2022-23 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster
Roster

Kathleen Golding
- Position:
- Free/IM
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Cooper City
- Hometown:
- Cooper City, Fla.
2020 Olympic Trials Wave 2
NCAA Championships
NCAA Championships
NCAA Championships
NCAA Championships
Career-Best Times at Florida:
Prior to Florida:
- Competed in the 400 free, 200 IM, and the 400 IM
- Finished 20th in the 200 IM and 21st in the 400 IM
- In the 400 IM, she finished 35th
- Three-time All-American
- 2022 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2022 CSCAA Scholar All-America Team
- 2021 All-SEC Second Team
- 2021 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2021 CSCAA Scholar All-American
- 2020 SEC All-Freshman Team
- 2020 CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team
- 2020 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
NCAA Championships
- Competed in the 200 Fly, 200 IM, 400 IM
- Finished 26th in the 400 IM at 4:12.09
- Placed 44th in the 200 Fly and 200 IM
- Member of the SEC Championship winning team
- Swam personal-best times in the 200 Fly (1:56.98), 200 IM (1:56.49) and 400 IM (4:07.83)
- Finished 5th in the 400 IM, 10th in the 200 IM and 13th in the 200 fly
- Tallied a second-place finish in the 200 free during the season-opening win over Arkansas and NOVA Southeastern
- Posted two top-five finishes in the win over Georgia
NCAA Championships
- Qualified in the 20 IM and 400 IM
- Finished 29th in the 400 IM and 37th in the 200 IM
- Swam in the 200 IM, 400 IM, and 1650 free
- Finished seventh in the 400 IM and 21st in the 1650 free, earning B cuts in both
- Placed 18th in the 200 IM
- Won three events, including the 200 IM at Auburn and the 400 IM and 200 free at the Bulldog NCAA Qualifying Meet
- Recorded 14 top ten finishes and 10 top five finishes
NCAA Championships
- Qualified in the 200 IM and the 400 IM
- Finished 13th in the 200 IM and 17th in the 400 IM
- Was a part of the 800 free relay team that finished ninth
- Competed in the 200 IM, 400 IM, and the 1650 free
- Finished seventh in the 400 IM and tenth in the 200 IM
- In the 1650 free, she finished 16th
- Was apart of the 800 free relay that finished second
- Anchored for the 200 free relay team that finished fourth and the 400 free relay team that finished fifth
- Won first event of season by five seconds in the 200 IM against Miami (2:01.51)
- Won the 200y IM at Auburn with a time of 1:57.96
NCAA Championships
- Earned first career All-American honors in the 400 IM
- Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 400 IM
- Finished in seventh-place in the 400 IM after setting a new personal-best effort of 4:08.94 in the prelims
- Registered a 16th-place finish in the 1,650 free with a new career-best mark of 16:27.34
- Set a new personal-best 200 IM time with her 19th-place effort of 1:58.18
- Swam the third leg of the sixth-place 800 free relay that combined for a swim of 7:05.58
- Won six individual events and was a member of four relay victories during the season
- Produced three lifetime-bests at the Georgia Tech Invitational in the 100 free (50.52) and 500 free (4:45.15)
- Won her first collegiate events in the season opener at FIU in the 200 and 500 free
- Set new personal and season-bests at Missouri in the 1,000 free (10:03.57)
Career-Best Times at Florida:
50 Free | 23.23 | Georgia Tech Fall Invitational | Nov. 18-20, 2021 |
100 Free | 49.72 | Auburn | Jan. 23, 2021 |
200 Free | 1:46.74 | Auburn | Jan. 23, 2021 |
500 Free | 4:45.15 | Georgia Tech Invitational | Nov. 22-24, 2019 |
1,000 Free | 9:50.11 | North Florida | Jan. 20, 2021 |
1,650 Free | 16:23.36 | SEC Championships | Feb. 17-20, 2021 |
100 Back | 58.62 | Miami | Nov. 5, 2020 |
200 Back | 2:03.01 | Florida State | Jan. 20, 2023 |
100 Breast | 1:03.83 | Georgia Tech Fall Invitational | Nov. 18-20, 2021 |
200 Breast | 2:20.56 | UNF, Vandy, Liberty | Jan. 3, 2020 |
200 Fly | 1:56.98 | SEC Championships | Feb. 17, 2023 |
200 IM | 1:56.91 | NCAA Championships | March. 17-20, 2021 |
400 IM | 4:07.83 | SEC Championships | Feb. 16, 2023 |
Prior to Florida:
- According to CollegeSwimming.com, Golding is the 25th- ranked recruit in the country and 3rd in the state of Florida
- Three-time FHSAA State Champion – 200 IM
- 2016 Olympic Trials qualifier
- USA Swimming Scholastic All-America
- Placed 21st at the 2018 US Nationals – 200 IM, 400 IM
- Graduated cum laude in December of 2023 with bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering and a Project Management Undergraduate Certificate
Anthony Nesty Women's SEC Championship Interview
Thursday, February 29
Anthony Nesty Recap 10-29-2021
Friday, October 29
Ann Marie Rogers Pool Dedication
Friday, September 17
Florida vs UNF Recap 1-20-21
Friday, January 22