2019-20 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

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Tennessee Athletics

Kelly Fertel

  • Position IM
  • Class Senior
  • High School Gulliver Prep
  • Hometown Miami, Fla.

Biography

Career Accolades
  • 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
2019-20 (Senior)
NCAA Championships
  • Earned All-American distinctions in the 200 and 400 IM 
  • Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 200 and 400 IM
SEC Championships 
  • 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
Regular Season
  • 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
2018-19 (Junior)
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  
SEC Championships
  • 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
2017-18 (Sophomore)
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
SEC Championships
  • 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)
Regular Season
  • 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)
SEC Championships
  • 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)
Regular Season
  • 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)
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION:
  • 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.
Career-Best Times at Florida:
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
Personal
Graduated in Spring 2024 with a Master's degree in Health Education and Behavior 

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

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    5'7"

  • 2017-18Sophomore

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    5'7"

  • 2018-19Junior

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    5'7"

  • 2019-20Senior

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