2024-25 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster
Payton Kelly
- Position:
- Freestyle, Backstroke
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Henry Wisewood
- Hometown:
- Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Career Honors
- First Team All-MAC (2024 & 2025)
- Second Team All-MAC (2023)
- Academic All-MAC Team (2024 & 2025)
- CSC Academic All-District (2024)
- Five-Time Career MAC Swimmer of the Week (Oct. 26. 2022, Nov. 9, 2022, Oct. 25, 2023, Nov. 8, 2023 and Dec. 11, 2024)
30 Appearances in Top 10 Times in Ball State S&D History
- No. 1 in program history in the 50 freestyle (22.23), 100 freestyle (48.82), 200 freestyle (1:47.27), 100 backstroke (53.52), 200 medley relay (1:39.56), 200 freestyle relay (1:31.38), 400 freestyle relay (3:20.82) and 800 freestyle relay (7:22.09)
- No. 8 in program history in the 1000 freestyle (10:19.26) and 200 freestyle relay (1:33.08) and 400 freestyle relay (3:24.77)
- No. 4 in program history in the 200 medley relay (1:40.12), 400 medley relay (3:42.57) and 400 freestyle relay (3:23.29)
- No. 9 in program history in the 200 medley relay (1:41.70) and 200 freestyle relay (1:33.08)
- No. 3 in program history in the 400 medley relay (3:42.56), 200 freestyle relay (1:31.95), 400 freestyle relay (3:21.74) and 800 freestyle relay (7:24.58)
- No. 5 in program history in the 400 medley relay (3:42.94), 200 freestyle relay (1:32.66), 400 freestyle relay (3:23.14) and 800 freestyle relay (7:26.15)
- No. 10 in program history in the 400 medley relay (3:44.87) and 200 freestyle relay (1:33.41)
- No. 2 in program history in the 200 freestyle relay (1:31.68) and 400 freestyle relay (3:20.89)
- No. 7 in program history in the 200 freestyle relay (1:32.93)
- No. 6 in program history in the 400 freestyle relay (3:23.29)
2024-25: Junior
- Named first team All-MAC.
- Named to Academic All-MAC Team.
- Captured 17 individual event wins and six relay wins.
- Earned MAC Women’s Swimmer of the Week (Dec. 11).
- Won gold in the 50 freestyle (22.23) at the MAC Championships (Feb. 27) and set a program record.
- Claimed silver in the 100 freestyle (48.89) at the MAC Championships (March 1) and earned a program record.
- Captured silver in the 200 freestyle (1:47.27) and set a program record.
- Member of the 200 medley relay team that combined for a program record (1:39.56) at the MAC Championships (Feb. 26), placing fourth.
- Part of the 200 freestyle relay team that claimed the second-fastest time in program history (1:31.68) at the MAC Championships (Feb. 28), placing fourth.
- Swam anchor for the 400 medley relay team that tied the fifth-fastest time in program history (3:42.94) at the MAC Championships (Feb. 27), placing fifth.
- Qualified for the CSCAA National Invitational Championships (March 13-15), capturing the championship in the 100 freestyle (49.04), placing sixth in the finals of the 50 backstroke (24.90) and 50 freestyle (22.66), and swimming with the 400 freestyle relay team that combined for the fastest time in program history (3:20.82), placing sixth.
2023-24: Sophomore
- First Team All-MAC
- Named to Academic All-MAC Team and CSC Academic All-District.
- Captured 14 individual event wins and 11 relay wins.
- Earned silver in the 50 freestyle (22.40) at the MAC Championships (Feb. 29) and bronze in the 100 freestyle (49.03) at the MAC Championships (March 2), securing the fastest time in program history and the fourth-fastest time in the Mid-American Conference.
- Recorded the fastest time in program history in the 200 freestyle (1:47.61) at the MAC Championships (March 1).
- Qualified for the CSCAA National Invitational Championship (March 14-17), earning bronze in the 50 freestyle (22.59).
- Swam the fastest time in program history in the 100 freestyle (49.12) at the House of Champions Invitational (Nov. 18).
2022-23: Freshman
- Second Team All-MAC
- Won the silver medal at the MAC Championships in the 50 freestyle and broke the program record (22.51).
- Won the bronze medal in the 100 freestyle at the MAC championships and broke the program record (49.81).
- Member of the 200 freestyle relay (1:31.38) that finished fourth overall and broke the program record.
- Captured the win in the 50 freestyle (23.45) at the Indiana Intercollegiates, Akron, Nov. 5 (23.57), Miami, Dec. 1 (23.59), and versus Miami, Jan. 21 (24.08).
CLUB: Swam for the Cascade Swim Club for nine years … holds multiple relay and individual club records.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Laurie & Gord … has one sister, Broden … intends to study occupational therapy.
