2017-18 Women's Swimming Roster

Ciera Kelly

  • Position Freestyle
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Juneau, Alaska
  • Highschool Juneau-Douglass HS

Biography

WASHINGTON STATE CAREER

Junior (2017-18) - Member of three winning 400 free relay teams, against UC Santa Barbara, Cal Poly, and UCLA…swam season-best time of 23.86 in the 50 free at the Pac-12 Championships…notched season-best time at Pac-12 Championships in the 100 free, touching the wall in 51.81…touched the wall in 56.31 in the 100 fly at the Pac-12 Championships, notching a season-best time…recorded career-best time in the 200 free against Arizona, touching the wall in 1:55.89…notched season-best 58.73 in the 100 back against UCLA…recorded season-best time in the 50 free against Oregon State, touching the wall in 24.38…earned Pac-12 All-Academic First Team honors with a 3.92 GPA.

Sophomore (2016-17)
– Earned a personal-best time in the 100 fly with a 55.72 at the Ohio State Invitational…recorded a career-best time of 2:10.19 in the 200 IM…notched a season-best time in the 50 free at the Ohio State Invitational, touching the wall at 23.71, just 0.05 seconds off her personal-best time…clocked her best time of the season in the 100 back against Utah with a time of 58.00…named to the Pac-12 Conference All-Academic First Team with a 3.86 GPA in pre-dentistry.


Freshman (2015-16) – Swam a season-best time of 23.66 in the 50 freestyle during the preliminaries at the Pac-12 Championships…in the 100 freestyle, swam a season-best time of 51.42 at the Ohio State Invitational…also during the preliminaries at the Pac-12 Championships, clocked a personal record time of 56.45 in the 100 backstroke, missing the finals by two places…at the OSU invite, finished first in the ‘C’ final in the 100 butterfly, with a personal-best time of 56.19.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB CAREER

Earned four varsity letters at Juneau-Douglass High School in Juneau, Alaska under coach John Wray…as a FRESHMAN, broke the team record in the 100 fly and named Most Valuable Player…as a SOPHOMORE, broke the team record in the 100 fly once again, and named MVP…as a JUNIOR, earned USA Swimming Scholastic All-American honors and was an Alaskan representative at the 2013 USA Swimming Convention…named a team captain…won the state championship in the 100 back and placed third in the 100 fly…broke the team record in the 200 IM and 100 back…named team MVP…as a SENIOR, was a 2014 State Winner for the Wendy’s High School Heisman Program…named a team captain…won the state championships in the 100 fly and 200 medley relay, helping her team to breaking the state record in the 200 medley relay…also broke the school’s record in the 50 free…swam club for Glacier Swim Club under coach Scott Griffith…broke several team records including the 50 free, 100 back, 200 back, and the 200 IM…an athlete representative at the High Point Winner, Glacier Swim Club Board of Trustees and Alaska Swimming Inc.…also earned one varsity letter in cheerleading.

PERSONAL

Parents, Terrence and Virginia…brother, Cary…earned a 4.0 GPA in high school…won the 2013 Student Recognition Award and the 2012 Academic Achievement Award…secretary of the National Honor Society at Juneau-Douglass High…member of the Youth Action Committee…majoring in Zoology and Pre-Dental.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    Freestyle, Fly, Backstroke
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    Freestyle, Fly, Backstroke
  • 2017-18Junior

    Freestyle