2022-23 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

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Courtney Culbreath

Kathleen Golding

  • Position Free/IM
  • Class Senior
  • High School Cooper City
  • Hometown Cooper City, Fla.

Biography

2020 Olympic Trials Wave 2
  • 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
Career Accolades 
  • 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 
2022-23 (Senior)
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
SEC Championships
  • 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
Regular Season
  • 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
2021-22 (Junior)
NCAA Championships
  • Qualified in the 20 IM and 400 IM
  • Finished 29th in the 400 IM and 37th in the 200 IM
SEC Championships
  • 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
Regular season
  • 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
2020-21 (Sophomore)
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
SEC Championships
  • 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
Regular Season
  • 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
2019-20 (Freshman)
NCAA Championships
  • Earned first career All-American honors in the 400 IM 
  • Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 400 IM
SEC Championship
  • 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
Regular Season
  • 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
Major:
  • Graduated cum laude in December of 2023 with bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering and a Project Management Undergraduate Certificate

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    Free/IM

  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Free/IM

  • 2021-22Junior

    Free/IM

  • 2022-23Senior

    Free/IM

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