2010-11 Saint Louis University Swimming and Diving B illi ke n Ve te ra n s Ariel HYAMS
Mike KELLY
5-8 • Sophomore Anchorage, Alaska West Anchorage
6-0 • Junior Castle Rock, Colo. Regis Jesuit
Major: Comm. Sciences & Disorders
Major: Mechanical Engineering
2009-10
2009-10
Finished 27th in the 200 breast (2:39.02), 36th in the 500 free (5:23.11) and 38th in the 200 free (2:00.86) at the A-10 Championships … her efforts in the 200 and 500 free at the A-10s were personal bests … was the recipient of one of the team’s Hardest Worker awards … Personal Bests came in second in the 200 free (2:02.94) at the 200 Free____________________ 2:00.86 Lindenwood Invitational … touched second in at A-10 Champs. (2/19/10-pre) the 500 free (5:27.67) at the Stephens-UALR 500 Free____________________ 5:23.11 meet … garnered third-place honors in the at A-10 Champs. (2/18/10-pre) 1000 free (11:19.91) at the Wash U dual … 1000 Free__________________ 11:13.50 named to the fall 2009 A-10 Commissioner’s Eastern Illinois (11/20/09) Honor Roll.
SLU’s top finisher with an eighth-place performance in the 1650 free (16:14.49) at the A-10s, that effort, which was also a personal best, ranks second in the Billiken record book … recipient of the team’s Best Attitude honor for the second straight season … was Personal Bests a member of the 800-free relay (6:54.86) that 100 Free______________________ 47.96 logged the No. 3 time in SLU annals at the at A-10 Champs. (2/20/10-trials) A-10 Championships … posted the team’s 200 Free____________________ 1:43.31 fastest times of the season in the 200, 500, at A-10 Champs. (2/19/10) 1000 and 1650 free … finished 11th in the 500 Free____________________ 4:42.00 200-free final in a personal best 1:43.31 after at A-10 Champs. (2/18/10-pre) touching 13th in the prelim (1:44.18) at the 1000 Free___________________ 9:45.71 A-10s … came in 15th in the 500-free prelim at A-10 Champs. (2/20/10-split) with a personal-best effort of 4:42.00, went on 1650 Free__________________ 16:14.49 to place 16th in the final (4:43.16) at the A-10s at A-10 Champs. (2/20/10) … his 500-free prelim effort ranks sixth in 100 Fly_ ______________________ 55.51 program annals while his finals performance at Lindenwood Invitational (11/1/08) is seventh … tallied 10 first-place efforts … swept the 500 and 1000 free at Eastern and Western Illinois … touched first in the 500 free (4:55.56) vs. IUPUI … swept the 200 and 500 free vs. Lindenwood … won the 1000 free, came in second in the 500 free and placed third in the 200 free at the South Dakota StateSouth Dakota meet … registered a first-place performance in the 1000 free (10:00.84) at IUPUI … garnered second-place honors in the 200 and 500 free at the Butler Quad … touched second in the 200 free (1:48.96) and third in the 500 free (5:00.09) vs. Evansville … placed second in the 1000 free (10:04.27) at the IUPUI Quad … came in second in the 200 free (1:47.55) vs. Eastern Illinois … placed third in the 500 free (4:53.26) at the Lindenwood Quad … finished third in the 1650 free (17:10.94) at South Dakota State … recorded a third-place finish in the 200 free (1:49.08) at the Lindenwood Invitational … finished fifth in the 200 free (1:48.03) at the Wash U Thanksgiving Invitational.
1650 Free__________________ 19:07.53 at Thanksgiving Invite (11/21/09) 100 Breast_ _________________ 1:14.64 at Lindenwood Quad (1/23/10) 200 Breast_ _________________ 2:37.26 Eastern Illinois (11/20/09) 200 IM______________________ 2:21.86 at Butler Quad (10/4/09) 400 IM______________________ 5:02.04 at Western Illinois (10/29/09)
At West Anchorage
Finished sixth in the 200 free at the 2008 ASAA state championships … two-time team MVP … finalist in the 200 free and 100 fly at the 2008 ASAA Region IV meet … qualified for the state meet three times in the 500 free, advancing to the final in 2005 … advanced to the state final in the 200 IM three times … finalist in the 200 IM and 500 free at the 2005, 2006 and 2007 ASAA Region IV Championships … three-year team captain … four-year letterwinner … graduate of the Spanish Immersion Program, which requires 13 years of Spanish Immersion classes … four-year Honor Roll member … “We the People” state champion and National Unit Three champion … was a member of the Aurora Swim Team … 2005-06 recipient of the BeAST Award, which is presented to the Female Swimmer of the Year … selected Most Inspirational in 2006-07 … finished first in the girls’ 14-18 age group at the Kapalua Bay Open Water Race in 2007-08 … her grandfather is a 1950 SLU alum.
2008-09 Received the team’s Best Attitude Award … finished 14th in the 1650 free at the A-10 Championships with the eight-fastest performance in school history (16:34.08) … came in first in the 1000 free (10:03.52) and second in the 100 free (49.28) against Eastern Illinois … touched first in the 500 free (4:51.94) in the second meet vs. the Panthers … placed second in the 200 free at the Butler Quad and vs. Western Illinois … finished second in the 1000 free at the Lindenwood Invitational and Evansville … came in second in the 200 free at Illinois-Chicago and IUPUI … touched second in the 500 free at Evansville and South Dakota State … placed third in the 500 free (4:55.81) at Wash U. At Regis Jesuit Was a two-time NISCA/Speedo All-American … helped the Raiders to their 16th straight Class 5A state title … was a member of two relays that finished first at the 2008 state meet … also placed eighth in the 100 free at the state meet in 2008 … earned All-State accolades as a senior … was a four-year letterwinner … selected team MVP as a junior and senior … earned his school’s Leadership Award … he and Tom Costigan were teammates at Regis Jesuit … was a member of the STARS club team.