2023-24 / AS A SOPHOMORE
• Academic All-Big Ten
2022-23 / AS A FRESHMAN
• CSCAA National Invitational Championships Qualifier (50, 100 & 200 Back; 50 Free; Relays)
• Competed primarily in the backstroke and freestyle events
• Achieved personal best times in the 100 back (49.21) and 200 back (1:45.84) at the Big Ten Championships
• B finalist in the 200 back at the CSCAA National Invitational Championships
• Also raced in the 50 and 100 back, the 50 free and four relays at the NIC meet
• Scored in the A final of the 200 back at the Purdue Invitational
• Also was a C finalist in the 100 back and D finalist in the 50 free at the Purdue Invite
• Victorious in the 100 back at the Indiana Intercollegiates
• Runner-up in the 200 back in the Senior Day dual vs. Indiana
• At the Indiana Senior State Championships in July, finished top 10 in four individual events and also qualified for the A final of the 100m free before scratching the event
• Won silver in the 200m Back (2:05.14) and finished fifth in the 100m back, sixth in the 50m free and won the B final of the 200m free
HIGH SCHOOL
• Four-year varsity letterwinner for coach Mike Henglemenn for at Loyola Academy in the north shore suburbs of Chicagoland
• Also competed for the NASA Wildcat Aquatics club
• Also played three years of varsity water polo plus JV golf as a freshman
• Three-time Illinois state champion and Chicago Catholic League Swimmer of the Year as a senior
• Eight-time All-American set three school records and four pool records as a senior
• Two-time team MVP as an upperclassman after winning the most improved swimmer award as a sophomore
• Set three school records, four pool records and two conference records as junior
• Also a team MVP in water polo as a junior
• Two-time All-American as a sophomore after setting two school records
• Helped Loyola finish as the runner-up at state as a sophomore and take fourth as a senior
• Team captain as a senior; MVP of the freshman/sophomore team in 2019
• Junior Nationals qualifier had the top in Illinois in the 200 backstroke in 2022
• Finalist at the NCSA Championships and USA Swimming Futures Championships
• Graduated Magna cum Laude from Loyola Academy
PERSONAL
• Major: Industrial Engineering
• Born in Evanston, Illinois
• Parents are Brendan and Kristan Kelly
• Family also includes brothers Brendan, Hugh, Christo and Joe
• Hugh and Christo play football at the College of the Holy Cross
• Academic All-Big Ten
2022-23 / AS A FRESHMAN
• CSCAA National Invitational Championships Qualifier (50, 100 & 200 Back; 50 Free; Relays)
• Competed primarily in the backstroke and freestyle events
• Achieved personal best times in the 100 back (49.21) and 200 back (1:45.84) at the Big Ten Championships
• B finalist in the 200 back at the CSCAA National Invitational Championships
• Also raced in the 50 and 100 back, the 50 free and four relays at the NIC meet
• Scored in the A final of the 200 back at the Purdue Invitational
• Also was a C finalist in the 100 back and D finalist in the 50 free at the Purdue Invite
• Victorious in the 100 back at the Indiana Intercollegiates
• Runner-up in the 200 back in the Senior Day dual vs. Indiana
• At the Indiana Senior State Championships in July, finished top 10 in four individual events and also qualified for the A final of the 100m free before scratching the event
• Won silver in the 200m Back (2:05.14) and finished fifth in the 100m back, sixth in the 50m free and won the B final of the 200m free
HIGH SCHOOL
• Four-year varsity letterwinner for coach Mike Henglemenn for at Loyola Academy in the north shore suburbs of Chicagoland
• Also competed for the NASA Wildcat Aquatics club
• Also played three years of varsity water polo plus JV golf as a freshman
• Three-time Illinois state champion and Chicago Catholic League Swimmer of the Year as a senior
• Eight-time All-American set three school records and four pool records as a senior
• Two-time team MVP as an upperclassman after winning the most improved swimmer award as a sophomore
• Set three school records, four pool records and two conference records as junior
• Also a team MVP in water polo as a junior
• Two-time All-American as a sophomore after setting two school records
• Helped Loyola finish as the runner-up at state as a sophomore and take fourth as a senior
• Team captain as a senior; MVP of the freshman/sophomore team in 2019
• Junior Nationals qualifier had the top in Illinois in the 200 backstroke in 2022
• Finalist at the NCSA Championships and USA Swimming Futures Championships
• Graduated Magna cum Laude from Loyola Academy
PERSONAL
• Major: Industrial Engineering
• Born in Evanston, Illinois
• Parents are Brendan and Kristan Kelly
• Family also includes brothers Brendan, Hugh, Christo and Joe
• Hugh and Christo play football at the College of the Holy Cross