019 Elite 17 award recipient….Swimmer of the Week three times this season…….Set the UNI school record in the 200 freestyle (1:49.46)…..Earned NCAA B cuts in the 200 backstroke, 200 IM, and 400 IM….5 first-place finishes in the 100 backstroke….5 first-place finishes in the 200 backstroke…..5 first-place finishes in the 200 IM….Totaled 24 first-place finishes this season individually…Reset the UNI Pool record in the 100 backstroke against Illinois State (55.85)….Set the UNI record in the 100 backstroke (54.24)….Set the UNI record in the 200 backstroke (1:56.37)…..Reset the Kansas Pool Record and UNI Record in the 200 IM (1:59.58)….Set the UNI Pool record in the 200 IM (2:04.85)….Set the UNI record in the 400 IM (4:16.02)….Set the UNI Pool record in the 200 backstroke (2:01.17)….Named to Kansas Classic All-Invite Team…..Set the UNI school record in the 200 medley relay (1:40.50)…. First-team All-Conference….MVC Scholar-Athlete
2017-18: MVC Scholar Athlete, 1st Team All Conference, Scholar All-American, MVC Swimmer of the week once this season, Named to the All Invite team at Kansas Classic….Top 400 free relay with Crystal Florman, Rachel Siebenaller and Molly Lembezeder at MVC Championships, timing in at 3:23.24…..Earned 31 first place finishes in the 2017-18 season…..Top time in the 200 backstroke at the Kansas Classic (1:57.20)….Earned NCAA B Cuts in the 400 IM and 200 backstroke….MVC Champion in the 200 and 400 IMs….Top 200 IM time at the Kansas Classic (2:01.33)…Best 100 backstroke time was at the Kansas Classic, swimming a 54.73
2016-17: Continually broke records throughout season….Swam to three NCAA B cuts, five individual school records, three individual MVC records, two school relay records and two MVC records at the MVC Championships (2/15-2/18)....Took first place in 200 backstroke and received a NCAA B Cut, a UNI record and an MVC record, timing in at 1:57.20….Took second place in the 200 IM, swimming a 2:01.13 and receiving a NCAA B Cut, a UNI record and an MVC record….Took first place in the 400 IM and received a NCAA B Cut, a UNI record and an MVC record, swimming in at 4:17.54…..Set a new UNI record in the 100 backstroke, swimming a 54.68…..Created a new UNI record in the 200 freestyle, swimming a 1:50.44….Competed with Florman, Lembezeder and Phyfe for a new UNI and MVC record in the 400 freestyle relay, swimming a 3:22.01 for first place….Teamed up with Roepsch, Florman and Lembezeder in the 200 medley relay, swimming a 1:41.11 for second place and a new UNI record....Competed with Florman, Phyfe and Herrmann in the 400 medley relay, swimming a 4:43.50 for second place and a UNI record….Competed with Lembezeder, Phyfe and Siebenaller in the 800 freestyle relay for third place, swimming a 7:22.20….Named to the First Team All Conference….Named MVC Freshman Swimmer of the Year......Swam in the 100 backstroke, with a time of 55.82 at the Big Challenge (11/18-11/20).....Swam in the 200 backstroke, swimming a 2:01.25 (11/18-11/20).....Competed in the 200 IM, timing in at 2:04.33 at the UNO Invite (12/1-12/3).....Swam in the 400 IM timing in at 4:25.33 (11/18-11/20)...Timed in at 24.22 in the 50 freestyle (11/18-11/20).....Competed in the 100 and 200 freestyles, timing in at 53.09 and 1:53.82 respectively (11/18-11/20)....Swam a time of 5:09.29 in the 500 freestyle against Quincy/Sioux Falls….Swam a 26.58 at the Mutual of Omaha Invite.....Best time in the 200 medley relay, swimming with Lembezeder, Ross and Florman, a time of 1:43.81 for fifth place (11/18-11/20).....Teamed up with Lembezeder, Ross and Florman for a fifth place finish in the 400 medley relay, swimming a 3:45.83 (11/18-11/20)....Competed with Lembezeder, Siebenaller and Phyfe in the 800 freestyle for a time of 7:33.93 for first place (12/1-12/3)......Grabbed 16 first place finishes and 4 second place finishes individually…...Named the MVC Swimmer of the week twice this season....Competed in all meets this season
High School: Qualified for the YMCA Nationals (2013 and 2014)....Competed at Wisconsin High School State competition in 2012 and 2015….Holds the 100 backstroke pool record and the 200 medley relay record (2015)....Holds the record in the 100 backstroke at a conference high school
Personal: Born on 6/18/98 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin….Daughter of Brad and Carrie Taylor…..One brother, Josh......Majoring in Finance…..Hobbies include: Skiing, tubing, spending time with family, scuba-diving, snorkeling, boating and jet-skiing
