2017-18 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Katie Coughlin

  • Position Backstroke/Butterfly
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Wisconsin Dells, Wis.
  • Highschool Baraboo/Alabama

Biography

2017-18: Earned honorable-mention All-American honors with the 200 medley relay squad (1:37.41) and swam the 200 and 100 backstroke at the NCAA Championships ... scored a sixth-place finish in the 100 back (52.69), a fifth-place finish in the 200 back (1:54.03), and 20th in the 100 fly (53.60) at the Big Ten Championships ... claimed the 12th-place spot in the 100 back (56.75), 13th in the 200 back (2:03.91) and participated in the eighth-place 200 free relay squad (1:34.66) at the Shamrock Invite ... raced to fifth-place finishes in the 100 back (57.42) and the 200 back (2:05.85) at USC ... finished 15th in the 100 fly (54.23), sixth in the 100 back (53.78) and 11th in the 200 back (1:57.63) at the Texas Invite ... took third in the 100 backstroke (57.34) and fifth in the 100 free (53.29) vs. Northwestern ... won the 100 back (58.32) and took second in the 200 back (2:08.79) at UW-Green Bay ... finished ninth in the 100-yard backstroke (56.44) at the Big Ten quad in Minnesota  ... took part in the fifth-place 200-yard medley relay squad (1:46.41) and 400 medley relay squad (3:50.67) vs. NC State ... participated in the sixth-place 400 free relay squad (3:37.51) vs. Georgia ... made Badgers debut, taking part in the eighth-place 400-yard freestyle relay squad (3:33.92), vs. Auburn and Tennessee

2016-17 (at Alabama): Competed at the NCAA championships as part of 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay … posted a career-best 53.31 in the 100 backstroke at the Bulldog Invitational, ranking second all-time at Alabama … finaled as part of 200 freestyle relay (6th) at the SEC championships … scored in the 100 backstroke (15th), 200 backstroke (22nd), 100 butterfly (22nd) and 400 medley relay (10th) at the SEC championships …  posted a career-best 54.00 in the 100 butterfly at the SEC championships, ranking her 10th all-time at Alabama … scored against Florida State in the 100 backstroke (3rd) and 200 backstroke (4th) … earned a win at Tulane as part of the 200 medley relay … scored in the 200 freestyle (3rd) at Tulane … posted a career-best time in the 200 backstroke (1:55.16) at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational, ranking second all-time at Alabama … earned wins at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational in the 200 backstroke as well as part of the 200 medley relay … finaled in the 100 backstroke (2nd) at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational … scored at Auburn in the 200 backstroke (5th) … scored against Vanderbilt and West Florida in the 100 backstroke (3rd) and 200 backstroke (2nd) … named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll

2015-16 (at Alabama): Swam a career-best 51.02 in the 100 freestyle at the Bulldog Invitational … posted career-best times in the 100 butterfly (54.67), 100 backstroke (53.94) and 200 backstroke (1:56.63) at the SEC championships … scored at the SEC championships in the 200 backstroke (19th) … also competed in the 100 backstroke and 100 butterfly at the SEC championships … swam a career-best 24.17 in the 50 freestyle during prelims of the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational
 
Prep: State champion in 100 backstroke and finished third in 100 butterfly as a senior at 2014 state meet, earning all-state honors in both events … 2013 state runner-up in 100 backstroke and took third in the 100 butterfly, earning all-state honors in both events … team captain … named MVP as a junior and senior … qualified for the USA Winter Junior National Championships … swam at spring 2014 NCSA Championships … earned a 4.0 GPA … named to High Honor Roll every semester … National Honor Society … member of Future Business Leaders of America … member of the Link Crew

Personal: Parents are Michelle and Kevin Coughlin … has one sibling, Kevin … economics major
 
Top Times
100 butterfly 54.00
100 backstroke 53.31
200 backstroke 1:55.16
100 freestyle 51.02