Karis Fuller - 2018-19 - LIU Post

Karis Fuller
Position
IM/Backstroke
Class
Sr.
Hometown
London, England
Highschool
Wren Academy
Karis
Fuller
2018-19 Women's Swimming Roster


2018-19
  • Finished first in every race swam during dual meet season and championship meets 
  • At the 2019 Metropolitan Conference, Fuller finished first in the 100 yard Backstroke with a time of 55.48 and first in the 200 yard Backstroke with a time of 2:00.73
  • She also finished first in the 200 yard Individual Medley with a time of 2:06.44 and was a part of top five finishing relays
  • Fuller qualified for the 2019 NCAA DII Championships in the 200 yard Individual Medley, 100 and 200 yard Backstroke. Finished 21st in the 200 yard Individual Medley with a time of 2:04.50. Fuller finished 11th in the finals in the 200 yard Backstroke
  • Finished 9th in the finals in the 100 yard Backstroke with a LIU Post team record time of 54.44
  • Was awarded the CSCAA Academic All-American for 2019
  • Fuller was awarded the Dr. Roy Ilowit Sportsmanship Award at the 2019 LIU Post Athletic Banquet.

2017-18: CSCAA All-American for 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke (HM) … NCAA Division II Championship Finalist placing 8th in the 100-yard  backstroke with a time of 55.12 on Mar. 14, 2018 … College Swimming Conference Swimmer of the Week for the week of Feb. 20, 2018 … 3-time Metropolitan Champion placing 1st in the 200-yard  individual medley with a time of 2:04.11, 100-yard  backstroke with a time of 55.74 and the 200-yard  backstroke with a time of 1:59.79 … College Swimming Conference Swimmer of the Week for the weeks of Jan. 16, 2018, Jan. 16, 2018 and Dec. 5, 2017 … Named College Swimming Preseason All-American … Placed 1st in the 200-yard  freestyle with a time of 1:56.96 against East Stroudsburg on Oct. 28, 2017 … Placed 1st in the 50-yard  backstroke with a time of 26.13 at the 2018 Metropolitan Championships on Feb. 17, 2018

2016-17: Named to the CSCAA Scholar All-America Team ... placed first in the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:43.20) and added a second-place clocking of 5:15.73 in the 500-yard free versus CCSU (Oct. 22) ... clocked first-place times and provisional marks in the 500- (5:06.53) and 1,650-yard freestyle (17:24.15) versus East Stroudsburg (Oct. 29) ... placed second in the 500 free (5:10.83) versus Bridgeport (Nov. 5) ... won her heat and posted a NCAA-provisional 4:59.32 in the 500-yard freestyle, finished at a season-best 1:56.27 in the prelims of the 200-yard freestyle, and clocked a school-record 17:22.63, NCAA "B" cut in the 1,650-yard free at the Frank Elm Invitational (Nov. 18-20) ... won the 1,650 free at 17:31.47 (NCAA "B" cut), while shattering her own school record in the 1,000-yard with a split of 10:17.97, placed second in the 200-yard backstroke (2:04.57) and 200-yard individual medley (2:09.21), placed third with a 57.44 in the 100-yard backstroke, and helped win the 400-yard medley relay at 3:52.31 at the ECAC Championships (Dec. 2- 4) ... touched the pad at respective first-place times of 2:08.04 and 10:51.20 in the 200-back and 1,000-yard free versus Siena (Jan. 14) ... earned a pair of first-place showings in the 500- (5:08.47) and 1,000-yard free (10:22.07) versus NYU (Jan. 20) ... shattered her own school mark in the 1,650-free with a first-place, 17:20.04 finish, while besting her opposition in the 200-back with a 2:04.70 versus Kutztown (Jan. 28) ... won the 100-back at a NCAA "B" cut, 56.37 and additionally teamed up for a second-place showing (8:30.53) in the 800-yard freestyle relay versus NYU (Feb. 4) ... recorded NCAA "B" cuts in the 500-yard free, while finishing second (5:00.35) in the finals after winning prelims in 4:58.97, clocked a NCAA "B" cut of 1:43.67 in the 200 medley relay, while in the prelims of the 200-yard backstroke, she swam past opposition with a 2:01.18 clocking, good for a NCAA "B" cut, and placed second in the 400 freestyle relay (3:31.89) at the Metropolitan Championships (Feb. 17-19) ... qualified for the NCAA Division II Championships in the 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke, 500-yard freestyle, 1,000-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle relay, 400-yard freestyle relay, 200-yard medley relay and the 400-yard medley relay ... touched the pad at 10:19.12 in the 1,000 free, placed seventeenth (3:49.42) in the 400-yard medley relay, touched the pad at 1:35.10 in the 200 freestyle relay, reached the consolation final and clocked a tenth-place time of 56.08 in the 100-yard backstroke and finished tenth in the 200-yard backstroke with a personal-best 2:00.17 mark at the NCAA Division II Championships (Mar. 8-11)

2015-16: All-Metropolitan Conference in the 200-yard backstroke and individual medley, 400-yard individual medley and 800-yard freestyle relay ... ECAC Women's Swimmer of the Meet ... won her first collegiate race with a 4:36.52 in the 400 IM and added a third-place finish of 2:00.08 in the 200-free against Central Connecticut State (Oct. 24) ... bested her opposition in the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:45.66) at East Stroudsburg (Oct. 31) ... came in second (4:38.00) in the 400-meter freestyle and third (2:28.54) in the 200 IM at Bridgeport (Nov. 7) ... recorded a top mark of 2:13.05 in the 200 IM and added second-place finishes in the 200-free (2:04.66) and 200-back (2:09.33) at Fordham (Nov. 13) ... clocked an NCAA "B" cut of 4:26.59 in the 400 IM at the Frank Elm Invitational (Nov. 20-22) ... won the 400 IM (4:32.65), 500-free (5:06.87) and 1,650-free (17:23.22) at the ECAC Championships (Dec. 4-6) ... swam to respective second-place showings of 5:22.37 and 10:57.41 in the 500- and 1,000-yard freestyle against Siena (Jan. 16) ... earned a first-place finish of 1:59.37 in the 200-free in a tri-meet versus Kutztown and Millersville (Jan. 30) ... touched the pad at a second-place 4:39.78 in the 400 IM at the NYU Invitational (Feb. 6) ... captured top billing in the 400 IM with an NCAA-provisional 4:31.17 and placed third (2:09.59) in the 200 IM at the Metropolitan Championships (Feb. 19-21).

Prior to LIU Post: Attended Wren Academy in London, England ... swam at Barnet Copthall Swimming Club for nine years.

Personal: Has one sibling, Callum ... daughter of Derek and Dilek Fuller ... lists soccer, art and photography as her hobbies ... father, Derek, played professional soccer for the United Kingdom Under-21 Team ... her favorite athlete is Katinka Hosszu ... the person she admires most is Angelina Jolie for her humanitarian actions ... aspires to be a journalist ... has a black belt in karate ... can play four instruments ... double majoring in sociology and journalism.
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