Kim Carballeira
Kim Carballeira
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    East Setauket, N.Y.
  • High School:
    Ward Melville
  • Major:
    Actuarial Mathematics
  • Event(s):
    Freestyle/Butterfly

Bio

As a senior: Finished her Bulldog career with another strong season in the distance events ... Competed in the 1650, 500 and 200 free at the NEC Championships ... Recorded a season-best time in the 500 free against URI with a time of 5:29.36 ... Captured her only first-place finish of the season in the 1000 free against Holy Cross with a time of 11:15.24 ... Also finished second in the 500 free (5:31.50) against the Crusaders ... Also competed in the 200 fly, 800 free and 100 breast.

As a junior: Competed in the long events in her junior year with the Bulldogs ... Finaled in the 200 free and 1650 free at the NEC Championships ... Finished 12th in the 200 free with a season-best time of 1:57.07 ... Placed 16th in the 1650 ... Won the 1000 free vs. Providence with a season-best time of 11:06.24 ... Finished first in the 500 free vs. Holy Cross ... Earned second-place finishes in the 1000 free against Northeastern and Holy Cross ... Helped 400 free relay team to a first-place finish at Siena.

As a sophomore: Posted top time at the Harold Anderson Invitational (12/3/10) in the 100-yard freestyle (56.53) ... Saved her best 200-yard freestyle and 1,650 free time until the conference meet, finishing 11th with a time of 1:55.84 in the 200, and 10th with a time of 18:02.51 in the 1650 ... Put forth a solid showing against CCSU (11/5/10) when she swam the 50-yard freestyle in 26.83, the 500-yard freestyle in 5:21.05, the 1000-yard freestyle in 10:59.15, the 200-yard butterfly in 2:21.55 and the 1650-yard freestyle in 18:17.54 ... Other season highlights include her time of 2:20.15 in the 200-yard IM against Fairfield (11/20/10), her 1:05.35 mark in the 100-yard butterfly at the Dartmouth Invitational (1/28/11).

As a freshman: Carballeira was a great addition to the bulldogs in 2010 ... Swam the 100 free, 200 free, 500 free, and the 1000 free ... Set a school record in the 1650 freestyle with a time of 17:58.95 at the NEC Championships ... Best time in the 200 freestyle was 1:56.65. 

Before Bryant: Swam five years under head coach Chris Gordon at Ward Melville High School ... Helped team to five-straight league and county championships ... Five-time all-league and all-county selection ... Owns record in 200 medley relay, swimming the freestyle leg ... Swam distance freestyle and butterfly events ... Scholar-athlete award winner ... Also participated in Key Club.

Personal: Daughter of Phil and Kathy Carballeira, Kim Carballeira was born Aug. 27, 1991 in Stony Brook, N.Y.