2000 CSCAA
Co-Female Swimmer of the Year
1998 and 1999
NCAA Champion
100y breast, 200y breast
All-American 1997, 1998, 1999
American, Ncaa,
Ncaa Meet,
U.S. Open record holder
100y breast 59.05 -- 1998
American, Ncaa,
Ncaa Meet,
U.S. Open record holder
200y breast 2:07.66 -- 1999
American, U.S.
Open record holder
200m breast (SC) 2:25.27 -- 1999
American record
holder
400y medley relay 3:34.19-- 2000
American record
holder
4x100-meter medley relay 4:01.93-- 1998
World Champion
100-meter breast 1:08.42 -- 1998
1999
NCAAs--Champion in the 200y breast (2:07.66), shattering the NCAA and
U.S. Open record of 2:08.90 set by Penny Heyns of Nebraska (2/17/96),
the American record of 2:09.06 set by Mary Ellen Blanchard of Dynamo
(3/22/89) and her own NCAA meet record of 2:09.14 (3/21/98)...champion
in the 100y breast (59.25)...six-time All-American...also placed third
in the 200y IM with a personal best and Georgia record-setting
1:58.14...aided the Lady Bulldog relays with finishes of second (200y
medley ), third (400y medley) and fourth (200y free)...CSCAA NCAA
women’s swimmer of the year.
1999--Successfully
defended her SEC titles in both the 100y and 200y breaststroke and
placed second in the 200y IM...honored as co-recipient of the SEC
Commissioner’s Trophy for high-point honors...1999 Intersport Network
and J.C. Penney Sportswoman of the Year...SEC Academic Honor
Roll...guest webmaster for USA Swimming website www.usa-swimming.org on
March 24, 1999...Team: NCAA and SEC Champions.
1998
NCAAs--Champion in 100-yard breast (59.05), breaking her own American
record as well as the NCAA, NCAA meet and U.S. Open record set by
Arizona State's Beata Kaszuba in 1995 (59.71)...champion in 200-yard
breast (2.09.14), breaking NCAA meet record previously held by Southern
Cal's Kristine Quance...third in 200-yard IM (1:58.49)...swam fastest
breast stroke splits in NCAA history as part of Georgia's 200 and
400-yard medley relays, with a 26.86 and 58.71 respectivley...set
American and U.S. O pen record in 400-yard medley relay.
1998
SECs--Rewrote her American record in the 100-yard breast with a 1:00.04
mark in the prelims and placed first in the finals with a
1:00.17...earned her second SEC title of the meet with a conference and
Georgia school record-breaking mark of 2:10.29 in the 200-yard
breast...also edited the Georgia record in the 200-yard IM, placing
second with a 1:59.63...swam on the Lady Bulldog's top relay teams at
the conference meets.
1998--Earned
a pair of World Championship titles while competing for Team USA at the
FINA World Championships in Perth, Australia -- gold in the 100-meter
breast with a time of 1:08.42, becoming the first American female to win
a title in the 100 breast, and gold in the 4x100-meter medley relay
(4:01.93), swimming the third-fastest breaststroke relay split in
history (1:07.20) while aiding the team to an American record...also
swam to a silver-medal finish in the 200-meter breast at World
Championships, dropping nearly three seconds off her personal best with
a time of 2:26.19...broke American record in 100-yard breast at the
Georgia Invitational in December with a mark of 1:00.14 -- the previous
record, a 1:00.32 was set by Gretchen Hegener of Minnesota at the 1997
NCAA Championships, a race in which Kowal finished second...two-time
national champion at the 1998 Summer Nationals in Clovis, Calif.,
winning the 100- and 200-meter breast while placing seventh in the
200-meter IM...qualified for participation in the 1999 Pan Pacific
Championships in Sydney, Australia, by virtue of those
performances...Academic All-American.
1997--Established
new Lady Bulldog records in the 100 and 200 breast and the 200 IM,
earning each of those marks at NCAA Championships...four-time
All-American and one-time Honorable Mention All-American, placing second
in the 100 breast (1:00.38), third in the 200 breast (2:11.08), third in
the 400 medley relay, second in the 200 medley relay and ninth in the
200 IM (2:00.12)...although placing second in the 100 breast, Kowal's
mark of 1:00.38 surpassed the previous American record held by Mary
Ellen Blanchard (1989, Dynamo)...set SEC records with titles in the 100
breast (1:01.33), 200 breast (2:12.35) and 400 medley relay
(3:38.20)...also claimed a second-place finish in the 200 medley relay
(1:40.32) and ninth in the 200 IM (2:02.26) at SECs...finished the dual
meet season with 11 first-place finishes to her credit, five in the 100
breast, four in the 200 breast and two in the 200 IM...reinforced the
Lady Bulldog medley relays...100m breast champion at U.S. Nationals and
placed second in the 200m breast with the third fastest American time
ever...posted the second-fastest breast split ever by an American female
in the 4x100 medley relay while competing at the Pan Pacific
Championships in Fukuoka, Japan...placed third in the 100m breast and
seventh in the 200m breast at Pan Pacs...slated to compete at the FINA
World Championships in Perth, Australia (Jan. 12-18, 1998)...Athletic
Director's Honor Roll.
High
School--Wilson...National High School record holder in 100
breast...two-time high school national champion in 100 breast...U.S.
National Team member...finished fifth in 100 breast at Pan Pacific Games
in 1995...ninth American female to break the 1:10 barrier in 100
breast...alternate for 1996 U.S. Olympic team in 100 breast...finished
second in the 100 breast (long course) and seventh in the 200 breast at
the 1996 Summer National Championships...also placed seventh in the 200
breast (2:33.15) at the 1996 Olympic Trials...ranked No. 1 in the United
States in the 100 and 200 breast for 15-16 year old girls...Female
Swimmer of the Meet for the 1996 NISCA High School
Challenge...Pennsylvania state record holder in 100m and 100y
breast...five-time high school state champion...twice named Swimmer of
the Year for the state of Pennsylvania...member of National Honor
Society...15-time high school All-American...coached by Roy Snyder.
Major--Education. |
