Emily Karwoski

Position:
Freestyle, Breaststroke, Individual Medley
Class:
Senior
High School:
North Central
Hometown:
Zionsville, Ind.

IN THE BALL STATE RECORD BOOKS:
- - Holds the school record in the 200 Individual Medley (2:05.66) - MAC Championships (2/25/2009)
- - Ranks second in school history in the 200 Breaststroke (2:18.96) - MAC Championships (2/25/2009)

2008-09 (Jr.): Earned third letter at Ball State . . . named BSU's Most Improved swimmer . . . placed 13th in the 200 IM (2:05.56), 14th in the 400 IM (4:30.32) and 16th in the 200 breast (2:21.21) at the Mid-American Conference Championships (2/25) . . . her 200 IM time was a school record, while her 200 breast prelim time of 2:18.96 ranks second in school history . . . ranked first on the team in the 200 IM and second in the 200 breast and 400 IM, recording career-fast times in all three events . . . also ranked fourth on the squad in the 100 breast with a clocking of 1:07.41 versus Eastern Michigan (1/24) . . . added season-fast times of 5:25.65 in the 500 free at Eastern Illinois (10/11) and 10:54.32 in the 1000 free at Miami (2/6).

2007-08 (So.): Earned second letter at Ball State . . . posted BSU's fastest 200 breast (2:25.85) of the season versus Bowling Green (11/3), while ranking third in the 100 breast with a time of 1:07.13 at Eastern Michigan (1/26) . . . tallied BSU's second fastest 200 IM (2:09.78) vs. Michigan State (12/8) and 400 IM (4:37.61) versus BGSU . . . her 200 IM clocking versus MSU was a career-fast, as was her time of 5:14.81 in the 500 free versus Illinois State (1/19).

2006-07 (Fr.): Earned first letter at Ball State . . . MAC Swimmer of the Week (12/8) . . . placed sixth in the 400 IM at the MAC Championships (2/14) with a season-fast clocking of 4:30.73 . . . also swam to 16th in the 100 breast (1:07.55) and 18th in the 200 breast (2:25.45) at the league meet . . . her clocking of 1:06.60 in the 100 breast prelims was also a career-best effort and ranked as the second-best individual effort on the squad . . . her career-fast 200 breast (2:23.62) at Michigan State (12/9) ranked her first on the squad.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters at North Central for Coach Mark Hesse . . . established a school record in the 100 breast (1:06.09) which was also a Marion County record . . . owns a school record as a member of the 200 medley relay . . . captured personal-bests in the 200 IM (2:07.13), 500 free (5:07.66), 200 breast (2:23.08) and 400 IM (4:31.32) . . . voted Most Improved as a freshman . . . team co-captain as a senior . . . nominated for the IHSAA Mental Attitude Award in 2006.

PERSONAL: Majoring in speech pathology . . . born April 20, 1988 in Beech Grove, Ind. . . . daughter of Jim and Cathy Hurst . . . has two sisters, Claire and Jodi . . . married Ball State men's swimming & diving senior Ben Karwoski in the summer of 2009.