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2020-21 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

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Kate McDonald

  • Position
    Breast/IM
  • Class
    Senior
  • Highschool
    Evergreen
  • Hometown
    Evergreen, Colo.

Biography

CAREER ACCOLADES
2020 AAC All-Conference
2019 AAC All-Conference
2018 AAC All-Conference

CAREER TOP TIMES
50 Back: 29.52 at Rice (11/20/20)
100 Breast: 1:00.34 at AAC Championship (2/21/20)
100 IM: 59.44 at Rice (11/21/20)
200 Breast: 2:11.08 at AAC Championship (2/22/20)
200 IM: 1:58.01 at AAC Championship (2/20/20)
400 IM: 4:20.20 at Phill Hansel Invitational (11/16/18)

As a Senior (2020-21): Opened her final season with the Green Wave with wins in both the 200-yard IM (2:06.99) and the 100-yard breaststroke (1:04.09) against Delta State (Oct. 17)…Also helped Tulane’s 200-yard medley relay team to a first-place finish (1:46.87)...Won the 50-yard backstroke (29.52), the 200-yard IM (2:05.21) and the 200-yard breaststroke (2:16.60) against Rice (Nov. 20-21), also finishing third in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:04.64) and the 100-yard IM (59.44)...Named the American Athletic Conference Women's Swimmer of the Week after earning wins in both the 200-yard breaststroke (2:14.92) and the 100-yard breaststroke (1:01.59) events at LSU (Dec. 14)...Won the 100-yard breaststroke (1:05.13) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:19.840 events at Houston (Jan. 11)...Recorded first-place finishes in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:03.34) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:17.45) events at SMU (Jan. 23)…Won the 200-yard IM (2:05.50) and the 100-yard breaststroke (1:04.05), also helping Tulane’s 200-yard freestyle relay (1:39.34) and 200-yard medley relays (1:46.60) to first-place finishes against West Florida (Jan. 30)...Earned gold medals in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:12.50) and 100-yard breaststroke (1:00.57) events at the AAC Championship, also finishing fourth in the 200-yard IM (2:01.86) and helping Tulane's relay team to a third-place finish in the 400-yard medley relay (3:41.73) (2/25-2/27).

As a Junior (2019-20): Posted a breakout junior season, as she won 14 races on the year...Opened the year on a high note, as she posted a pair of winning performances against LSU (Sept. 28) in the 100 breaststroke (1:03.39) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:16.93)...Posted winning performances in the 100 (1:03.54) and 200-yard (2:17.51) breaststroke events for the second straight week at Houston (Oct. 3)...Captured a pair of winning performances as she won the 200-yard IM (2:04.76) and the 200-yard breast (2:16.14) during the first day of the Dual-A-Pool-Ooza event against FIU (Oct. 18)...Continued her strong swimming against Rice in the second day of Dual-A-Pool-Ooza (Oct. 19), as led the way with a pair of winning performances, claiming the 50-yard breaststroke (30.10) and the 200-yard breaststroke (2:17.70)...Raced to a winning performance against FGCU, Illinois State and Liberty (Jan. 4) in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:03.62)...Posted a winning performance in the 100-yard butterfly (58.33) against West Florida and Hendrix (Jan. 10) to wrap up competition during the team's winter training trip...Finished out the regular season on a high note, as she won three races, claiming the 100 breaststroke (1:03.28), 200 breaststroke (2:16.68) and the 200 IM (2:03.83)...Made three trips to the medal stand at the American Athletic Conference Championships (Feb. 19-22), as she finished third in the 200 IM (1:58.01), runner-up in the 100-yard breast (1:00.34) and third in the 200-yard breast (2:11.08) en route to earning All-American Athletic Conference honors for the third straight year...Closed out the year by a pair of top 10 finishes, placing seventh in the 50-yard breaststroke (28.81) and ninth in the 200-yard IM (2:04.22) at the 2020 CSCAA Championships (March 12).

As a Sophomore (2018-19): Opened the season with wins in the 200 medley relay and 200 breastroke (2:16.48) against Houston (Oct. 6)…Won the 200 IM (2:04.33) and finished second in the 200 breastroke (2:16.46) against LSU and Loyola (Oct. 26)…Picked up a pair of wins in the 100 breastroke and 200 breastroke against Georgia Southern (Nov. 3)…Placed sixth in the 200 IM (2:02.03) and 200 breastroke (2:13.95) at the Phill Hansel Invitational (Nov. 16)…Won the 100 breastroke (1:02.89) and 200 breastroke (2:17.65) against West Florida (Jan. 26)…Won the 100 breastroke (1:02.24), 200 breastroke (2:14.53), and 200 IM (2:03.53) against SMU (Feb. 8)...Earned All-Conference honors at the American Athletic Conference Championships (Feb. 27-March 2).

As a Freshman: Swam the second-best 100 breast in team history in 1:02.11 at the Phill Hansel Invitational (November 17)...Set the school record in the 200 breast in a time of 2:14.82 at the Phill Hansel Invitational (November 18)...Owns the top four overall times in team history in the 200 breast...Swam the second-fastest 200 IM in team history in 2:00.56 at the AAC Championship (February 17)...Owns the fifth-best 400 IM in team history with a time of 4:23.11 at the Phill Hansel Invitational (November 17)...Part of the school-record 200 medley relay that placed third for a bronze medal at the AAC Championship with a time of 1:39.94 (February 17)...On the third-fastest 400 medley relay team in school history that finished in 3:41.19 at the Phill Hansel Invitational (November 16)...Competed at the CSCAA National Invitational, taking sixth in the 100 breast in 1:02.75 and fifth in the 200 IM in 2:01.08 (March 8-9)...Finished fourth in the 100 breast in 1:02.11, tying her school record at the AAC Championship...Took second in the 100 fly at the Loyola-New Orleans Dual Meet (January 19)...Came in second in the 200 breast in the Dual-A-Pool-Ooza with a time of 2:17.05 (October 27)...Won the 200 breast against SMU in 2:18.82 (October 6)...Won the 200 breast at the LSU-Tri Meet on September 29 in 2:19.59).

Prior to Tulane: Attended Evergreen Senior High School in Colorado...Earned 2016 all-state honors in the 500 free...Received 2016 Scholastic All-American and 2014 All-Conference recognition in the 500 free...Qualified for nationals in the 200 breast in 2016...Helped her team win the 4A state championship for the first time in school history in 2014...Named to the Gold Honor Roll all four years...Member of the National Honors Society.

Personal: Pursuing a master's degree in neuroscience...Older sister, Anna, was a four-year letterwinner on the swimming and diving team at the University of Nebraska.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

    IM/Breast/Free
    5'10"
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    IM/Breast/Free
    5'10"
  • 2019-20Junior

    Breast/IM
  • 2020-21Senior

    Breast/IM