The University of Akron Athletics
2016-17 Akron Women's Swimming and Diving
Kara Kaulius
- Event:
- Free
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- McDonald, Pa.
- High School:
- West Allegheny
2016 Academic All-MAC
2015 Second Team All-MAC
2015 Academic All-MAC
Kaulius Top Times
Short Course Yards: Event | Time | Year |
Long Course Meters: Event | Time | Year |
200 Freestyle 500 Freestyle 1000 Freestyle 1650 Freestyle 400 IM 200 Fly | 1:50.07 4:51.63 10:13.64 16:56.48 4:27.11 2:03.38 | 2014-15 2014-15 2014-15 2014-15 2014-15 2014-15 | 200 Freestyle 400 Freestyle 800 Freestyle 1500 Freestyle 100 Butterfly 200 Butterfly 200 IM 400 IM | 2:11.61 4:30.92 9:18.11 17:46.50 1:08.74 2:28.13 2:28.82 5:08.73 | 2015 2014 2016 2016 2013 2015 2015 2014 |
As a Junior: Named to the Academic All-MAC team … MAC Championships: Took sixth place overall in the mile (1,650 free) with a time of 16:56.62 … swam a season-best 4:58.37 in the 500 freestyle for 13th place … Invitationals: Placed eighth overall in the 1,650 freestyle at the Magnus Cup (Nov. 20-22) touching in a time of 17:29.07 … a member of the 800 free relay that swam a 7:46.66 for eighth place at the Magnus Cup … had two top-five finishes in at the Zippy Invitational, including the 500 free (4:58.75) and 800 free relay (7:38.97).
UA All-Time Rankings
200 Freestyle: Ninth (1:50.58)
500 Freestyle: Second (4:51.69
1000 Freestyle: Second (10:13.64)
1650 Freestyle: Second (16:56.48)
200 Butterfly: Fifth (2:03.38)
400 IM: Third (4:27.11)
800 Freestyle Relay: Third (7:21.92)
As a Sophomore: MAC Championships: her fourth place finish in the 500 Freestyle at the MAC Championships (4:51.69) represented the second-fastest time in program history … swam the second-fastest time on the team and in program history in the 1650 freestyle (16:56.48) at the MAC Championships … in the 200 Freestyle, swam a time of 1:50.58 for an 11th place finish … Duals: a member of the third-place team in the 800 freestyle relay (7:34.84) at the Zippy Invitational (Dec. 5-7). Honors: Second-team All-MAC … Academic All-MAC.
as a Freshman (2013-14):Had the second-fastest time on the team in the 500 freestyle (4:58.43), 1650 freestyle (16:58.62) and 400 IM (4:31.01) … finished 11th in 1650 freestyle at MAC Championships.
At West Allegheny High School: Earned four varsity letters in swimming…16-time WPIAL medalist … 14-time PIAA state medalist … individual WPIAL champion as a sophomore in 200 and 500 free … member of WPIAL champion 200 free relay as a freshman and sophomore … team was two-time WPIAL champions … recipient of the All-American All States Award, AMS Scholastic All-American, and USA Swimming Scholastic All-American in the 2010-2011 season … set individual school records in 200 and 500 free…team MVP as a freshman, sophomore, and senior … swimmer of the year in Beaver County Times as a senior.
Personal: Daughter of Jim and Debbie Kaulius…has 3 siblings … sister, Kaitlin, swam for Slippery Rock University… sister, Megan, swam for Edinboro University … brother, Greg, played football for John Carroll University.
