2019-20 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster
Roster
Dambacher, Kelsey

Kelsey Dambacher
- Position:
- Free
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Cosby
- Hometown:
- Richmond, Va.
Bio
Career Accolades
Regular Season
NCAA Championships
NCAA Championships
2016-17 (Freshman)
NCAA Championships
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION:
Career-Best Times at Florida:
Prior to Florida
- 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
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
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
- 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
- Tallied two individual event wins on the season and one relay victory
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
- 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)
- 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
- 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)
- 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
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