Katelyn Quinlan
Katelyn Quinlan
Height: 5-7
Year: Senior
Hometown: Haverhill, Mass.
High School: Haverhill
Major: Nursing

Top Collegiate Performances: 
50-Yard Free:
26.35; at MIT Invitational (Dec. 6-8, 2019) PB 
200-Yard Free:
2:09.41; at MIT Invitational (Dec. 2-4, 2022) PB
500 Yard Free: 5:31.63; at GNAC Championship (Feb. 2-4, 2024) PB
50-Yard Breast: 31.47; vs. Westfield State (Oct. 21, 2022)
100 Yard Breast: 1:16.17; at Mount Holyoke (Jan. 21, 2023) 
200-Yard Breast: 2:35.18; at MIT Invitational (Dec. 6-8, 2019) PB
50-Yard Fly:
30.13; at Seven Sisters Invitational (Jan. 14, 2023) PB
100-Yard IM: 1:05.91; at GNAC Championship (Feb. 2-4, 2024) PB
200-Yard IM: 2:23.86; at GNAC Championship (Feb. 2-4, 2024) 
400 Yard IM: 5:01.69; at GNAC Championship (Feb. 2-4, 2024) PB

2023-24: Appeared in eight meets for the Sharks … All GNAC First Team in the 400 Yard Freestyle Relay, 800 Yard Freestyle Relay, 200 Yard Medley Relay, 400 Yard Medley Relay … All GNAC Second Team in the 500 Yard Freestyle and 100 Yard IM … All GNAC Third Team in the 400 Yard IM … Placed first in the 100 Yard Breaststroke against Westfield State (Oct. 16) with a time of 1:19.09 ... Finished second in the 100 Yard IM against Westfield State (Oct. 16) with a time of 1:09.32 ... Member of the 200 Yard Freestyle Relay Team that placed first against Westfield State (Oct. 16) with a time of 1:46.22 ... Finished third in the 200 Yard IM against Smith College (Oct. 28) with a time of 2:28.55 ... Came seconds shy of eclipsing previous top collegiate time in the 500 Yard Freestyle against Merrimack and Wellesley (Nov. 4) and in a double dual against Colby-Sawyer College and the University of New England (Nov. 11) ... Placed second in the 500 Yard Freestyle against Colby-Sawyer and the University of New England (Nov. 11), clocking in with a time of 5:41.48 - four hundredths of a second shy of her previous top collegiate time ... Finished first in the 100 IM against the University of New England and Colby-Sawyer College (Nov. 11) with a time of 1:07.73 ... Member of the 400 Medley Relay squad that finished first with a time of 4:26.21 against Colby-Sawyer College and the University of New England (Nov. 11) … Finished fifth in the 100 Yard Breaststroke at the MIT Invitational (Dec. 2) with a time of 1:14.83 … Member of the 400 Yard Medley Relay A Squad at the MIT Invitational (Dec. 2), finishing with a time of 4:21.52 … Member of the 200 Yard Medley Relay A Squad, who finished with a final time of 2:00.75 at the MIT Invitational (Dec. 3) … Shed 8 seconds off her previous 500 Yard Freestyle time, for a new personal best at the time of 5:33.97 at the MIT Invitational (Dec. 3) … Earned first place in the 100 Yard IM at the Quad Dual Meet against Regis College, Elms College, and Colby-Sawyer College (Jan. 6), with a time of 1:08.45 … Placed first in the 500 Yard Freestyle, with a time of 5:41.02, at the Quad Dual Meet against Regis, Elms, and Colby-Sawyer (Jan. 6) … Was one second shy of tying her 400 Yard IM personal record at the Seven Sisters Invitational (Jan. 20) … Helped register a season best time of 1:54.41 in the 200 Yard Medley Relay at the GNAC Championship (Feb. 2) … Helped earn first place in the 400 yard freestyle relay and shed 10 seconds off their previous season best time, coming in at 3:45.80 at the GNAC Championship (Feb. 2) … Earned a spot on the podium with a personal best time of 5:01.69 in the 400 Yard IM at the GNAC Championship (Feb. 2) … Placed second at the GNAC Championship (Feb. 3) in the 500 Yard Freestyle, with a personal best of 5:31.63, and the 100 Yard IM, with a personal best of 1:05.91 … Registered a personal best in the prelims of the GNAC Championship (Feb. 4) in the 200 Yard IM (2:23.86) and placed third in the championship finals of the 200 Yard IM (2:25.00)

2022-23: Participated in multiple meets this season … Recorded a season best time in the 200 yard IM in 2:25.88 against Mount Holyoke (Jan. 21) … Posted one of the best times of the season within the 400 yard freestyle relay with a combined time of 4:10. 32 (Jan. 15) … Had the season best time against Westfield State with a time of 31.47 in the 50 yard Breaststroke (Oct. 21) … Finished third in the 50 yard breaststroke against University of New England with a time of 37.13 (Nov. 12). Member of the 200 Yard Freestyle Relay, 400 Yard Freestyle Relay, 800 Yard Freestyle Relay and the 200 Yard Medley Relay teams. 

Before Simmons:
Two-sport Varsity letterwinner at Haverhill High School ... Named team captain in the fall of 2018 ... Four-time state and sectional qualifer ... Two-time All-Conference first team selection (2017, 2018) ... Selected to the All-Conference second team in 2016 ... Received the Moynihan Lumbar Student-Athlete of the Month (2018) ... Finished in the top-eight at sectional and state championship in the 100 breaststroke (2017-18) ... Place in the top-eight at sectionals and state championship in all relays (2016-2018) ... Member of the 200 freestyle relay squad that holds the school record (2015) ... Valedictorian of Haverhill High School Class of 2019 ... Member of the National Honor Society and Foreign Language National Honor Society ... Harvard Book Award Recipient (2018) ... Volunteer Swim Coach ... Is a PCA at Brigham & Women's Hospital (Urology and Plastic Surgery Unit) ... Member of the Phoenix Swimming Club Team ... Daugther of Stephany and Timothy Quinlan ... Younger sister, Carli, is a member of the Simmons swimming and diving team ... Member of Student Nurses Association ... Dean's List student at Simmons ... Member of the Simmons Honors College.