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Caitlin Perks                  Hometown: Warrenton, Va. High School: Fauquier Height: 5-8 Position: Student Assistant Club: QDD Swim Team (Coach Mike Yearwood)

Career Best Times
50y free	23.17
100y free	49.28
200y free	1:48.66
500y free	4:57.35
1000y free	10:36.26
50m free	26.45
100m free	57.15

2009-10: Swam a leg of the fourth-place 400y free relay and was a part of the 200y and 800y free relay squads that captured fifth at the SEC Championships...Her 50y free time of 23.17 at the SEC Championships ranks 11th on the Lady Vol top performers list...Was runner-up in the 100y free and the 200y free relay at the Tennessee Last Chance Meet...Was a member of 400y free relay squads that had victories against Florida and at LSU...Finished fourth in the 100y free and 200y free against Florida and fifth in the events at Georgia...Had top-five finishes in the 100y and 200y frees at Virginia...Placed fourth in the 100y free against Kentucky and at LSU...Added fifth-place finishes in the 200y free against South Carolina and at Louisville...Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.

2008-09: Was a member of the fifth-place 800y free relay team at the Southeastern Conference Championships...Also recorded career-bests in the 50y free (23.50) and 200y free (1:48.66), and competed in the 100y free at SECs...Won the 200y free at the Last Chance Meet in Knoxville...Was on the second-place 400y free relay in the near-upset of No. 1 Georgia... Swam leg on victorious 800y free relays at Indiana quad and Tennessee Swimming Invitational...Had a pair of top-three finishes at both the Kentucky and Arkansas/Vanderbilt meets...Was a member of the first-place 400y free relay and finished second in the 100y free versus Louisville...Named to the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: Holds 10 of 11 swimming records at Fauquier High School...Was an eight-time All-American and eight-time district and regional champion from 2005-08...Captured the state championship and was named team MVP in 2005...As a member of QDD Swim Team she competed at numerous national events, including the 2006 U.S. Open and Junior Nationals in the summers of 2006 and 2007.

PERSONAL: Majoring in accounting...In addition to her athletic achievements, she excelled academically in high school...Earned USA Swimming Scholastic All-America honors as well as the Northwestern District All-Academic Award...Her biggest thrill in swimming was winning the 2007 Ladies Team Virginia Championship title...Has one sister, Stephanie, 23, who swam for Sweet Briar College in Virginia...Caitlin Leigh Perks, daughter of John and Dawn Perks, was born April 27, 1990, in Rochester, N.Y.