Getting to Know Katie:
Favorite Movie: Fast and the Furious Series
Favorite Book: The Help
Favorite Song: Dangerous by David Guetta
Favorite Sports Memory: Meeting Rolland Guild, an IM swimmer, who competed on the first UNI men’s team at the MVC Championships
Best Lesson You've Learned in Life: Perseverance even when it gets tough
2017-18: MVC Scholar Athlete, 1st Team All Conference, Scholar All-American, MVC Swimmer of the week once this season, Named to the All Invite team at Kansas Classic….Top 400 free relay with Crystal Florman, Rachel Siebenaller and Molly Lembezeder at MVC Championships, timing in at 3:23.24…..Earned 31 first place finishes in the 2017-18 season…..Top time in the 200 backstroke at the Kansas Classic (1:57.20)….Earned NCAA B Cuts in the 400 IM and 200 backstroke….MVC Champion in the 200 and 400 IMs….Top 200 IM time at the Kansas Classic (2:01.33)…Best 100 backstroke time was at the Kansas Classic, swimming a 54.73
2016-17: Continually broke records throughout season….Swam to three NCAA B cuts, five individual school records, three individual MVC records, two school relay records and two MVC records at the MVC Championships (2/15-2/18)....Took first place in 200 backstroke and received a NCAA B Cut, a UNI record and an MVC record, timing in at 1:57.20….Took second place in the 200 IM, swimming a 2:01.13 and receiving a NCAA B Cut, a UNI record and an MVC record….Took first place in the 400 IM and received a NCAA B Cut, a UNI record and an MVC record, swimming in at 4:17.54…..Set a new UNI record in the 100 backstroke, swimming a 54.68…..Created a new UNI record in the 200 freestyle, swimming a 1:50.44….Competed with Florman, Lembezeder and Phyfe for a new UNI and MVC record in the 400 freestyle relay, swimming a 3:22.01 for first place….Teamed up with Roepsch, Florman and Lembezeder in the 200 medley relay, swimming a 1:41.11 for second place and a new UNI record....Competed with Florman, Phyfe and Herrmann in the 400 medley relay, swimming a 4:43.50 for second place and a UNI record….Competed with Lembezeder, Phyfe and Siebenaller in the 800 freestyle relay for third place, swimming a 7:22.20….Named to the First Team All Conference….Named MVC Freshman Swimmer of the Year......Swam in the 100 backstroke, with a time of 55.82 at the Big Challenge (11/18-11/20).....Swam in the 200 backstroke, swimming a 2:01.25 (11/18-11/20).....Competed in the 200 IM, timing in at 2:04.33 at the UNO Invite (12/1-12/3).....Swam in the 400 IM timing in at 4:25.33 (11/18-11/20)...Timed in at 24.22 in the 50 freestyle (11/18-11/20).....Competed in the 100 and 200 freestyles, timing in at 53.09 and 1:53.82 respectively (11/18-11/20)....Swam a time of 5:09.29 in the 500 freestyle against Quincy/Sioux Falls….Swam a 26.58 at the Mutual of Omaha Invite.....Best time in the 200 medley relay, swimming with Lembezeder, Ross and Florman, a time of 1:43.81 for fifth place (11/18-11/20).....Teamed up with Lembezeder, Ross and Florman for a fifth place finish in the 400 medley relay, swimming a 3:45.83 (11/18-11/20)....Competed with Lembezeder, Siebenaller and Phyfe in the 800 freestyle for a time of 7:33.93 for first place (12/1-12/3)......Grabbed 16 first place finishes and 4 second place finishes individually…...Named the MVC Swimmer of the week twice this season....Competed in all meets this season
High School: Qualified for the YMCA Nationals (2013 and 2014)....Competed at Wisconsin High School State competition in 2012 and 2015….Holds the 100 backstroke pool record and the 200 medley relay record (2015)....Holds the record in the 100 backstroke at a conference high school
Personal: Born on 6/18/98 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin….Daughter of Brad and Carrie Taylor…..One brother, Josh......Majoring in Finance…..Hobbies include: Skiing, tubing, spending time with family, scuba-diving, snorkeling, boating and jet-skiing
Getting to Know Katie:
Favorite Movie: Fast and the Furious Series
Favorite Book: The Help
Favorite Song: Dangerous by David Guetta
Favorite Sports Memory: Meeting Rolland Guild, an IM swimmer, who competed on the first UNI men’s team at the MVC Championships
Best Lesson You've Learned in Life: Perseverance even when it gets tough
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