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2008-09 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Kristin Colton

  • Position Back/Free
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Washingtonville, N.Y.
  • Highschool Washingtonville

Biography

2007-08: Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll... Represents women's swimming on the Student Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC)... Turned in the second fastest 50 (28.52), 100 (58.53) and 200 backstrokes (2:06.57) times at Fordham... Scored at the Atlantic 10 Championships with a 13th place showing in the 200 back (2:07.73) and a 15th place showing in the 100 back (59.15)... Member of the winning 200 yard medley relay vs. St. Francis (1:54.04) and the 400 yard relay which won in the URI/Duquesne tri-meet (3:38.57) and vs. Marist (3:40.26)... Took second in the 100 back against St. Francis (1:00.95) and in the 200 free vs. Saint Peter's (1:58.82)... Member of the 400 free relay (3:36.50), the 200 medley relay (1:50.25) and the 400 medley relay (3:58.66) which all took second at the Sonny Werblin Invitational... Also a member of the 200 medley relay vs. Saint Peter's (1:52.77) and the 400 medley relay against Stony Brook (4:06.24), taking second with both... Placed third in the 100 (1:01.58) and 200 back (2:12.6) vs. UMass... Took third in both the 50 back (28.52) and 100 back vs. Columbia (59.66) as well as being a member of the second-place 200 free relay (1:40.38)... Finished third in the 100 yard free vs. C.W. Post (56.61) and in the 200 yard back in the LaSalle (2:12.86) and Stony Brook (2:11.54) dual meets and the URI/Duquesne tri-meet (2:10.22)... Part of the 400 medley relay which took third in the Marist (4:04.32) and C.W. Post (4:08.89) dual meets and the URI/Duquesne (4:03.98) tri-meet... Member of three relays that placed fifth at the Nutmeg Invitational, the 200 free (1:42.79), the 200 medley (1:53.67) and the 800 free (8:13.52).

2006-07: Named to the 2006-07 Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference Team...Registered the team's best 200 back (2:07.18) time as well as the second best 100 back (59.35) time...Also swam on the 200 and 400 free relay and the 200 medley relay squads...Member of the 200 free relay that placed third at the Atlantic 10 Championships...Took seventh in the 200 backstroke and ninth in the 100 backstroke at the 2007 Atlantic 10 Championships...Took ninth in the 200 backstroke at the 2006 Sonny Werblin Invitational at Rutgers...Won the 50 free in the Stony Brook dual meet...Won the 200 back in the Duquesne/Rhode Island tri-meet...Fifth in the 100 back at the Nutmeg Invitational...Placed third in the 200 back at the Nutmeg Invitational...Won the 100 and 200 back in the UMass dual meet...Named to the Academic All-Conference team...Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2005-06: Earned Second Team All-Atlantic 10 honors...Had the team's fastest 50 free (25.27), 50 back (28.88), 100 back (57.67) and 200 back (2:04.63) times in 2005-06...Also had the second fastest 100 free (54.35) and fourth best 200 free (1:56.20) times...Placed second in the 100 backstroke and third in the 200 backstroke at the Atlantic 10 Championships...Swam with the 400 free relay, 800 free relay, 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay teams...Member of the 800 free relay that took fifth and the 400 medley and 400 free relay that each placed sixth at the Atlantic 10 Championships...Won the 200 backstroke at the La Salle dual meet and the 100 backstroke at the Massachusetts dual meet...Won the 200 backstroke at the Duquesne/Rhode Island dual meet.

Before Fordham: Member of the varsity swimming team at Washingtonville Senior High School...Team captain as a senior...Recipient of the team's Most Dedicated Award twice...School record holder in three individual events and three relays...An All-American in the 400 freestyle relay and was an All-American consideration in the 100 backstroke... State Champion in the 400 freestyle relay in the 2003-04 season...Section 9 Champion in the 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke, as well as in the 200 medley and 400 freestyle relays...Member of the National Honor Society as well as the New York Math & Science Honor Societies.

Personal: Majoring in Communications & Media Studies and minoring in English.

Historical Player Information

  • 2006-07Sophomore

    Back/Free
    5'6"
  • 2007-08Junior

    Back/Free
  • 2008-09Senior

    Back/Free