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Caitlin Leverenz

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Career Highlights

Placed fifth in the 200m IM at the 2011 FINA World Championships ... National champion in the 400m IM at the 2010 CP National Championships … placed third in the 200m breast at the 2008 Olympic Trials, narrowly missing a spot on the Olympic team ... Won her first senior international gold (200m breast) at the 2007 Pan Am Games ... came back two weeks later to win gold in the 400m IM and silver in the
200m IM at the 2007 Conoco Phillips National Championships ... won three medals, one gold and two bronze, at the 2006 World Youth Championship ... at the 2006 CP Summer Nationals, finished fifth in the 200m breast and eighth in the 200m IM ... captured silver in the 200m breast and bronze in the 200m IM at the 2006 Spring Nationals

World Champs History

2011: 5th 200 IM, 8th 400 IM

Pan Pacs History

2010: Bronze, 200m IM & 400m IM

Pan Ams History

2007: Gold, 200m BR

Duel in the Pool History

2011: 1, 200m IM; 2007: Bronze, 400m IM & 200m BR

U.S. Nationals History

2010: 1, 400m IM; 2, 200m IM; 5, 400m MR; 6, 200m BR ... 2009: 5, 400m IM; 6, 200m IM ... 2007: 1, 400m IM; 2, 200 BR; 8 100 BR; 2 200 IM ... 2006: 5, 200m BR; 8, 200m IM

U.S. Nationals History

2011 Winter- Gold 200 IM, Gold 400 IM

NCAA History

2011: 3rd 200y Br, 4th 400y IM, 5th 200y IM

2007 World Rankings

76th, 50m breast; 38th, 100m breast; 12th, 200m breast; 6th, 200m IM; 15th, 400m IM

2006 World Rankings

43rd, 100m breast; 26th, 200m breast; 13th, 200m IM; 76th, 400m IM

Intl. Results

2006 FINA Youth Champs: 1 Gold and 2 Bronze

Fun Facts

High School

Sahuaro HS '09

Future Professional Aspirations

Athletic trainer

Parents

Christopher and Jeannine … father is a geotechnical engineer, and mother is a RN and a homemaker

Sibling(s)

Older brother (Derek) and two younger sisters (Cara and Brianna)

Started Swimming

Age 7

Sports Played Before Swimming

Soccer, ballet, gymnastics

Nickname(s)

KK … nicknamed KK because all of her young cousins and her sisters couldn't say "Caitlin" when they were younger

Pet(s)

Two cats

Hobbies Outside the Pool

Yoga, Young Life, scrapbooking, reading

Ultimate Way to Relax

Yoga

Most Influential Person

Mom ... "She's always supporting me and helping me get through hard times." ... role model: "Tara Kirk because she has been there for me and given me encouragement despite the fact that we are competitors."

Training Stats

Swims 7,000 yards per day, 2-4 hours a day, 6 days a week

More

Studied Latin for three years ... volunteers at church every Sunday

Favorites

Music: country, alternative, pop, rock, soundtracks ... movie: Princess Bride, Moulin Rouge ... tv: Mythbusters

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