Katie Welnhofer

Height:
5-8
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
New Trier
Hometown:
Wilmette, Ill.

2005-06: 2005-06: Northwestern's second-fastest butterfly swimmer of the season ... Swam a season-best 57.90 in the 100 fly at the Big Ten Championships, taking 36th-place in the event ... Also competed individually in the 200 fly and 500 free at the conference meet ... Swam the third leg of Northwestern's 800 free relay at the Big Ten championships, which turned in the Wildcats' fastest time of the season.

2004-05: Won the 50 free -- the first event of her collegiate career -- against UW-Milwaukee (10/22) ... Also recorded a second-place finish in the 100 free against UW-Milwaukee ... Earned three third-place finishes in her freshmen campaign, with the first coming in the 100 fly against Indiana (11/5), and the other two in the 100 fly against Illinois (1/21) and the 200 fly against Michigan (1/22) ... Swam six different events for the team throughout the year ... Recorded three top-nine finishes at the TYR NU Invite, finishing sixth in the 50 free, eighth in the 200 fly and ninth in the 200 free.

High School: Earned All-America honors in the 50 free, 100 fly, 100 free, 200 free relay, 200 IM and 200 medley relay ... Also earned all-state honors in the same events ... Four-year varsity letterwinner ... Earned third place in both the 50 and 100 fly her senior year ... Set the New Trier school record in the 100 fly ... Senior National qualifier in the 100 fly for the Lake Forest Swim Club, which she swam on for three years ... Made her high school Honor Roll ... Swam with fellow NU freshmen Laura Gart and Katie Braun.

Personal: Born Katherine Welnhofer on 7/1/86 ... Daughter of Diane and Bill Welnhofer ... Chose Northwestern over Virginia and Notre Dame ... Sister Ashley is also on the Northwestern women's swim team, and father is an alum ... Plans to major in pre-veterinary medicine.

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