2023-24 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster
Biography
2023-24: Competed at the NCAA Division II National Championships for the second consecutive season as the anchor leg in the women's ninth-place 200-yard freestyle relay (1:33.31) with a 23.37 50 free split . . . Earned two individual NCAA DII 'B' cuts in the 50 (23.76) and 100 free (51.73) prelims at the 2024 NSISC Championships . . . Named Second Team All-Conference with 31 individual points secured, thanks to her two Top-8 finishes in the 100 free (51.91, sixth) and 50 free (23.88, eighth) . . . Topped the podium in the 100 free (54.48) in her final meet against Ouachita Baptist (Jan. 19).Â
2022-23: Earned All-American honors at the 2023 National Championship as a member of Henderson’s fourth-place 200 medley relay team (1:41.67) . . . Swam a leg in HSU’s first-place 200 medley relay team (1:41.67) at the 2023 NSISC Championships . . . Finished sixth individually in the 100-yard fly (56.77) at conference.
Prep: Four-year letterman and varsity swimmer . . . Finalist in the 100 back and fly events at state her junior and senior year, including placing second and third in the medley relay and freestyle relay, respectively, at state her junior year . . . holds the Arizona record in the 100 IM.
Personal: Born October 30, 2001 . . . Daughter of Don and Ruth Kester . . . Sister to Rachel Kester . . . Attended Ironwood Ridge High School . . . Majoring in Health and Human Performance – Pre-Physical Therapy.
Historical Player Information
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2020-21Freshman
Free / Back / Fly
5'7"
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2021-22Sophomore
Free / Back / Fly
5'7"
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2022-23Junior
Free / Back / Fly
5'7"
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2023-24Senior
Free / Back / Fly
5'7"
