Kayla Effinger

Photo by: BGSU Strategic Communications

Position:
Freestyle/Fly
Height:
5-3
Class:
Senior
High School:
Westfield
Hometown:
Carmel, Ind.

2015-16: Academic All-MAC … At the MAC Championships, swam in the 50 freestyle, 100 free and 100 butterfly … Qualified to the finals in the 100 free, setting a career PR of 51.06 … Finished second in the 50 free at Oakland/YSU … Earned two first place finishes in the 100 free versus Eastern Michigan and then again versus Miami … Placed fifth in the 100 butterfly at the Pittsburgh Invitational … Participated in the 200 free relay, placing second at the Pittsburgh Invitational and again versus Oakland/YSU … Swam on the first place 400 free relay team versus Miami … Earned two first place finishes in the 400 free relay throughout the season … Member of the first place 200 medley relay team against Oakland/YSU … Earned three first place finishes in the 200 medley relay on the season … Swam on the 400 medley relay team at the Pittsburgh Invitational … Swam on the school record-setting 200 medley relay team at the MAC Championship as the final leg, swimming 1:39.26.

2014-15: Academic All-MAC … At MAC Championships, swam freestyle leg of the 200 medley relay and team placed fourth (1:40.61) … Part of 200 freestyle relay team that finished third at MAC Championships … Qualified for the consolation final in the 50 freestyle and placed second after swimming a career best 23.28 in a swim off … Also qualified for the 100 freestyle, finishing eighth … Set a career PR in the 100 freestyle prelims of 51.24 at MAC Championships … Competed on winning 200 medley relay team at Youngstown State dual meet … Won the 50 freestyle and placed third in the 100 butterfly against YSU … At Buffalo, swam last leg of the 200 medley relay, where the team placed second (another BG team took first place) … Finished fourth in 100 freestyle at UB … Also swam on second-place 400 freestyle relay team … Against Akron, swam on third-place 200 medley relay and first-place 400 freestyle relay … Also finished second in the 50 freestyle … Part of winning 400 medley relay team and 200 freestyle relay team at Toledo/Marshall meet … Placed second in the 50 freestyle … Against MSU/Marshall, a part of 200 medley relay time, placing third … Finished third in the 100 freestyle and second in the 50 freestyle at the meet … Was the first Falcon to finish in the 100 freestyle (seventh overall) at EMU Invite … Part of second-place 200 freestyle relay team and winning 400 freestyle relay team … Also was a part of the first-place 200 medley relay, setting a new meet record of 1:43.12 … Swam on the winning 400 medley relay team that set a new pool record (3:43.56) … Took second place in the 50 freestyle at EMU Invite … Versus EMU/Oakland, tallied two second place finishes (50 freestyle and 400 freestyle relay) and swam on the winning 200 medley relay … In first meet of season against Ball State, placed first in the 100 freestyle and 200 medley relay … Also finished second in the 50 freestyle.

2013-14: Academic All-MAC honorable mention ... Qualified for the consolation finals of the 50 freestyle at the MAC Championships, placing 16^th overall … Won the 50 freestyle in a dual meet at rival Toledo and placed second in the 100 freestyle … Part of the 200 freestyle relay team that finished third at the MAC Championships … Also swam on the winning 200 freestyle relay team at the TYR Invitational and won dual meets three times … In the 400 freestyle relay, finished second at the TYR Invitational and won two dual meets … Swam in the prelims of the 100 freestyle and the 100 butterfly at the MAC Championships … Had a second-place finish and two third-place finishes in the 100 butterfly during the dual meet season … Won the 200 butterfly and the 200 medley relay at Xavier.

2012-13: Added her name to BGSU's record book at MAC Championships, swimming the program's sixth-best time in the 50 freestyle (23.60) and ninth-best in the 100 freestyle (51.87) ... placed 13th in finals of the 50 free at MACs and 19th in prelims of the 100 free ... swam in BGSU's fourth-place 200 freestyle relay ... swam a career-best 57.45 in prelims of the 100 fly at MACs ... was a member of BGSU's first-place 200 freestyle relay team at TYR Invitational ... also placed 11th in the 50 freestyle at TYR Invite ... posted two third place finishes in the 50- and 100 freestyle against EMU ... swam in the 400 free relay team that took first against EMU ... recorded a personal best in the 200 fly (2:12.03) against Youngstown State to finish third ... swam in BGSU's first-place 200 free relay at Ball State ... recorded ten individual top-five finishes throughout the season.

Personal/Prior to BGSU: Daughter of Eric and Melissa Effinger ... has two sisters, Aubrey and Kerry ... born on April 2, 1994 ... majoring in biology at BGSU ... has a perfect 4.00 cumulative GPA through the Spring 2013 semester … competed for Westfield High School for four years, elected captain from 2010-12 ... led her team to a tenth-place finish at the 2010 Indiana state meet ... was named Westfield's MVP in 2011 and 2012.

Personal Bests
50 Freestyle: 23.28, at MAC Championship prelims (2/25/15)
100 Freestyle: 51.06, at MAC Championship (2/27/16)
100 Butterfly: 56.80, at MAC Championship prelims (2/25/15)
200 Butterfly: 2:12.03, at Youngstown State (2/2/13)