University of Tennessee Athletics
2005-06 Women's Swimming Roster
Roster
Carly Mathes
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Kettering, Ohio
- High School:
- Fairmont
Kredich[apos]s Forecast
'Carly is heading into her senior year with some great momentum from the summer and an obvious sense of purpose. Every year she has expanded her repertoire and is now one of the most complete, and dangerous, swimmers in the SEC. She has made a career out of stepping in where the team needs her and providing clutch performances in every setting. We[apos]ll look to her for the same kind of leadership this year.'
AT TENNESSEE:
2007-08: Continued to garner accolades in her third season as a Lady Vol, nabbing three All-America certificates, setting four UT relay records and earning All-SEC First Team for the first time in her career...Also was named National Collegiate Swimmer of the Week by collegeswimming.com on Jan. 23 after winning three individual events and anchoring the victorious 400 FR in a victory over Indiana...All-America honors came as member of the seventh-place 200y FR, eighth-place 400y FR and 11th-place 800y FR at the 2008 NCAA Championships...400y FR set a UT record of 3:15.07 in the prelims...Also competed in the 200y IM, 200y free and 200y breast, and posted a career-best time of 50.35 in the 100y free time trial at NCAAs...Swam the second leg of the record-setting SEC Champion 200y FR (1:29.07)...Also was part of the record-setting third-place 200y MR and fourth-place 800y FR...Swam a leg on the runner-up 400y FR which also broke the UT record...Posted a career-best of 1:47.14 in the prelims of the 200y free and took seventh in the event in the finals at the SECs...Opened season by sweeping first place in the 100y free, 200y fly and 200y IM against Louisville...Also nabbed three firsts the next weekend against South Carolina and Kentucky...Finished eighth in the 50y free in a career-best 23.73 and anchored three top-four relays at the Hoosierland Open...Had career bests in the 200y fly (2:01.87) and 500y free (4:53.51) against Georgia...Overall, took first in eight individual events and eight relays...Is the second fastest Lady Vol ever in the 200y free and is fourth all-time in the 200y IM...Was named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll...2006-07: Finished her sophomore season by recording new career bests at the NCAA meet in the 200y free (1:47.28) and 200y IM (2:01.31)...Also a member of the eighth-place 200y free relay team, which registered a then-Lady Vol best of 1:29.47, the ninth-place 800y free relay (7:10.05), and the school-record-setting 400y free relay which finished 10th in 3:16.88...At the SEC meet, was a member of three relay teams: the school record-setting 800y free (third), the 400y free (fourth) and the 200y medley (sixth)...Against South Carolina and Kentucky, was a member of the victorious 400y free relay team and secured a pair of runner-up honors in the 200y IM and the 500y free...At the Minnesota Invite, posted a season best in the 400y IM with a 4:24.60...Rounded out the competition by helping the 400y free relay team place first...Took top honors in the 200y IM against Northwestern...Swam the third leg in UT[apos]s victory in the 200y free relay and the second-place 200y medley relay squad...Against Georgia, churned out a season-best of 23.91 to lead off the Lady Vols[apos] runner-up honors in the 200y free relay...In the Florida competition, Mathes swam the first leg of the 200y free relay which earned runner-up honors...Scored points for UT with a second-place finish in the 200y free and fourth in the 500y free against the Gators... 2005-06: Qualified for the NCAA Championships in her first year at Rocky Top, securing four All-America certificates...Earned Honorable Mention All-America honors by placing 14th place in the 200y freestyle...Helped the 200y freestyle relay, 400y freestyle relay and 800y freestyle relay all post top-16 showings...Swam with three relays that banked points for the Orange and White at the Southeastern Conference Championships, including the 800y free relay, which took nine seconds off the previous Lady Vol record, by touching in 7:07.66 to lift UT to a second-place outcome, its best finish in the event since 1995...Poured in 28 points for the Big Orange at the meet, after advancing to evening swims in the 100y free, 200y free and 200y IM...Picked up her first collegiate win with a solid effort to top the field in the 200y free in the Lady Vol triumph at Kentucky...Came through in a big way at the renowned Purdue Invite, swimming with four victorious relays and another that snared runner-up honors to guide UT to a third-place result...Scored points in every competition of the campaign...Overall, Mathes swam with eight relays that touched the wall first.
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL:
Competed in two events at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials in June in Omaha, Neb....Finished 46th in the 400m free in 4:18.24 and 57th in the 200m free in 2:02.56, both career-bests...She qualified for the Trials at the Charlotte Grand Prix just three weeks before by hitting the OT marks while earning 10th-place finishes in both freestyle events.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Earned honorable mention All-America honors from 2001-04...Placed in the top eight of all the events at the YMCA Short Course Nationals in April 2004...Repeated the feat at the YMCA Long Course Nationals in August 2004, including snaring a second-place showing in the 50y butterfly...Swam four years at Fairmont High School, serving as captain for one season...Voted as Most Valuable Swimmer at FHS from 2001-04...Won a state title in the 200y free...Member of academic honor roll and spirit club.
PERSONAL:
Pursuing a degree in marketing...Cites winning 200y free relay at 2008 SEC Championships as her biggest swimming thrill...Has one sister, Adrienne, 25, and one brother, Alec, 23...Daughter of Ed and Lynn Mathes...Born Carly Ann Mathes on Jan. 26, 1987, in Dayton, Ohio.
| Career Best Times | |||
| 50y free | 23.73 | ||
| 100y free | 50.35 | ||
| 200y free | 1:47.14 | ||
| 500y free | 4:53.51 | ||
| 200y IM | 2:01.31 | ||
| 400y IM | 4:19.63 | ||
| 200m free | 2:02.46 | ||
| 400m free | 4:18.24 | ||
