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Kelly Fertel
- Position:
- IM
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Gulliver Prep
- Hometown:
- Miami, Fla.
Career Accolades
NCAA Championships
NCAA Championships
Regular Season
NCAA Championships
2016-17 (Freshman)
NCAA Championships
Prior to Florida
Graduated in Spring 2024 with a Master's degree in Health Education and Behavior
- Three-time All-American
- 2020 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2020 CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team
- 2019 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2018 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2017 CSCAA Scholar All-America
- 2017 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
NCAA Championships
- Earned All-American distinctions in the 200 and 400 IM
- Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 200 and 400 IM
- Finished eighth in the 400 IM with a swim of 4:10.71 and 14th in the 200 IM with an effort of 1:58.56
- Posted a 200 fly time of 2:0.22, good for 31st-place
- Led-off Florida's sixth-place 800 free relay with a split of 1:47.57
- Posted nine individual wins while being a member of four winning relays throughout the season
- Tallied a new personal-best swim in the 200 breast at the Georgia Tech Invitational with an effort of 2:11.67
- Was a member of the fourth-fastest 200 medley relay and fifth-fastest 400 medley relay in Gator history at the Georgia Tech Invitational
- Notched three B-cuts against Georgia: 200 IM, 200 free and 200 breast
NCAA Championships
- Finished the 400 IM in eighth place with a swim of 4:09.92 and earned her first First-Team All-American honor
- Recorded the fourth-best swim in Florida history in the 400 IM with her personal-best prelim time of 4:05.32
- Swam a 1:45.22 second leg of the 800 free relay that placed 17th with a combined swim of 7:00.97, which is the seventh-best swim in UF history
- Placed 23rd in the 200 IM with a swim of 1:56.94
- Swam the final leg of the 400 free relay with a split of 49.35 as the team posted a combined swim of 3:16.56 and finished with the 23rd-fastest time
- Finished fourth in the 400 IM with a mark of 4:06.21
- Led off the 800 free relay with a split of 1:45.24 as the team combined for an effort of 7:01.32 and placed sixth, her 200 split is a career best
- Recorded a personal-best time with her lead-off split of 49.42 in the 400 free as the team placed sixth with a combined swim of 3:15.58, which is the ninth-fastest time in program history
- Placed second in the B Final, 10th overall, in the 200 IM with a career-best swim of 1:55.46, which ranks fourth in UF history
- Placed seventh in the C Final, 23rd overall, in the 200 free with a time of 1:47.82
Regular Season
- Collected seven individual wins and six relay victories throughout the season
- Notched a personal-best swim of 2:12.11 in the 200 breast at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational, which is the seventh-best time in UF history
- Notched a career-best swim in the 50 free against Miami with a mark of 24.04
- Clocked a personal-best swim of 1:02.42 in the 100 breast against Texas and Indiana
- Posted a season-best time of 4:46.44 in the 500 free at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational
- Swam a season best in the 100 fly against Florida Gulf Coast with an effort of 56.30
- Produced a season-best mark in the 200 fly with a time of 2:01.52 against Florida State
NCAA Championships
- Qualified for the 2018 NCAA Championships, swimming in the 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 breast and 800 FR
- Finished 18th overall in the 400 IM with a time of 4:07.89
- Helped Florida’s 800 FR (7:05.10) to a 22nd-place finish, swimming a split of 1:46.26
- Posted a career-best time of 1:56.84 to finish 21st overall in the 200 IM
- Finished 48th in the 200 breast with a time of 2:12.96. Swam a personal-best time of 2:12.92 in the prelim
- Competed at the 2018 SEC Championships, scoring points in three of her events
- Finished 13th overall in the 400 IM with a time of 4:10.91
- Posted a 17th-place finish in the 200 IM, swimming a time of 1:57.16
- Placed 33rd overall in the 200 breast with a time of 2:15.11
