2022-23 Women's Swimming Roster

Katherine Brown

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Glenside, Pa.
  • Highschool Abington

Biography

2021-22: Lycoming College Most Outstanding Female Athlete … MAC Swimmer of the Year … Academic All-MAC … two-time MAC Champion … first NCAA Championships qualifier in women’s swimming since 1984 … competed in the 200- and 400-yard medley relay, 50-, 100- and 200-yard freestyle, 100- and 200-yard breaststroke, 200- and 400-yard freestyle relay … MAC Women’s Swimmer of the Week (11/1) after posting top times in the 50-yard freestyle (24.78), 100-yard freestyle (55.01), and the 100-yard breaststroke (1:06.57) against Stevenson … MAC Women’s Swimmer of the Week (11/22) after setting a school and a Diamond City Invitational meet record with a time of 1:04.68 in the 100-yard breaststroke … MAC Women’s Swimmer of the Week (12/13) after winning the 50- and 100-yard freestyle against Penn State Altoona … MAC Women’s Swimmer of the Week (1/24) after posting winning three events against Wilkes … became the first Lycoming athlete to win five MAC player of the week awards in a season (1/31) after breaking a pool-record in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:05.16), a 24-year-old pool record in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:23.63), and a 12-year-old school record in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:23.63) … took fourth and set a school record in the 50-yard freestyle (24.56) in the MAC championships … swam in the 200-yard freestyle relay, which took sixth in 1:43.25 … swam in the 400-yard medley relay, which took ninth in 4:14.76 … took first and broke a MAC record in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:03.88), posting a NCAA ‘B’ cut … took first and broke her own school record in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:23.03 for second title of the event … MAC Swimmer of the Week (2/14) … finished 69th in the 50-yard freestyle preliminaries in 25.04 in the NCAA Championships … finished 17th in the 100-yard breaststroke preliminaries in 1:04.38 … finished 65th and swam the second-fastest time in school history in the 100-yard freestyle in 54.41 … inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma, the athletic honor society … a member of the MAC Academic Honor Roll. 

2020-21: Competed in the 50 and 100-yard breaststroke, 50- and 200-yard freestyle, 200- and 400-yard medley relay, 150-yard breaststroke relay, and the 200- and 500-yard freestyle relay throughout the season … a member of the MAC Academic Honor Roll. 

2019-20: Second Team All-MAC in 100-yard breaststroke … competed in the 200- and 500-yard freestyle and 100- and 200-yard breaststroke throughout the season … finished second in the 100-yard breaststroke at the MAC Championships, posting a time of 1:06.14, the second-fastest time in program history … took 16th in the 200-yard freestyle in 2:02.02, after posting fifth-fastest swim in program history in preliminaries (2:01.79) … swam second leg of 200-yard freestyle relay, which took sixth (1:42.68) with a 25.09 split … swam breaststroke leg of 200-yard medley relay, which took seventh (1:54.09) … helped 400-yard medley relay to eighth-place finish (4:12.66) by swimming breaststroke leg … a member of the MAC Academic Honor Roll. 
 
High School: A four-year letterwinner in swimming at Abington … team captain and team MVP as a senior … set school-record in 100-yard breaststroke during season at 1:07.74 … took 29th at districts in the event as a senior (1:08.87) after taking 34th (1:09.54) as a junior … also part of school-record-setting 200-yard medley relay (1:51.85) and 400-yard freestyle relay (3:44) teams. 
 
Personal: Daughter of Chris and Erin Brown … has two brothers, Sam and Tom, and a sister, Jill … a psychology major … favorite movie is “That Thing You Do” … favorite musical artist is Taylor Swift … favorite athlete is Zach Ertz … favorite NFL team is the Philadelphia Eagles … worked as a swim coach at the North Hills Country Club in the summer. 

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20First Year

    Breast/Free
    5'10"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Breast/Free
    5'10"
  • 2021-22Junior

    Breast/Free
    5'10"
  • 2022-23Senior

    Breast/Free
    5'10"