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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
Meet the Gators: The Catching Unit
Friday, October 24
Up Next presented by UF Health (October 24, 2025)
Friday, October 24
Game Time presented by Tower Hill Insurance (October 24, 2025)
Friday, October 24
Gator Tales with Sean Kelley: Men's Hoops Preview with Todd Golden
Thursday, October 23
