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Amy Kaufman

Senior

Sykesville, Md.

Liberty

Distance FR/Fly/IM

2006-07: Finished fifth in the 1650 Free at the CAC Championships (18:40.40)... Named the Co-CAC Women’s Swimming Athlete of the Week twice… Won the consolation heat of the 400 IM at the CAC preliminaries (5:00.70)… A member of three school record-setting relay teams: the 800 Free Relay, the 400 Free Relay, and the 200 Free Relay… Captured first in the 200 Fly at the AWCC Championships (2:30.33), also placed second in the 200 Free (2:06.29)… Won the 1000 Free six times, the 500 Free five times, the 200 Back five times, and the 200 IM twice… also earned top honors in the 100 Back, 100 Fly, 200 Fly, 200 Free, and 400 free.

2005-06: Won four individual and two relay titles at the AWCC Championships … Captured crowns in the 200 butterfly (2:32.13), 400 individual medley (5:05.31), 500 freestyle (5:32.49) and 1,000 freestyle (11:21.31) … Also helped Hood win the 200 medley relay (AWCC-record 2:00.31) as well as the 400 medley relay (4:37.72) … Finished second on the 1,000 freestyle (11:07.08) and the 1,650 freestyle (18:44.51) and was a member of school-record setting 200 freestyle (1:48.16), 800 freestyle (8:39.77) and 400 medley (4:28.29) relay teams at the Grove City Invitational … Helped Hood set a school record in the 400 freestyle relay (3:58.66) in a tri-meet with St. Mary’s and Gallaudet as well as the 200 medley relay (1:59.44) at the Randolph-Macon Invitational … Won the 500 freestyle (5:39.96) and took second in the 400 medley relay (4:32.20), the 800 freestyle relay (8:55.00) and the 1,650 freestyle (19:16.77) at the Randolph-Macon Invitational … Tied for fifth in the individual scoring with 40 points at the RMC Invitational … Won four events in a tri-meet with Mary Baldwin and Wells … Captured three events against Chatham, Frostburg State and Bethany (W.Va.).

2004-05: Named the AWCC Most Outstanding Swimmer after leading Hood to its second AWCC title in three years … Set AWCC records in the 400 individual medley (4:58.24), the 500 freestyle (5:29.31) and the 1,000 freestyle (11:04.44) at the AWCC Championships … Also led Hood to victories in the 200 medley relay, the 200 freestyle relay and the 400 freestyle relay ... Set school records in the 1,650 freestyle (18:28.29), the 1,000 freestyle (11:02.52) and the 500 freestyle (5:22.52) and was part of the 200 and 400 medley relays that also established school marks at the Grove City Invitational … Established a school record in the 200 butterfly (2:22.87) against Frostburg State … Won the 500 freestyle (5:30.48), was second in the 1,650 freestyle (18:56.49) and placed fifth in the 400 individual medley at the Randolph-Macon Invitational … Set a school record in the 1,000 freestyle (11:15.99) against Goucher.

HIGH SCHOOL: Swam for the Greater Baltimore Swim Association … Recorded top-15 finishes in the 1,000-yard and 1,650-yard freestyle in last year’s Maryland Local Swimming Committee Championship Meet … As a sophomore, she placed eighth in the 1,000-yard freestyle and ninth in the 1,650-yard freestyle in a Maryland State All-Star meet … Was named an Honorable Mention Maryland Distinguished Scholar … Had a 3.87 GPA in high school while earning honor status every semester … Graduated 27th in her senior class at Liberty High School.

PERSONAL: Plans on double majoring in chemistry and economics at Hood … Brother Stuart swims for the men’s team … Amy Lynn Kaufman was born Oct. 19, 1986, in Baltimore.






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December 1, 2008

Jen Willison Tabbed Hood College Athlete of the Week