Kendall Karchner

Class:
Senior
High School:
Maumee
Hometown:
Maumee, Ohio

Kendall Karchner's Personal Records
Event	Mark	Year
100-yard backstroke (School Record)	55.20	2008-09
200-yard backstroke (School Record)	2:01.01	2008-09
200-yard IM	2:05.84	2008-09

as a Junior (2008-09): Racked up 23 top fivefinishes, including 10 impressive victories and eight second placefinishes in backstroke events…swept both 100-yard and200-yard backstroke events three separate occasions, achieving thefeat against MAC foes Ohio University, Ball State and EasternMichigan…Also picked up wins in the 100-yard backstrokeagainst Youngstown State and Bowling Green…First placefinishes in the 500-yard freestyle came against St.Francis and the200-yard backstroke against Marshall…Finished in the pointsin three events at the Zippy Invite, notching a sixth place finishin the 200-yard backstroke and seventh place finish in the 100-yardbackstroke while finishing 17th in the 200-yard individualmedley…Contributed to 15 top-five relay finishes, picking upthree wins…Set eight personal best marks over the course ofthe 2008-09 season…Had a record-breaking performance at theMid-American Conference Championships, setting new school standardsin the 100-yard backstroke (55.20, 7th) and 200-yard backstroke(2:01.01, 2nd)…Also swam legs on two of the school recordsetting relay teams, including the 200-yard (1:44.40) and 400-yardmedley (3:44.85) relays.

as a Sophomore (2007-08): Karchner emerged as adominant force for the Zips tallying 19 individual and ten relaytop five finishes last season...Swept 100 and 200-yard backstrokeevents against Ball State and Marshall...Registered first placevictories in the 100-yard breaststroke events against EasternMichigan and Youngstown State while adding another in the 200-yardbackstroke event against Buffalo...Recorded a pair of second placefinishes in both the 100 and 200-yard backstroke events againstMiami...Karchner also notched second place victories in the200-yard backstroke against Eastern Michigan, Toledo while adding aa 2nd place finish in the 100-yard backstroke against Oakland,Ohio, Bowling Green Buffalo and Toledo...Karchner ended the seasonon a high note at the Mid-American Conference Championships postinga pair of season-best performances with an 8th place finish in the100-yard backstroke event (58.32) and a 10th place finish in the200-yard backstroke competition (2:04.34)...

as a Freshman (2006-07): Became the school record holderin both the 100-yard backstroke (56.60) and 200-yard backstroke(2:01.03) at the MAC Championships (2/14/-2/17/07) ... also swamthe lead-off leg of the school-record setting 400-yard medley relayteam (3:49.63) at the MAC meet... was a second-team All-MACselection ... finished the season with 12 individual victories and21 top-five performances ... added four relay victories and 17relay top-five finishes ... won two individual events in a meetfive times (Miami [10/27/07], Buffalo [11/3/06], Akron Quad[11/11/06], Eastern Michigan [1/20/07], Toledo[1/27/07]).

at Maumee High School: District champion in the 100backstroke (2004-2006) ... district champion in the 200 freestylein 2006 ... state finalist in the 100 backstroke (2003-2006) ...four-year letterwinner on the swim team (2003-2006) ... made it tothe state meet as a freshman.

Personal: Daughter of Mark and Kim Karchner ...has two brothers, Brendan (16) and Evan (13) ... majoring insecondary education ... enjoys jazz dance and orchestra.