Kyle Darmody Season 2013-14

Kyle Darmody Season 2013-14

PositionSPRINT FREE/BACKSTROKE
ClassFreshman
HometownCharlotte, N.C.

NCAA Champion (400 FR)
School Record Holder (800 FR)
21-time All-American
6-time SEC Champion (100 back, 200 FR, 400 FR, 400 MR)
2016 & 2012 Olympic Trials Qualifer

Career
21 All-America honors are tied for 5th-most all-time in school history

Senior Season (2016-17:)
NCAA All-American on the 200-, 400- and 800 free relays and the 200 medley relay ... Swam the second leg for the school record-setting 800 free relay at NCAA Championships in 1:34.14 ... Swam the 50 free (19.74/t39th) and 100 back (46.23/17th) at NCAA Championships ... Also held a NCAA B cut in the 100 free ... SEC B Finalist in the 50 free (19.53/10th), 100 free (43.32/10th) and 100 back (46.59/10th) ... Won the 100 back at the Texas dual meet ... SEC Academic Honor Roll.

Junior Season (2015-2016):
Competed at Olympic Trials in the 50 free (22.93/t-34th), 100 free (50.05/30th) and 100 back (56.04/t-34th) ... NCAA All-American in the 200 and 400 free relays ... NCAA All-American honorable mention in the 50 free (19.74/16th) ... Also swam the 100 free (43.21/24th) ... Held a NCAA B cut in the 100 back (46.09) ... SEC Champion in the 400 free relay ... Top-8 at SEC Championships in the 100 back (46.09/5th), 50 free (19.52/7th) and 100 free (43.29/th) ... Also swam on the runner-up 200 medley relay ... Won the 100 free (44.56) during the Alabama dual meet ... SEC Academic Honor Roll.

Sophomore Season (2014-15):
Earned seven All-America honors at the 2015 NCAA Championships ... Helped Auburn's 200 freestyle relay team to a bronze medal at the NCAA Championships with a time of 1:16.04, spliting 18.72 as the anchor ... Finished 10th overall in the 50 freestyle at the NCAA meet with a time of 19.33 ... Was 15th overall in the 100 free at 42.77 ... Competed on the 200 medley relay, 400 free relay, 400 medley relay and 800 free relay teams at the national meet ... Led Auburn to its 10th-consecutive SEC title in the 400 freestyle relay (2:48.98) ... Helped the Tigers set a new school record in the 800 freestyle relay at the SEC Championships (6:15.14), finishing second overall ... Was seventh in the 100 back at the conference meet with a time of 46.70 to earn a NCAA provisional standard ... Collected two bronze medals in the 50 free and 100 free at the conference meet ... Held the top times on the team in the 50 free (19.33) and 100 free (42.44) ... Swam a 20.19 in the 50 free at Missouri to earn an individual win.

Freshman Season (2013-14):
Qualifed for the NCAA Championships in the 50 free, 100 free, 100 back, 200 FR, 400 FR, 200 MR, 400 MR and 800 FR all with automatic qualifying times...Earned five All-America honors at the NCAA meet, which is tied for second most ever by a freshman at the NCAA Championships...Was the anchor on the 400 freestyle relay that won the NCAA title with split of 41.3, the fastest split in the final...Swam on the 800 freestyle relay team that set the school record at the SEC Championships, then lowered it again with at the NCAA Championships with a time of 6:17.29...Finished sixth in the 100 free at the national meet with a time of 42.51 to pick up his first career first team All-America selection...Won the SEC title in the 100 back (45.56), which ranks as the fourth-best swim in school history...Took bronze at the SEC Championships in both the 50 free (19.21) and 100 free (42.40)...Swam as the anchor on the 200 FR, 400 FR, while leading off the 400 MR team as each relay won the SEC title...Held the top time on the team in the 100 back (45.56)... His times in the 50 free and 100 free ranked as the second-best time on the team in those events, respectively...Swam the 200 free at LSU (1:42.98)...Also swam the 200 back at the Royals Open with a time of 1:51.97.

Pre-College:

Competed at 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials in 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 100m backstroke... Ranked as the No. 4 overall recruit in the nation by CollegeSwimming.com ... Competed for United States at 2012 Junior Pan-Pacific Games ... Holds North Carolina state record and SwimMAC Carolina age group record (15-18) in 50m free (23.27) and 15-16 100m free (51.45) ... Helped Providence High School to third straight North Carolina state title in 2012 ... Trained under former Auburn swimmers Jeremy Knowles and James Wike at SwimMAC Carolina.

Personal:

Studying in the Raymond J. Harbert College of Business.

Darmody's Top Times (SCY)
EventTimeDateMeet
50 freestyle19.212/19/14SEC Championships
100 freestyle
42.402/22/14SEC Championships
200 freestyle
1:38.7312/3/16Georgia Invite
100 back45.562/21/14SEC Championships
200 back1:51.9711/24/13Auburn Invitational