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2015-16 Women's Swimming and Diving

Kendall Crawford

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Greenville, S.C.
  • High School Christ Church Episcopal School
  • Event Backstroke
  • Concentration History
  • House Dunster

Biography

Harvard Women''s Swimming and Diving
Personal Records
100 Back:
53.59 (Princeton & Yale, 2/2/13)*
200 Back: 1:55.16 (Princeton & Yale, 2/2/13)
100 Fly: 54.53 (Georgia Invitational, 12/2/12)
200 IM: 2:00.58 (Ivy League Championships, 2/28/13)

Senior 2015-16
Earned second team All-Ivy League honors in the 100 back and the 400 medley relay … Took second against Cornell and Dartmouth in the 100 back (55.68) … Finished first against Cornell and Dartmouth in the 200 back (2:00.67) … Earned second against Columbia in the 100 back (55.86) … Won the 100 fly (55.29) against Columbia  … Took 33rd in the 50 free at the Texas Invitational (23.39) and eighth in the 100 fly (54.58) … Recorded a 14th-place finish at the Texas Invitational in the 100 back (55.08) … Earned 17th in the 200 back (1:58.46) at the Texas Invitational … Won the 200 backstroke (2:00.75) and tallied a sixth-place finish in the 50 free (24.37) against Brown and Penn … Had the top Harvard time of the season in the 50 free (23.17) and the 100 fly (53.84) at the Ivy League Championships … Swam Harvard’s second-fastest time of the season in the 100 (53.58) and 200 back (1:56.61) at the Ivy League Championship Meet.

Junior 2014-15
Picked up three top finishes against Dartmouth and Cornell: 200 medley relay (1:43.98), 100 back (55.73) and 100 fly (2:01.61); placed third in the 100 fly (56.10) … A part of the winning 200 medley relay unit (1:43.48), and picked up a victory in the 200 fly (2:03.38) versus Columbia; placed second in the 100 fly (55.49) … Picked up a 34th-place finish in the 50 free (23.64) at the Texas Invite; helped Harvard to a seventh place finish in the 400 medley relay (3:40.08); took 12th in the 100 back (54.51) and 25th in the 200 back (1:58.79) … A member of the winning 400 free relay unit and the second-place 200 medley relay unit against Duke and South Carolina; took sixth in the 100 back (57.56); finished third in the 100 fly (57.06) … Took fourth in the 100 back (57.51) and 11th in the 50 free (25.12); fifth place in the 200 back (2:06.44) … Enjoyed a successful HYP, taking third in the 200 medley relay, eighth in the 200 fly (2:03.33) and 10th in the 100 fly (56.83) … Took seventh in the championship final in the 100 fly (54.79) at the Ivy League Championships; fourth in the 100 back championship (54.90) and took second place in the 200 back (1:56.41).

Sophomore 2013-14
Finished fourth in the 100 backstroke (56.07), third in the 100 backstroke (56.98) and fifth in the 200 IM (2:07.47) at Columbia Nov. 9 … Raced on the 200 medley relay unit (1:45.00) that finished first and came in first in the 100 backstroke (55.34) against Dartmouth and Cornell (Nov. 16) … Competed in the 100 fly at the Texas Invite, clocking in at 55.71 … A part of the winning 200 medley relay team (1:44.88), and won the 200 back (2:01.48) against Brown; also took fourth in the 100 fly (58.15) … Won the 100 back in 56.60, placed third in the 100 free (54.21) and was a member of the third-place 200 medley relay team (1:47.83) at Penn … Took part in the winning 200 medley relay team at HYP (1:43.12) and placed fourth in the 100 back (56.66) … Was a member of the winning 200 medley relay team at the Ivy League Championships (1:43.12) … Swam in the Ivy time trials, taking first in the 100 fly (54.48) and the 100 back (55.01).

Freshman 2012-13
Set a new Harvard record in the 100 back in each of her first two meets ... Currently the 100 back record holder with a 54.00 at the Georgia Invitational ... Part of the 200 medley relay (1:41.16) and 400 medley relay (3:38.86) that set new Harvard records at the Georgia Invitational Nov. 30-Dec. 2 ... Also set Harvard''s 50 back record (25.4) at the Georgia Invite ... Earned second, behind Danielle Lee, in the 100 back and easily won the 200 back (2:00.91) against Penn and Brown Jan. 19 ... Medalist in the 50 free (24.07) and the 100 free (52.01), topping Vermont''s Christa Weaver (53.08), the sister of Harvard senior Caroline Weaver, who was in second against UVM Jan. 20 ... Set two new Harvard records while winning the 100 backstroke (53.59*) and the 200 backstroke (1:55.16*) at the Princeton and Yale meet (Feb. 1) ... At the Ivy meet cruised to first-place in the 200 backstroke (1:55.84) and earned a third-place finish in the 100 backstroke (53.76). Also was a member of the 200 medley relay team that finished first, and the 400 medley relay team that came in third at the Ivy meet (Feb. 28) ... Earned a first-place finish in the 200 back (1:56.59) at the ECAC Championships (Mar. 3).

Before Harvard:
Five-year member of varsity swimming team … Voted team captain as a junior and senior … Six-time South Carolina High School League (SCHSL)  State Champion … Holds SCHSL record for 100 backstroke … Four-time SCHSL All-State selection … Three-time South Carolina High Schools Sports Report All-State Team nominee … Four-time winner of the South Carolina Association of Women’s Sports 1A Swimmer of the Year award … Nine-time school record holder … Voted MVP four out of five varsity seasons … Swam for Y-Spartaquatics Swim Club … Helped her club team to YMCA National Championships in 2011 and 2012 … Holds the YMCA national record in the 100 backstroke and three relays … Multiple-time YMCA National Champion … USA Swimming Nationals Qualifier … Competed in the 100 and 200 back at the 2012 Olympic Team Trials … Three-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American … NISCA Academic All-American.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13First-Year

    Backstroke
  • 2013-14Sophomore

    Backstroke
  • 2014-15Junior

    Backstroke
  • 2015-16Senior

    Backstroke