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Kali Sayovitz Season 2021-22

PositionFREESTYLE
YearSophomore
HometownSauk Centre, Minn.
2023-24 / AS A SENIOR
• Academic All-Big Ten

2022-23 / AS A JUNIOR
Academic All-Big Ten

• CSCAA National Invitational Championships Qualifier (100 & 200 Free; Relays)
Competed primarily in mid-distance freestyle events
Represented Purdue on the 200 and 400 free relays at the CSCAA National Invitational
Ranked among the top five on the team for the season in the 100 (51.04, 5th) and 200 free (1:50.23, 3rd)
• Posted career-best times in the 50 (23.89) and 100 free at the Big Ten Championships
• Registered her season best in the 200 free at the Big Ten Quad hosted by Northwestern
• Won her heats of the 50 and 200 free at the Purdue Invitational
• Qualified for the C final of the 200 free and D final of the 100 free at the Purdue Invite
• Won her heat and finished fourth overall int eh 100 fly at the Indiana Intercollegiates
• Won heat 1 of both the 100 and 200 free at the Senior Day dual vs. Indiana
Served as the SAAC Representative for Women’s Swimming & Diving

2021-22 / AS A SOPHOMORE
Academic All-Big Ten

Chosen to represent Purdue at the 2022 Big Ten Women's Leadership Summit in Chicago
Competed primarily in freestyle and sprint butterfly events
Purdue’s second highest performer in the 200 free this season
Posted a season-best time in the 200 free at the Big Ten Championships (1:50.19)
Recorded another season best at Big Tens in the 100 free (51.64)
Earned a lifetime best in the 50 free at the Purdue Invitational (24.08)
Swam an additional lifetime best in the 200 fly at the Ohio State Last Chance Meet (2:04.61)
Also at the OSU Last Chance Meet, recorded a season-best time in the 100 fly (57.74)
B finalist in the 200 free and D finalist in the 100 free at the Purdue Invite
Purdue’s top finisher in the 200 free for three separate dual meets: at Indiana, vs. Illinois, and vs. Indiana State
Champion in the 200-kickboard race at the Black vs. Gold Intrasquad meet (2:28.74), winning by over three seconds
Placed second overall in the 50 fly at the Boilermaker Aquatics Early Bird this summer, with a lifetime best (29.51)
Ranked fourth overall in the 100 fly at the Early Bird Invite, with a season-best time of 1:04.45 in prelims

2020-21 / AS A FRESHMAN
Competed primarily in the 100 and 200 freestyle
Posted season-best times in the 50 (24.22), 100 (51.27) and 200 free (1:49.74) at the Big Ten Championships in her return to her native Minnesota
Ranked No. 3 on the team in the 200 for the season
Finished fifth in the 200m free and helped Boilermaker Aquatics finish as the runner-up in both freestyle relays at the Indiana Senior State Championships in July
• Selected to serve as a Boiler SAAC team representative during the 2021-22 school year

HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year varsity letterwinner for coach James Schreiner at Sauk Centre High School in Central Minnesota
Four-year all-state and all-conference honoree as well as team MVP
Two-time MSHSL Section Swimmer of the Year as an upperclassman
Set 87 individual records at her school and four conference records
Won seven section titles and set a pair of section records
Multi-year MSHSL Class A state finalist in the freestyle and butterfly events
Minnesota Swimmer of the Year nominee as a senior
Actually was a five-time team MVP and six-time all-conference honoree via joining SCHS team before her freshman year
Helped Sauk Centre win three straight conference titles from 2017 to 2019
Also competed for the Alexandria Swim Club, where she was a three-time team leadership award recipient
Arts, Athletics & Academics (AAA) Award recipient as a senior
Sauk Centre Chamber Student Citizen of the Year honoree in 2020
Four-year A honor roll student
Lettered in speech

PERSONAL
Major: Nutrition Science
Full name is Kali Ann Sayovitz
Born in Sauk Centre, Minnesota
Parents are Jim and Jill Sayovitz
Family also includes younger siblings Kayla and Kyle

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Senior
2023-24

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Freshman
2020-21

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Junior
2022-23

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