Katie Bylsma

Position:
Freestyle
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Pinckney
Hometown:
Westfield, Ind.

IN THE BSU RECORD BOOKS:
- - Holds the third-fastest time in program history in the 50 Freestyle (23.56) - MAC Championships (2/24/2010)
- - Holds the third-fastest time in program history in the 100 Freestyle (51.42) - MAC Championships (2/24/2010)
- - Member of the school-record holding 400 Medley Relay Team (3:49.49) - MAC Championships (2/25/2009)

2009-10 (So.): Earned third letter at Ball State . . . recipient of the 2009-10 Cathy Somenzi Memorial Scholarship . . . named Mid-American Conference Swimmer of the Week on December 15th . . . placed 14th in the 100 free (51.42) and 15th in the 50 free (23.72) at the MAC Championships (2/24) . . . both efforts were career-fast times, led the squad and rank as the third-fastest individual times in program history . . . also led the team with a career-fast effort of 1:52.35 in the 200 free at the league meet, while swimming legs for the 200 free (1:34.93), 400 free (3:30.73) and 400 medley (3:51.09) relays which posted season-fast times at the meet . . . member of the 800 free relay which collected BSU's best time of the year at 7:52.82 versus Miami (2/6).

2008-09 (So.): Earned second letter at Ball State . . . posted the then-third-fastest 100 free time in school history with a 19th-place clocking of 51.78 at the Mid-American Conference Championships (2/25) . . . it was BSU's fastest 100 free effort of the season . . . member of the school-record setting 400 medley relay (3:49.49) which placed eighth at the MAC Championships . . . posted season-fast times in the 50 free (23.92) and 200 free (1:54.34) at the MAC Championships, finishing 24th and 25th, respectively . . . the efforts ranked as the first (50 free) and third (200 free) fastest times on the team . . . also swam legs on the eighth-place 200 free (1:36.87), 400 free (3:03.95) and 200 medley (1:45.78) relay teams at the league championships.

2007-08 (Fr.): Earned first letter at Ball State . . . placed 10th in the 50 free (24.01), 16th in the 100 free (52.79) and 18th in the 200 free (1:55.05) at the Mid-American Conference Championships (2/20) . . . her 50 free and 100 free prelim clocking of 52.32 were BSU's fastest of the year . . . logged career-bests in the 500 free (5:19.16), 200 back (2:24.70) and 100 fly (1:01.69) during the season.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters at Pinckney for Coach Laura Eibler . . . four-time all-conference first team . . . all-state in the 50 and 100 free as a junior and senior . . . four-time state qualifier in four events . . . established school records in the 50 (24.09) and 100 free (52.62) . . . member of the 200 medley relay, 200 free relay and 400 free relay that etched themselves into the record books.

PERSONAL: Majoring in business . . . born July 25, 1989 in Lafayette, Ind. . . . daughter of John and Susan Bylsma . . . has one brother, Blake.