2019-20 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Justin Casterline
Jim Burgess
Jim Burgess
Tennessee Athletics
Jim Burgess

Kelsey Dambacher

  • Position Free
  • Class Senior
  • High School Cosby
  • Hometown Richmond, Va.

Biography

Career Accolades
  • 2020 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2019 SEC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2018 CSCAA Scholar All-America
  • 2018 SEC Academic Honor Roll 
  • 2017 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
2019-20 (Senior)
Regular Season
  • Ended season at Auburn Invite, notching season-best swims in the 50 free (23.36) and 200 free (1:48.52)
  • Posted a 100 free effort of 50.77 at the Georgia Tech Invite, a season-best
2018-19 (Junior)
NCAA Championships
  • Led the 17th-place 800 free relay team with a split of 1:46.00, as the team combined for a swim of 7:00.97, which is the seventh-best swim in UF history
  • Anchored the 200 free relay with a split of 22.31 and helped the team post the 18th-best swim with a mark of 1:29.43
  • Swam the third leg of the 400 free relay with a split of 49.28 as the team finished with a time of 3:16.56 and placed 23rd 
SEC Championships
  • Finished seventh in the A Final of the 200 free with a swim of 1:45.46
  • Posted a career-best mark of 1:45.36 in the 200 free prelims
  • Recorded a career-best time of 49.19 in the 100 free and placed second in the C Final and 18th overall
  • Clocked a split of 22.36 as the anchor leg of the 200 free relay team that placed sixth with a combined effort of 1:29.29
  • Notched a split of 49.16 on the third leg of the 400 free relay that placed sixth with a group effort of 3:15.58, which ranks ninth in Florida history
  • Placed 26th in the prelims in the 50 free with a season-best swim of 22.73
Regular Season
  • Tallied two individual event wins on the season and one relay victory  
2017-18 (Sophomore)
NCAA Championships
  • Qualified for the 2018 NCAA Championships as a relay alternate
  • Helped Florida’s 800 FR (7:05.10) to a 22nd-place finish, swimming a split of 1:46.35
SEC Championships
  • Competed in the 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 400 FR and 800 FR - scoring points in three events
  • Placed 12th overall in the 200 free with a time of 1:46.27
  • Finished 27th in the 100 free (49.82) and 29th in the 50 free (22.94)
  • Aided Florida’s 400 FR (3:18.61) to an eighth-place finish after splitting a 50.14
  • Finished sixth in the 800 FR, where her split of 1:46.12 helped Florida record its first A-cut in a relay since 2016 (7:02.30)
Regular Season
  • Totaled one individual victory and three relay victories over the course of the season
  • Notched B-cuts in the 50 free (22.94), 100 free (49.11), 200 free (1:45.44) and 100 back (52.98)
 
2016-17 (Freshman)
NCAA Championships
  • Selected as a 200 free alternate for the 2017 NCAA Championships
SEC Championships
  • Swam at the 2017 SEC Championships, finishing seventh in the 200 free B-final (1:47.58), eighth in the 100 free C-final (50.33), 39th in the 500 free (4:51.91), eighth in the 800 free relay (7:06.87), eighth in the 200 free relay (1:30.98) and ninth in the 400 free relay (3:18.26)
Regular Season
  • Totaled one individual and six relay (including one in LCM) wins on the season
  • Posted Florida’s top time in the 200 free (1:45.49 at the Last Chance Meet)
  • Part of Florida’s top 200 free relay (1:30.98 at the SEC Championships), 400 free relay (3:18.26 at the SEC Championships) and 800 free relay (7:06.85 at the NCAA Championships)
  • Posted B-cuts in the 50 free, 100 free and 200 free
 
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION:
  • Participated in the 2017 US Open Swimming Championships, racing in the 100m and 200m freestyle races
  • She posted a time of 57.38 in the 100m free, good for 47th overall
  • She finished her competition with a 2:04.25 in the 200m freestyle
  • Competed in the Phillips 66 National Championships in 2017
  • She raced in the 200m freestyle, placing fifth in her heat, finishing with a time of 2:04.08.
 
Career-Best Times at Florida:
50 Free 22.62 Purdue Invitational Nov. 16-18, 2017
100 Free 49.19 SEC Championships  Feb. 19-23, 2019
200 Free 1:45.36 SEC Championships Feb. 19-23, 2019
500 Free 4:51.74 Georgia Tech Invite Nov. 17, 2016
100 Back 59.12 Georgia Tech Invite Nov. 18, 2016
200 Back 2:04.58 FAU Jan. 6, 2018
 
 
Prior to Florida
  • Swam for Quest Swimming (her high school did not field a swim team)
  • Won the 50 free at the the 2015 Futures Championships
  • 2014 Junior National Champion in the 100 freestyle-L

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    Free
    5'11"

  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Free
    5'11"

  • 2018-19Junior

    Free
    5'11"

  • 2019-20Senior

    Free

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