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2021-22 Swimming & Diving Roster

Profile

  • FREE/BACK
    Position
  • Fifth Year
    Class
  • Wichita, Kan.
    Hometown
  • Wichita Heights HS
    High School
Kyle Spradley
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Blattner
Katelyn Blattner
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Position
Fifth Year
Class
Wichita, Kan.
Hometown

Summary

Biography

R-Senior (2021-22): Carved her name into the Wyoming record books with a stellar Mountain West Conference Championships (2/17/22) where she garnered four All-MWC awards … was named MWC Swimmer of the Meet after winning both the 500-yard and 200-yard freestyle with school-record times of 4:44.74 and 1:46.82, respectively … also placed third in the 200-yard backstroke with a career-best mark of 1:55.92 … won a fourth All-MWC award by way of swimming a leg in the 800-yard freestyle relay that touched second, clocking in at 7:16.54 … also participated in the 400-yard freestyle A relay that swam a season-best time of 3:21.74 at the MWC Championships … won MWC Swimmer of the Week (10/26/21).

Senior (2020-21): Honored as an All-Mountain West Conference performer in four events — the 200 freestyle, 500 freestyle, 200 backstroke and as a member of the 800 freestyle relay … successfully defended her 200 and 500 freestyle titles from a season ago at the Mountain West Conference Championships (2/18/21) … swam season-bests in both events, going 1:48.36 in the 200 and 4:47.33 in the 500 … placed second in the 200 backstroke, recording a time of 1:58.89 … touched first in the 500 freestyle and the 200 backstroke in tri-meet featuring Hawaii and UNLV (1/29/21) … won the 200 freestyle in a dual against Air Force (1/16/21) … claimed first in the 100 freestyle in a dual against Denver (1/22/21).

Junior (2019-20): An All-Conference performer in three events at the Mountain West Championships (200 free, 500 free and 200 back), which she scored the second most points with 90…became the first Cowgirl since 2011 to win two events in one championship meet…won the 500 freestyle at the MW Championships with a school record time of 4:45.39…took home the title 200 freestyle with a time of 1:47.35, which is second all-time…helped the Cowgirls to a fifth place finish in the 800 freestyle relay and a seventh place spot in the 400 freestyle…has the third best time in the backstroke (1:56.13) in school history…was named the MW Swimmer of the Week for Jan. 5-13.

Sophomore (2018-19): Recorded the fastest time of the season by a Cowgirl in the 500-freestyle clocking a time of 4:49.84, which at the time was the third fastest in school history…also at the time, she moved into seventh in the 200 freestyle with a mark of 1:49.53…took tenth place at the MW Championships in the 500 freestyle…finished 11th at the MW Championships in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:49.58.

Freshman (2017-18): Had season bests in the 200 and 500 free with times of 1:49.75 and 4:51.69…earned a 17th place finish by winning the C Final at the MW Championships in the 500 freestyle…won the C Final to earn a 17th place finish at the same event in the 400 IM with a time of 4:23.41.

High School: A four-year letterwinner at Wichita Heights under head coach Dale Heckman…lettered senior year in Leadership Advisory Council…a four-time All-State Team and 200 freestyle State Champion…a two-time 500 freestyle Champion, who holds state record in 500 freestyle…holds school records in 200 freestyle, 500 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 200 individual medley and 100 breaststroke…a National Honors Society member for two years…a Peer Leaders member for three years…a Leadership Advisory Council member for two years…was Valedictorian for her graduating class.

Personal: Daughter of Dean and Tonya Blattner…has a brother, Bryce, who is on the swimming team for Missouri State University…majoring in secondary education/mathematics.