Elise Kanegawa
Senior
Butterfly/Freestyle
Fleetwood, Pa. / Brandywine Heights HS
At Delaware:
2011-12 Team Co-Captain • UD All-Time Top-10 Lists: 100-butterfly (4th, 56.33), 200-butterfly (2nd, 2:04.76), 200-medley relay (2nd, 1:44.59; 6th, 1:47.18), 200-freestyle relay (5th, 1:37.11; 9th, 1:37.64), 400-medley relay (3rd, 3:48.54; 7th, 3:52.29). 2010-11 Season: One of the team's top butterfly swimmers, competing in both 100 and 200 events and relays • finished with the team's top 200-yard butterfly performance, placing 12th in the CAA Championships with a time of 2:04.76, also good enough for second on the all-time list • had a season's best time of 56.33 in the 100 fly, finishing 13th at the CAA Championships touched home first in the 200 fly event against Northeastern and Drexel with a time of 2:07.85 • ended with five second place finishes while adding eight third place showings • placed third in the 100-yard butterfly against La Salle and Rider in 58.23, an event the Blue Hens swept all three podium spots • 2009-10 Season: one of the team's top butterfly swimmers, posting the team's top time in the 100 at the CAA's, coming in 21st in 57.45 • finished 23rd in the 200 butterfly at the CAA's in 2:09.31 • third leg of the 200 medley relay team that posted a program record time of 1:43.62 at the CAA's, finished in 7th • third leg of the 400 medley relay that came in sixth in the CAA's in 3:48.54 fifth • best performance on the team in the 50 freestyle, coming in 35th at the CAA's in 24.75. 2008-09 Season: Recorded the team’s third-fastest 100-butterfly and fourth-best 200-fly times against Loyola • finished the 100-yard event in 58.20 and the 200- in 2:09 • posted a season-best time in the 50-freestyle (25.02) during the CAA meet • also ranked eighth on the team in the 100-free with a time of 54.38 at the championship competition.
High School: Four-year standout at Brandywine Heights High School • four-time All-State selection while competing in the butterfly and freestyle • district champion in the butterfly and a competitor at the state meet • named to the YMCA National Team while swimming with the Boyertown Navy Seals • member of the National Honor Society and High Honor Roll • senior class vice-president.
Personal: Elise Mikiko Kanegawa ("can-uh-gah-wah") • daughter of Jon Kanegawa • political science major at Delaware • minoring in Chinese • enjoys playing guitar and skimboarding in her spare time.
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