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Canadian national Kathryn Ivanov has verbally committed to the University of Hawai’i for fall 2021. She trains club with Middlesex Swimming in London, Ont.
I am so excited to announce my verbal commitment to the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, where I will be continuing my academic and swimming career! Thank you to everyone who supported me, this is a dream come true. I cannot wait to compete at a Division 1 level with the Rainbow Warriors and Wahines! Go Bows 🤙🏻
TOP TIMES (LCM / SCY conv.)
- 50 breast – 33.13 / 29.50
- 100 breast – 1:11.09 / 1:02.12
- 200 breast – 2:43.99 / 2:23.12
At the 2019 Canadian Worlds Trials, Ivanov made the B-final of the 50 breast, finishing 17th overall with a 33.36 after a personal best in prelims (33.35). She also touched 47th in the 100 breast at that meet (1:15.67).
Most recently, Ivanov competed at the 2020 Ontario Youth Junior Championships in March, where she went 2:43.99 in the 200 breast and placed third in the 100 breast (1:11.09) hitting lifetime bests in both. Her 33.20 first 50 of her prelims 100 breast nearly eclipsed her lifetime best in the 50 breast.
Rising senior Kionna Clayton has led Hawai’i in breaststroke since 2017; Clayton has been 1:00 in the 100 in her three seasons with Hawaii, while she’s taken her 200 breast from 2:15 as a freshman to 2:13 as a sophomore and 2:11 this past season.
Clayton, along with the bulk of Hawaii’s breaststroke group, only have a year of eligibility left, so they may not overlap with Ivanov. With her converted times, Ivanov would’ve made the 100 breast A-final level at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) conference champs.
Ivanov joins another breaststroker, Kira Hobbs, and freestyler Julianna Penner in Hawai’i’s class of 2025.
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