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2018-19 Swimming & Diving Roster

Kathryn Sanders

  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Cary, N.C.
  • High School Green Hope

Biography

Personal Bests

50 breast: :31.37 (at B1G Champs, 2/22/19)
100 breast: 1:06.91 (at House of Champions Invite, 11/17/18)
200 breast: 2:24.08 (at House of Champions Invite, 11/18/18)
200 IM: 2:09.87 (at B1G Champs, 2/21/19)
400 IM: 4:36.77 (at House of Champions Invite, 11/17/18)

Freshman - 2018-19

  • Clocked a 50 breaststroke PR time of 31.37 at the B1G Championships
  • Touched the wall in the 400 IM in a personal-best time of 4:36.77 at the House of Champions Invitational
  • Illini contributor in breaststroke and IM events

High School

  • Attended Green Hope High School
  • Placed 16th at the 2017 (Eastern) Futures Championships in the 200 breast
  • Placed third in the 200 IM at the 2018 North Carolina High School AAAA Regionals 

Personal

  • Born December 15, 1999
  • Hometown: Cary, N.C. 
  • Majoring in Computer Science and Music
  • Parents are Vivian Lund and Stuart Sanders
  • Has one brother, Michael
  • Lists Roger Federer as her biggest role model because "he never gives up or gets angry with losses and is always a gentleman"