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Swimming and Diving

2022-23 Swimming and Diving Roster

Aaron Mercado

Maddie Katz

  • Position Butterfly
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Hamilton-Wenham Regional HS
  • Hometown Hamilton, Mass.

Biography

Career Bests

NIL Opportunities: Maddie Katz

2021-22
Swimming & Diving
Competed in four events at the Summit League Championships, placing seventh in the 200 fly (2:09.19) and ninth in the 400 IM (4:36.05) while also swimming the 200 IM (2:12.98) and in the 400 medley relay...set collegiate bests in the Summit League Championships in the 200 fly (2:08.35), 200 IM (2:12.98) and 400 IM (4:36.05)...on the Coyote Top 10 charts moved to eighth in the 200 fly (2:08.35)...won the 200 fly at the Augustana Invitational and in a dual with South Dakota State...season bests in the 100 breast (1:09.51) and 100 fly (1:00.07) came at the Augustana Invitational...season bests in the 200 free (2:04.85) and 200 breast (2:34.42) came at the Coyote Extravaganza...her two individual victories were part of 19 top 10 finishes during the season.

2020-21
Triathlon
Fall collegiate season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Swimming & Diving
At the Summit League Championships placed seventh in the 200 fly (2:10.14) and 12th in the 100 fly (58.90) while also competing in the 400 IM (4:51.02), swimming season bests in all three events...placed seventh in the 200 fly, eighth in the 100 fly and eighth in the 500 free during the Quad Duals...posted a third-place finish in the 200 fly and a fourth-place effort in the 100 fly in a dual with St. Cloud State...placed in the top 10 in 12 events.

2019-20
Triathlon
Placed 16th at the USA Triathlon National Championships in 1:10:46 … member of the Coyotes’ national runner-up team … clocked a season-best of 1:05:45 at the East Regional … was the second Coyote across the line at the East Regional with a 19th-place finish … took fifth-place and finished in scoring position for the Coyotes at the USD Invitational in 1:08:07 … finished 10th at the Central Regional in 1:06:05.

Swimming & Diving
Swam season bests while finishing second in the 200 fly (2:11.97), fourth in the 400 IM (4:45.39) and eighth in the 200 IM (2:15.86) at the Jackrabbit Invitational...swam season bests in the 200 free (2:04.70) and 500 free (5:34.75) at the Augustana Invitational … made the Summit League honor roll.

Prep
The top-ranked triathlete in the Northeast region in 2016 and was ranked 23rd on the junior elite national circuit in 2017 ... competes for Nor'easter Triathlon Elite Development and Junior Squad ... placed ninth at the Clermont Elite Development Race with a time of 1:10:51 ... also competed in swimming and cross country at Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School ... holds personal bests of 19:56 for 5,000 meters on the cross country course, 5:16 in the 500-yard freestyle in the pool and 18:16 in the 1,650-yard freestyle ... honor roll student.

Personal
Daughter of Larry and Amy Katz ... double-major in biology and Spanish.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    Distance
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Distance
  • 2021-22Junior

    Butterfly
  • 2022-23Senior

    Butterfly