2015-16 Swimming & Diving Roster
Roster
Katie Grover
- Position:
- Fly/Free
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Milton HS
- Hometown:
- Atlanta, Ga.
2017-18
First Team CSCAAย Scholar All-American ... CSCAA All-American Honorable Mention in 800 free relay and 200 free ... Selected to the 2018 Spring Director's Honor Roll ... Received the Athletic Director's Academic Excellence Award (given to senior student-athletes who made the Director's Honor Roll every quarter they were enrolled at UCLA) ... Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team ... Was part of the 200 free relay team (alongside Kenisha Liu, Sarah Kaunitz, and Amy Okada) that set a school record at 1:28.91 against USC on Feb. 9 ... Also set the school record in the 800 free relay (7:01.90; Liu, Sandra Soe, Margaux Verger Gourson) ... Broke a pair of school records at the Pac-12 Championships; first she set the new UCLA standard with a 1:44.18 in the 200 free, then finished with a record 1:54.51 in the 200 fly on the final day of the conference meet ... Also had the fastest 50 free time (22.39) by a Bruin for the season and the second-best 100 free time (48.57) ... Also part of UCLA's top relay team in the 400 free (3:16.99; Kaunitz, Liu, Okada), and 200 medley (1:38.89; Schanz, Kaunitz, Okada) ... Won both the 100 free (50.27) and 100 fly (55.24) at Arizona State on Nov. 4 ... The previous day, won the 50 free (23.35), 100 free (50.19), and 100 fly (54.50) at Arizona ... Won three events (100 fly, 200 fly, 200 medley relay) in the UCLA Quad Meet on Oct. 28.ย
2016-17
CSCAA All-America selection for 400 Free Relay (Honorable Mention) โฆ chosen to Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team โฆ earned CSCAA Scholar All-America honors โฆ earned teamโs Most Improved Swimmer award โฆ named to Athletic Directorโs Honor Roll for fall, winter, spring โฆ established new school records in 400 Free Relay with Linnea Mack, Madison White and Sarah Kaunitz (3:15.09), 800 Free Relay with Mack, Kenisha Liu and White (7:04.59), 200 Medley Relay with Mack, Sarah Kaunitz and Isabella Goldsmith (1:36.92) and 400 Medley Relay with Mack, Amy Okada and Goldsmith (3:34.02) โฆ was part of five 200 Medley Relay-winning teams; best time was 1:40.32 with Mack, Sarah Kaunitz and White at A3 Performance Invitational (Nov. 17-19) โฆ won 100 Fly two times; best mark was 51.95 at Pac-12 Championships (B Final, Feb. 22-25) โฆ with Goldsmith, Maisie Jameson and Sarah Kaunitz, won 400 Free Relay (3:26.67) at Stanford (Jan. 27) โฆ other notable times: 22.77 in 50 Free (Pac-12 Championships), 48.83 in 100 Free (NCAA Championships, March 15-18), 1:47.95 in 200 Free (Texas Invitational, Dec. 1-3), 1:55.76 in 200 Fly (USC, Feb. 10), 1:29.17 in 200 Free Relay with Mack, Sarah Kaunitz and Goldsmith (Pac-12 Championships)
2015-16
Competed in three events at the NCAA Championships (100 Fly and 200 Fly and the 200 Free) ... Finished 21st in the 200 Fly prelimsย and 36th in the 100 Fly prelims at NCAAs ...ย Placed 10th overall in the 100 Fly and 15th overall in the 200 Free at the Pac-12 Championships ... Nabbed first place in the consolation final (ninth overall) in the 200 Fly at Pac-12s ...ย Swam a career-best 1:46.43ย in the 200 Free at the Texas Invitational to rank third on UCLA's All-Time Listย ... Won the 200 Fly at the Texas Invite with a career-best 1:55.45, moving her into fourth on UCLA's All-Time listย ... CSCAA Scholar All-American ... Earned second team Pac-12 All-Academic honors.
SUMMER 2015
Qualified for the Olympic Trials in the 100 Fly (100.86) and the 100 Free (56.14) ... Won the bronze medal at the Phillips 66 National Championships in the 400 Free Relay with a 3:45.54 ... Swam best times in the 200 Free (2:03.40) and the 200 Fly (2:15.67) ... Won the 400 Free Relay at the Los Angeles Invitational with a 3:54.39 ...ย Also reached the championship final in the 200 Fly, finishing sixth with a 2:16.92.
2014-15
Set new school records as part of the 200 and 400 Free Relays (1:29.05; 3:15.83) at the NCAA Championships ... Also posted a 52.44 in the 100 Fly at NCAAs (2nd All-Time at UCLA) ... Set a new UCLA record as part of the 400 Free Relay (3:15.94) at Pac-12s ... Finished 10th overall in the 100 Fly with a 53.15 at Pac-12s ... ย Is sixth All-Time at UCLA in the 200 Fly after swimming a 1:55.88 (UCLA Freshman Record) ... Also postedย a season-best 49.47 in the 100 Free, the third-best time on the squad in the event for the season ...ย Holds the Freshman Record in the 100 Fly (52.44) as well ... Earned First-Team CSCAA Scholar All-America honors.
SUMMER 2014
Grover was 28th in the 100 Freestyle (57.11) and 37th in the 100 Butterfly (1:01.91) at the Speedo U.S. Junior National Championships.
MILTON HIGH SCHOOL
CLUB: SWIM ATLANTA
Swam for four seasons at Milton High School in Alpharetta, Ga. โฆ was a seven-time All-American, including three times in the 100 Freestyle and twice in both the 100 Butterfly and 100 Backstroke โฆ earned four State championships in the 100 Fly (2013 and 2014), 100 Back (2013) and 100 Free (2012) โฆ set school records in the 50, 100 and 200 Free, 100 Fly and 100 Back โฆ coached by Teresa Lee โฆ swims club with Swim Atlanta under coaches Mark Minier and Jeff Hike.
PERSONAL
Born Jan. 24, 1996 in Jackson, N.J. โฆ daughter of Rita and James Grover โฆ has three older brothers, CJ, Jimmy and Brian โฆ majoring in political science.
100 Fly (Short Course) 52.44
200 Fly (Short Course) 1:55.45ย โย 4thย All-Time at UCLA
100 Free (Short Course) 49.47
200 Free (Short Course) 1:46.43ย โย 3rdย All-Time at UCLA
50 Free (Short Course) 23.19
