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2017-2018 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Kirsty Hessing

Kirsty Hessing

  • Position:
    Freestyle
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Bloomington, IL
  • Highschool:
    Normal Community

Summary

Biography

Junior Season (2016-2017): Set an NEC record in the 200 Free Relay (1:33.84) at the Frank Elm Invitational … Northeast Conference champion in the 200 Medley Relay (1:40.73) …  Set a meet record at the ECAC Championships in the 200 Free Relay (1:34.49) … Helped the Seahawks swim to a second-place finish in the 200 Free Relay (1:34.11) and third-place finish in the 400 Free Relay (3:25.31) at the NEC Championships … Three-time finalist at the NEC Championships, finishing sixth in the 200 Free (1:51.42) and eighth in the 100 Fly (57.18), and 100 Free (51.85) … Set personal bests in the 50 Free (24.25), 100 Free (51.65), 100 Back (1:00.70), and 200 IM (2:14.19).

Sophomore Season (2015-16): Part of the 800 Free relay squad that took second place at the NEC Championships with a time of 7:31.88 … Finished third in the 500 free at Rutgers with a 5:14.13 … Placed fourth as part of the 400 Free Relay at the Frank Elm Invitational with a school-record time of 3:26.48 … Placed third in the win over Rhode Island (5:24.40) … Took second place in the 200 Free (1:59.14) and third in the 100 Free at LIU Brooklyn with a 54.11.

Freshman Season (2014-15): Finished eighth overall at NEC Championships in the 500 free with a time of 5:09.02 … Won her first collegiate event in the first meet of the season against Bryant (Oct. 10) in the 500 free, touching the wall in a time of 5:16.28 … Took first place in the 500 free against NEC member Saint Francis U. (Nov.7) with a time of 5:17.23 … Part of 400 Medley Relay (4:04.20) and 400 Free Relay (3:43.90)  teams that took first place against Siena (Nov. 8).

Before Wagner: Swam for Normal Community under coach Heather Budak … Won the Big 12 Conference Championship all four years in high school … Holds the school record for the 200 Medley Relay and the 400 Freestyle Relay … ISHA State Qualifier in her last three years of high school … Big 12 Conference Scholar Athlete from 2010-13 … Received the Illinois High School Association Scholar Achievement Award.

Personal: Daughter of Maryse and Tim Hessing … Has one brother, Jamie … Undeclared major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    Freestyle
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    Freestyle
  • 2016-17Junior

    Freestyle
  • 2017-18Senior

    Freestyle

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