Kat Kazaba - 2015-16 Women's Swimming - LIU Post


Kat Kazaba

Event: Freestyle/Backstroke
Class: Senior
Hometown: Point Pleasant Beach, N.J.
Previous School: Pt. Pleasant Beach

2015-16: Finished second in the 200- (2:05.54) and 500-yard freestyle (5:43.38) at East Stroudsburg (Oct. 31) ... raced to a third-place time of 2:15.61 in the 200-free at Bridgeport (Nov. 7) ... added an 18th-place showing (2:04.06) in the 200-yard freestyle at the ECAC Championships (Dec. 4-6) ... touched the pad at a fourth-place time of 5:42.62 in the 500-yard freestyle in a tri-meet versus Kutztown and Millersville (Jan. 30) ... helped the Pioneers in clocking a winning time of 8:05.44 in the 800-yard freestyle relay at the NYU Invitational (Feb. 6) ... placed ninth (5:20.55) in the preliminaries of the 500-yard freestyle and 10th (18:47.03) in the 1,650-yard freestyle at the Metropolitan Championships (Feb. 19-21).

2014-15: All-Metropolitan Conference Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention ... posted a second-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle (2:05.36) at East Stroudsburg on Nov. 1 ... clocked a 200-yard freestyle time of 1:57.76 at the Rutgers Invitational (Nov. 21-23) ... finished third in the 100-yard backstroke (1:02.40) versus Sacred Heart on Dec. 6 ... swam seventh in the 200-yard freestyle (2:08.70) at the NYU Winter Invitational (Feb. 6-7) ... at the Metropolitan Championships (Feb. 20-22), won the 200-yard freestyle 'C' event by clocking a time of 1:59.25.

2013-14: Won the 200-yard freestyle event with a time of 19.24 against Siena on Jan. 18 ... won both the 100-yard (54.52) and 200-yard (1:59.54) freestyle 'B' events at The College of New Jersey Invitational (Dec. 6).

2012-13: Finished first in the 200-yard freestyle (2:01.56) versus East Stroudsburg (Jan. 15) … swam a personal best in the 100-yard freestyle (54.36) and the 200-yard freestyle (1:58.81) at the Metropolitan Championships (Feb. 16) … holds the third and fourth best times in Pioneer history for the 800-yard freestyle relay.

Prior to LIU Post: Four-year varsity swimmer at Manasquan, where she led the Gulls to four division championships and a state championship …served as a captain.

Personal: Daughter of Matthew and Barbara Ann … has served as a lifeguard … enjoys spending time at the beach … admires her father because he taught her the meaning of hard work and dedication … plans to gain a career in public relations with hopes of operating out of New York City ... serves as president of the Public Relations Student Society of America ... majoring in public relations.

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