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- Height:
- 5-7
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- Year:
- So.
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- Hometown:
- San Jose, Calif.
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- High School:
- Presentation
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- Major:
- Marketing
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- Event(s):
- Free/IM
Bio
As a sophomore: Put together a solid sophomore season in 2015-16 ... Competed in nine different events ... Mainly swam the 200 back and the 200 IM ... Finished 12th in the 1650 free (17:58.17), 18th in the 200 IM (2:12.09) and 20th in the 400 IM (4:44.03) at the NEC Championships ... Won two events on the year ... Won her first collegiate event against CCSU.
As a freshman: Enjoyed a strong start to her career in 2014-15 ... Mainly competed in the 100 back, 100 free and 200 IM ... Finished eighth with a season-best time of 58.61 in the 100 back at the NEC Championships ... Finished 14th in the 200 IM at the NEC Championships ... Recorded a season-best time of 2:10.31 ... Also placed 15th with a season-best time of 53.69 in the 100 free at the championship meet ... Also competed in the 50 free, 200 free and 200 back ... Recorded four first-place finishes in the 200 IM on the season ... Named to the NEC Academic Honor Roll.
Before Bryant: A four-year varsity letterwinner for Marisa Watts-Cozort at Presentation High School ... Earned freshman swimmer of the year honors and most improved honors as a sophomore ... Named the Swim South Bay Swimmer of the Year and earned All-American honors as a junior ... Earned All-American consideration as a senior ... Helped set school records in the 200 medley and 200 free relay ... Also competed in one year of varsity water polo.
Personal: The daughter of Eleanore and Pat Kirk, Mackenzie Kirk was born on Feb. 7, 1996 ... Has two brothers, Patrick and Dominick ... Uncle, Fran Mullins, played professional baseball for the San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians.
News Mentions
Abernethy wins NEC Diver of the Meet; Locurto named NEC Diving Coach of the Year
SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Freshman diver Kelci Abernethy (Chandler, Ariz.) took home Northeast Conference Diver of the Meet honors and assistant...
February 27, 2016
Women's Swim & Dive heads to Cambridge for NEC Championships
SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Bryant University women’s swimming and diving team will compete in the 2016 Northeast Conference Swimming and...
February 23, 2016
Bulldogs fall to URI in final tune-up for NECs
SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Bryant University women’s swimming and diving team was defeated, 180-119, by the University of Rhode Island on...
February 6, 2016
Bulldogs dominate Holy Cross on Senior Day
SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Bryant University women’s swimming and diving team swept four events on their way to a dominating 190-67...
January 30, 2016
Messina wins two events Saturday against UMass
SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Senior Julia Messina (Canandaigua, N.Y.) won both breast events but the Bryant University women’s swimming and...
January 16, 2016
Bulldogs take home two relays, finish second at WPI Invite
SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Paced by a pair of relay victories, the Bryant University women’s swimming and diving team finished second at the...
December 7, 2015
Bulldogs in second after two days of WPI Invite
SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Bryant University women’s swimming and diving team is currently in second place after an outstanding performanc...
December 6, 2015
Abernethy wins both dives, Bulldogs finish fifth at Harold Anderson Invite
SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Bryant University women’s swimming and diving team finished fifth at the Harold Anderson Invitational following...
November 22, 2015
Bulldogs defeated by Vermont on Sunday afternoon
SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Nicole Salzano (Elmwood Park, N.J.) and Kelci Abernethy (Chandler, Ariz.) each took home first-place finishes but the...
November 15, 2015
Bulldogs fall to Central Conn. despite Abernethy's two victories
SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Freshman diver Kelci Abernethy (Chandler, Ariz.) won both the 1 and 3 meter dives but Central Connecticut was able to...
November 6, 2015