Swimming Athlete Bio
Kristen Mathis
Senior * Free/Back * 5-5
Northport, Ala.
Tuscaloosa County HS
2007-08: Versatile swimmer competed in every discipline except the breaststroke...Owned Pacific's top times in 100-yard freestyle (58.40), 100-yard backstroke (1:05.43), 50-yard butterfly (29.94), 100-yard butterfly (1:06.59) and 100-yard individual medley (1:09.85)...Owned second best time in the 50-yard freestyle (27.22)...Set school record in 100-yard backstroke by swimming 1:05.43 at the NWC Championships...Placed 12th in 100 back and 14th in 100 free at NWC Championships...Finished seventh in 100 back and ninth in 100 fly at Northwest Invitational...Swam lead-off leg on record-setting 400-yard freestyle relay.
2006-07: Established herself as a specialist in the sprint freestyle and backstroke events...Finished 14th at the NWC Championships in the 100-yard backstroke (1:06.09)...Also competed at conference in the 50 free...Set school record of 26.44 in the 50-yard backstroke in dual against Whitworth 1/12/07...Won the 200 free (2:14.58) in the same dual...Swam the third leg on record-setting 800 free, 200 medley and 400 medley relay teams...2005-06: Finished season by placing 16th in the 100-yard backstroke in the Northwest Conference Championships...Owned Pacific's best times in the 50, 100 and 200-yard freestyle events and the 100 and 200-yard backstroke...Set a Pacific school record with her time of 1:05.94 in the 100-yard backstroke.
High School: Swam for Leslie Penn at Tuscaloosa County High School...Four year letterwinner...Team captain last three years...Co-captain freshman year...Best Times: 58.41 in 100 freestyle and 1:06.02 in 100 backstroke...Swam from 1997-2005 with Crimson Tide Aquatics Club under John Boxmeyer...Southeastern championship meet qualifier.
Personal: Daughter of Michael & Anne Mathis...Exercise science major and psychology minor.