Women's Swimming and Diving
Excellence has long been the hallmark of the Carleton women's swimming and diving team. Carleton finished in the top two at the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Championships from 1999 to 2003 and captured consecutive titles in 2000 and 2001. The Knights placed sixth at the NCAA Championships in 2005, highlighted by Marie Marsman's two individual national titles and the team's two relay national titles. Carleton finished in the top 10 in three of the past five national championship meets. Most recently, the team capped off the 2005-06 season by placing second at the MIAC Championships. Since 1995 the Knights have produced 219 all-conference performances (finishing in the top three) and 63 individual conference titles.
Carleton teams excel in the classroom as well; women's swimming and diving has been an All-Academic team for the past 13 seasons. Exemplifying this commitment to top-level swimming and academics was Britta Veitenheimer '04, a CoSIDA Academic All-American and a winner of a prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.
- Coach Profile: Andy Clark
Andy Clark has led the Carleton women's swimming and diving program to the 2000 and 2001 conference titles and to top 10 finishes at the 2002, 2003 and 2005 NCAA Division III Championships. He was the 2005 MIAC Coach of the Year.
- Student-Athlete Profile: Kate Alexander '10
Kate Alexander is a sophomore swimmer for the Knights. She was a 2007 All-American (200 Breaststroke - 8th), and MIAC Champion (200 IM; 400IM; 200 Breaststroke; 400 Free Relay).
- Student-Athlete Profile: Jennifer Gratz '08
Jennifer Gratz is a senior French and Francophone studies major. She was the 2005 National Champion 200 Free relay, and 2007 MIAC Champion (200 Free Relay; 400 Free Relay).
- Student-Athlete Profile: Karin Brown '08
Karin Brown is a senior geology major from Madison, Wis. She was an All-MIAC swimmer in four events last season and is a team captain for the 2006-07 season.