- Finished sixth in the 800 FR, where her split of 1:45.95 helped Florida record its first A-cut in a relay since 2016 (7:02.30)
- Totaled five individual and two relay wins during the course of the season
- Notched B-cuts in the 100 free (49.95), 500 free (4:46.44), 200 breast (2:14.51), 200 IM (1:57.16) and 400 IM (4:08.25)
2016-17 (Freshman)
NCAA Championships
- Qualified for the 2017 NCAA Championships, finishing 29th in the 400 IM (4:11.40), 43rd in the 200 IM (1:59.24), 52nd in the 200 breast (2:12.92) and 21st in the 800 free relay (7:06.85)
- Swam at the 2017 SEC Championships, finishing fourth in the 400 IM B-final (4:10.01), seventh in the 200 IM B-final (1:58.67), 30th in the 200 breast (2:16.03), eighth in the 200 medley relay (1:39.03), eighth in the 800 free relay (7:06.87), ninth in the 400 medley relay (3:37.15) and ninth in the 400 free relay (3:18.26)
- Totaled four individual (one in LCM) and one relay win on the season
- Posted Florida’s top times in the 200 breast (2:12.92 at the NCAA Championships) and 200 IM (1:57.60 at the Last Chance Meet)
- Part of Florida’s top 400 free relay (3:18.26 at the SEC Championships), 800 free relay (7:06.85 at the NCAA Championships), 200 medley relay (1:39.03 at the SEC Championships) and 400 medley relay (3:37.15 at the SEC Championships)
- Competed at the 2019 Phillips 66 National Championships and posted career-best times in all three events she swam (200 IM, 400 IM and 200 free) while capturing a bronze medal as a member of the 4x200 FR team, swimming the final leg in a time of 2:01.77
- Participated in the 2017 US Open Swimming Championships, racing in the 200m and 400m free events, as well as the 200m and 400m IM
- Qualified for the championship A final in the 200m IM, posting a time of 2:17.48 to finish eighth overall
- Also qualified for the B final in the 400m IM, finishing with a time of 4:50.89
- Finished the 200m free with a time of 2:07.69 and posted a time of 4:25.40 in the 400m free
- Competed for Team USA at the 2017 Maccabiah Games, bringing home seven medals
- She earned five gold medals, four of which were individual, and two silver medals, one of which was individual
- Fertel placed in the top eight competitors in each of her eight races
- Started off the week with a silver medal in the 200m backstroke, posting a time of 2:17.62
- Finished fifth in the 100m free final later that day, finishing with a time of 57.31
- Won her first gold at the games on Day 2, winning the 400m IM with a time of 4:45.54, a Maccabiah Games record
- On Day 3, she picked up another gold medal, winning the 400m free with a time of 4:18.19
- On the final day, she earned two more individual gold medals in the 200m IM and 800m free
- Posted a time of 2:15.03 in the in the 200m IM and a time of 8:57.21 in the 800m free race
- Fertel also won a gold medal with the 4x200m freestyle relay and a silver in the 4x100m free relay.
| 50 Free | 24.04 | Miami | Sept. 29, 2018 |
| 100 Free | 49.42 | SEC Championships | Feb. 19-23, 2019 |
| 200 Free | 1:45.24 | SEC Championships | Feb. 19-23, 2019 |
| 500 Free | 4:46.44 | Purdue Invitational | Nov. 16-18, 2017 |
| 1000 Free | 9:54.74 | FAU | Jan. 6, 2018 |
| 200 Back | 2:00.34 | Georgia Tech Invite | Nov. 19, 2016 |
| 100 Breast | 1:02.42 | Texas / Indiana | Oct. 19, 2018 |
| 200 Breast | 2:11.67 | Georgia Tech Invite | Nov. 22-24, 2019 |
| 100 Fly | 55.90 | FAU | Jan. 6, 2018 |
| 200 Fly | 1:59.11 | Florida State | Nov. 8, 2019 |
| 200 IM | 1:55.46 | SEC Championships | Feb. 19-23, 2019 |
| 400 IM | 4:05.32 | NCAA Championships | March 20-23, 2019 |
Prior to Florida
- Swam for Gulliver Swim Club under Jeff Poppell
- Won back-to-back state titles in the 200 IM
- 2015 100 breast state champion and also won titles as part of the 4x50 medley relay and 4x100 medley relay teams
- All-American in the 200 IM, 100 breast, 4x50 medley relay and 4x100 free relay
- Qualified for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials and finished 57th in the 400 IM prelims and 69th in the 200 IM prelims
Graduated in Spring 2024 with a Master's degree in Health Education and Behavior
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