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Kelsey Floyd                  Class: Junior Hometown: Lexington, Ky. High School: Tates Creek Height: 5-10 Event: Fly, Free, Back Club: Wildcat Aquatics (Coach: Ben Davis)

Career Best Times
100y fly	52.34
200y fly	1:54.17
200y back	1:55.92
200y free	1:47.29
500y free	4:53.21

2010-11:Picked up seven All-America Certificates, named First Team All-SEC and placed eighth in the 200y fly at the NCAA Championships...Earned two more first team All-America honors in the 400y medley relay and 400y free relay...Also grabbed A-A honorable mention status in the 100y fly, the 200y and 800y free relays and the 200y medley relay at the national meet...Broke the longest standing UT record, the 200y fly, after swimming a time of 1:54.17 at the SEC Championships...Finished second in the event at the conference meet...Was a member of the UT and SEC record setting 400y MR at SECs...Also swam on three third place relays (200y MR, 400y FR, 800y FR) and took fourth in the 200y FR... The 800y FR was also a UT record...Won multiple events in every meet during the regular season... Named SEC Swimmer of the Week on three occasions...Tabbed the Counsilman-Hunsaker Division I National Collegiate Swimmer of the Week on Jan. 12 by CollegeSwimming.com after notching three individual wins and a relay victory against then No. 9 Virginia...Swept four events in the opening dual meet against Arkansas...Grabbed the top spots in the 200y fly and 200y back in her hometown of Lexington, Ky., against the Wildcats ....Accounted for 10 top-five finishes at the Tennessee Invitational, including winning the 100y fly and 400y free relay...Against second -ranked Georgia, won both the 100y and 200y fly events...Had two first-place finishes and two runner-up finishes at Florida...Finished first in the 200y fly and 200y MR against Louisville...Selected to the Capital One Academic All-District IV First Team...Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.

2009-10: Made an immediate impact on UT's relay squads by earning All-America accolades in four relay events...Swam a leg on the runner-up 200y medley relay (1:36.90) at the NCAA Championships and was a part of the honorable mention All-American 400y medley (10th), 400y free (14th) and 200y free relays (15th)...Finished second in the 200y back and added a fourth-place finish in the 100y back at the Tennessee Last Chance Meet...Was a member of four relay squads that finished fifth or better at the SEC Championships, including the first-place 200y medley relay...Her 200y fly time of 1:58.01 at the SEC Championships is the second fastest school mark...Was on the winning 200y medley and 400y free relays against Florida...Had second-place finishes in the 200y back, 200y medley relay and 400y free relay at Georgia...Won the 200y back and claimed third in the 100y back at the Tennessee Invitational...Against South Carolina, was victorious in the 200y fly and back...Added victories in the 100y back, 1000y free and 200y medley relay against Kentucky...Was named SEC Freshman of the week four times...Earned First Team All-SEC honors...Also named to the SEC All-Freshmen Team...Named to the SEC Freshman Academic Roll.

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL: At the 2010 ConocoPhillips USA Swimming National Championships, she was a member of the sixth-place 400 medley relay squad, finished 13th overall and fifth in the B Final of the 200m butterfly (2:12.84), touched in at 1:01.44 in the 100m fly and swam a time of 2:04.51 in the 200m free.

HIGH SCHOOL: A four-time All-American in the 100y fly and 100y back at Tates Creek High School, Floyd placed third in the 100y fly and fifth in the 100y back at the 2009 Kentucky High School Swimming and Diving Championships...A Swimming World Magazine four-star recruit, she competed at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 100m fly and was a three-time Most Outstanding Female Competitor in her region.

PERSONAL: In addition to her athletic achievements, she was senior class president and a member of the National Honor Society...Her cousin, Sarah Bertram, swam at Davidson...Chose Tennessee over Northwestern and Ohio State...Has two brothers, Chris, 22, and Craig, 17...Kelsey Jane Floyd, daughter of Richard and Julie Floyd, was born May 12, 1991, in Lexington, Ky.