Kristin Gilliam Junior Freestyle Gainesville (Buchholz)

National/International Competition: Competed at the 2004 Florida Swimming Spring Senior Championships, and finished second in the 1,650 free (16:58.75), third in the 500 free (4:54.04), 10th in the 100 free (53.24) and 11th in the 50 free (25.04) ... Swam a career-best time in the 200-meter free (2:07.93) at the USA Spring Nationals (2/12) ... Competed at the 2004 U.S. Open in three events ... Swam a prelim time of 5:11.38 in the 400 IM at the Texas Senior Circuit Championships, then recorded a 5:19.33 for 24th-place in the finals... Swam the 400 free in 4:31.67 for 24th place in the prelims at the Texas Championships, took 19th in the finals of the event with a 4:26.96 effort ... Recorded a fifth-place finish in the Texas Championships in the 1500 free with a final time of 17:49.91, and finished 12th in the 800 free with a time of 9:13.54 in the same meet … Swam the 200 free prelims in 2:08.06 at the Texas Championships as well.

At Florida:
2004-05: Recorded 11 top-three finishes this season … Set new career bests in the 500, 100 and 50 free as well as the 200 fly … In the SEC Championships, competed in the 1650 free and clocked a time of 17:11.23 … Best 500 free time came in the conference meet after touching the wall in 4:53.27 during the prelims, good for an NCAA provisional-qualifying time … Swam the prelims of the 200 free in a 1:51.09 clocking for a season-best performance … Finished third in the 1,000 free in a 10:21.96 effort against Tennessee (1/29) … Took second vs. Miami (1/8) in a time of 10:22.43, also in the 1,000 free … Recorded top placing in the 500 free at the Indian River meet (2/5) with a 4:59.70 performance, good for second place … Earned third place against Miami (1/8) with a 500 free time of 5:02.76 … Clocked 1:52.11 in the 500 free vs. Virginia (1/28) … Third in the 200 free (1:55.36) vs. Florida Atlantic (10/8) … Set a career best of 52.93 in the 100 free after swimming the lead leg of the 400 FR against Virginia (1/28) … Took second in the 100 free with a 53.17 split against Georgia Tech (11/21) and a 54.35 time vs. FAU … Clocked a 100 free time of 53.17 against Georgia (10/28) … Also against Georgia, recorded a career-best 50 free time of 25.00 flat (1/28) … Finished sixth with a time of 25.31 at Michigan (10/16) in the 50 free … Recorded a 25.07 lead leg effort in the 200 FR against Tennessee (1/29) … Best 200 FR finish came against Georgia Tech (1:35.97) where she swam the anchor for second-place … In the 400 FR, swam lead leg for the second place team (3:29.76) … Swam the anchor of the 400 MR team for a third-place finish against Michigan (3:51.99) … Swam the 200 fly with a time of 2:14.38 in the Miami Invitational (1/7).

2003-04: Nine top-three finishes this season … Set a then-career best in the 200 free (1:51.56) in an exhibition race at the SEC Championships, also swam a 4:57.19 in the 500 free … Finished fourth in the 800-meter free vs. Alabama (1/24) with a time of 9:15.26 … Competed in the short course meters meet at Arizona State (1/10) and finished in third-place in the 200-meter back (2:23.31) … Took third in the 1,000 free (10:13.08) at ASU (1/9) … Recorded a fourth-place finish in the 200 free (1:53.99) as well as the 100 free (54.40) vs. Kentucky (1/3) … Set career-best times at the Gator Swim Club Fall Classic (11/15) in the 100 free (53.00), 200 free (1:52.51), 500 free (4:54.55), 400 IM (4:31.90) and 1,650 free (17.12.53) … Claimed third in the 1,000 free (10:12.39) as well as the 500 free (4:59.07), and swam on the 400 FR team which finished third (3:34.62) vs. FSU (11/11) … Recorded highest finish of the season (second) at TCU (10/24) in the 500 free (5:03.82) … Took fourth-place in the 1,000 free (10:22.40), earned the fifth-best time in the 500 free (5:06.62), and swam on the 200 FR which finished third (1:40.21) vs. Arkansas (10/23) … Earned sixth-place finishes in the 1,650 free (17:15.85) and the 200 FR(1:42.68), as well as 14th in the 400 IM (4:35.93) at the Florida Invitational … Claimed fourth-place in the 200 free (1:53.47) and finished third while swimming on the 400 FR team (3:38.14) at the Michigan-FAU dual meet.

High School: A 2003 graduate of Buchholz High … Team was the high school state champion in 2002 … Ten-time All-American and two-time honorable mention All-American … State champion in 200 and 500 free … Second in 200 and 500 free events at the 2001 state meet … Holds high school records in the 500 free, as well as the 200 and 400 FR … Two-time Gainesville Sun Swimmer of the Year (2001, 2003) … U.S. National Qualifier in the 200- and 400-meter free.

Club: Member of the Gator Swim Club coached by Vic Riggs.