2019-20 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

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Keaton Blovad

  • Position Backstroke/IM
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Last School(s) Lakeridge HS
  • Hometown Lake Oswego, Ore.
  • Major Political Science

Biography

California
  • Completed her senior season ranked among Cal’s all-time top 10 in three events – 100 back (9th, 51.34), 200 back (6th, 1:51.73) and 200 IM (10th, 1:55.46) – with all times coming during the 2018-19 campaign
  • Posted Cal's fastest time in the 200 back as a senior (1:52.93) at the Pac-12 Championships
  • At the 2020 Pac-12 meet, led off Cal's winning 400 medley relay and swam on the first-place 200 free relay. Individually, took fourth in the 200 IM (1:55.88), second in the 100 back )51.60) and fifth in the 200 back (1:52.93)
  • Scored in three events at the 2019 NCAA meet, placing 11th in the 200 IM 1:55.46, 9th in the 100 back (51.39) and 14th in the 200 back (1:52.99)
  • Reached the A final in three events at the 2019 Pac-12 Championships - 100 back (3rd, 51.34), 200 back (5th, 1:51.73) and 200 IM (5th, 1:55.62)
  • Qualified for the 2018 NCAA, where she swam the 100 back (19th, 52.36), 200 back (31st, 1:54.42) and 200 IM (35th, 1:58.04) - all improvements from her freshman season
  • Had a strong meet at the 2018 Pac-12 Championships, reaching the A final of the 200 IM (6th, 1:55.72), 100 back (4th, 51.83) and 200 back (7th, 1:53.31)
  • As a freshman in 2016-17, hit NCAA B qualifying standards in five events – 100 free (49.69), 200 free (1:46.05), 100 back (52.41), 200 back (1:54.00) and 200 IM (1:57.21)
  • Competed in three events at the 2017 NCAA Championships – 100 back (36th, 53.10), 200 back (41st, 1:55.09) and 200 IM (55th, 2:00.61)
  • At the 2017 Pac-12 meet, placed seventh in the sixth in the 100 back (52.41), eighth in the 200 back (1:54.03) and 200 IM (1:58.50)
  • Named a CSCAA Scholar All-American and honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic in 2018
National
  • At the 2017 Phillips 66 National Championships, swam the 50m back (17th), 100m back (21st), 200m back (20th) and 200m IM (64th)
  • Competed in the 2016 Olympic Trials in the 100m back, 200m back and 200m IM, with a best of 41st in the 100m back (1:02.42)
High School
  • Earned the President’s Award from her high school and was a member of the Chinese Honor Society
  • The Oregon state champion in both the 100y back and 200y IM
  • Set Oregon records in the 100y back, 100y breast and 100y IM, as well as several short-course and long-course meters events
 
Personal
  • Political science major
  • Born Sept, 2, 1998
  • Parents are Jason and Keaton Blovad
  • Lists Lake Oswego, Oregon, as her hometown, but has also lived in Bangkok and Shanghai

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    Backstroke/IM
    5'7"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Backstroke/IM
    5'7"
  • 2018-19Junior

    Backstroke/IM
    5'7"
  • 2019-20Senior

    Backstroke/IM
    5'7"