2016-17 Swimming & Diving Roster
Roster
Lisa Kaunitz
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Lake Oswego HS
- Hometown:
- Santa Clara, Calif.
Career Highlights
2020 Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
2019 Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
One Individual Event Win
2017 CSCAA Scholar All-America honorable mention
Nine-time UCLA Director's Honor Roll
2019-20
Competed in all nine of the team's dual meets as well as the USD Pentathlon and Ohio State Invitational as a senior ... Swam individually at the 2020 Pac-12 Championships in the 200 free, 500 free, 1650 free, and 400 IM ... Qualified for the "C" Final of the 400 IM and 500 free ... Placed 17th overall in the 400 IM (season-best 4:18.19) and 23rd in the 500 free (4:51.50) ... Posted a season-best time of 4:49.24 in the 500 free prelims ... Scored in the 500 free (4:58.06, fifth) and 1000 free (10:21.27, fourth) in the Arizona dual meet on Nov. 1 ... Finished fourth in the 500 free (4:54.62) and 1000 free (10:03.15) in the USC dual meet on Feb. 14 ... Her 500 free time from Pac-12s was the best by a Bruin in that event for the season ... Selected to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll ... Named to the UCLA Director's Honor Roll for fall, winter, and springย quarters.ย
2018-19
Named to the Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 Director's Honor Rolls ... Pac-12 All-Academic Team honorable mention ... Had the second-best time on the team in the 400 IM (4:17.34), 500 free (4:50.40), and 1000 free (10:11.85) ... Competed at the Pac-12 Championships in the 400 IM, 500 free, 1650 free, and 800 free relay ... Finished 18th in the 400 IM (4:17.34), 25th in the 500 free (4:50.64), and 20th in the 1650 free (16:53.69) ... Finished runner-up in the 100 free in the Oregon State dual meet on Jan. 19 (10:22.71) and at Cal on Feb. 2 (10:11.85) ... Finished top-three in the 500 free at four separate meets, including a season-best second place finish at Utah on Oct. 27 (5:10.74) ... Season-bests: 100 free (52.47), 200 free (1:49.99), 200 IM (2:08.65), 400 IM (4:17.34), 500 free (4:50.40), 1000 free (10:11.85), 1650 free (16:53.69).ย
2017-18
Selected to the 2018 Spring Director's Honor Roll ... Had the second-best 400 IM time on the squad (4:19.67) and the third-best 500 free time (4:49.33) ... Also posted season-best times of 4:50.24 in the 500 free, and 1:50.38 in the 200 free ...ย ย Was the sixth-place finisher in the 400 IM "C" Final (22nd overall) at the Pac-12 Championships, where she posted her season-best time of 4:19.67 ... Also finished 21st in the 1650 freestyle at Pac-12s, coming in with a time of 16:52.81 ... Won the 500 free at the Oregon Dual Meet (4:58.28) en route to a 150-88 UCLA win ... Was a narrow second-place finisher in the 200 free at the same meet, as her 1:52.83 time came in just behind teammate Carly Reid's 1:52.64.
2016-17
Named CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention selection โฆ named to Athletic Directorโs Honor Roll for fall, winter, spring โฆ posted times of 2:05.23 in 200 IM and 2:05.23 in 200 IM at A3 Performance Invitational (Nov. 17-19) โฆ posted time of 52.86 in 100 Free at Texas Invitational (Dec. 1-3) โฆ posted time of 10:23.38 in 1000 Free against Utah (Jan. 13) โฆ posted time of x1:50.60 in 200 Free at USC (Feb. 10) โฆ posted times of 4:47.22 in 500 Free C Final, 2:18.70 in 200 Breast and 4:18.28 in 400 IM C Final at Pac-12 Championships (Feb. 22-25).
High School/Club
Kaunitz is a four-year letter winner in swimming ... a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American her sophomore, junior, and senior seasons ... swam at Monta Vista High School from 2012-14 before transferring to Lake Oswego High School ... at MVHS, Kaunitz was the record holder in the 500 Free and a member of the CCS State Champion Team (2012-14) ... at Lake Oswego HS, Kaunitz was the State Champion in the 200 Free, the school record holder in the 500 Free and 200 IM, and team MVP her senior year ... Tualatin Hills Swim Club record holder in the 400 Free and 400 IM ... top high school times include: ย 2:02.93 (200 IM, 1:49.20 (200 Free), and 4:51.11 (500 Free).
Personal
Born in Portland, Ore.ย ... daughter of Leon and Madalina Kaunitz ... has an older sister, Sarah, who also swam at UCLA ... admires Michael Phelps, Natalie Coughlin and basketball player Stephen Curry ... Majoringย in statisics.
Best Times
50 free - 24.30
100 free - 51.26
200 free - 1:49.55
500 free - 4:47.22
1000 free - 10:03.15
1650 free - 16:52.81
100 back - 1:04.02
100 breast - 1:04.79
200 breast - 2:18.35
400 IM - 4:17.34
(last updated: May 20, 2020)
