Kara Donham
Personal records
| Event | Course | Best | Cut | Date | Meet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 Freestyle | SCY | 1:49.64 | AAAA | 2024-03-13 | 1466378 |
| 500 Freestyle | SCY | 4:55.09 | AAAA | 2024-03-13 | 1466378 |
| 1000 Freestyle | SCY | 10:14.00 | AAAA | 2024-03-13 | 1466378 |
| 100 Backstroke | SCY | 59.20 | AA+0.71s to AAA | 2025-03-08 | 2025 SC Illinois Senior Championships venue |
| 200 Individual Medley | SCY | 2:11.19 | AA+0.70s to AAA | 2025-03-08 | 2025 SC Illinois Senior Championships venue |
| 50 Freestyle | LCM | 25.28 | AAAA | 2025-06-19 | 2025 Synergy Dryland Summer Sizzler |
| 100 Freestyle | LCM | 58.47 | AAAA | 2024-07-27 | 2024 ISCA Summer Senior Blast venue |
| 200 Freestyle | LCM | 2:05.60 | AAAA | 2024-07-26 | 2024 ISCA Summer Senior Blast venue |
| 400 Freestyle | LCM | 4:24.03 | AAAA | 2024-07-25 | 2024 ISCA Summer Senior Blast venue |
| 800 Freestyle | LCM | 9:16.86 | AAA+1.77s to AAAA | 2024-07-23 | 2024 ISCA Summer Senior Blast venue |
| 100 Backstroke | LCM | 1:14.13 | A+3.04s to AA | 2024-05-05 | Daniel Jaekel Friendship Classic 2024 slow pool |
| 200 Backstroke | LCM | 2:41.17 | A+6.68s to AA | 2024-05-04 | Daniel Jaekel Friendship Classic 2024 slow pool |
| 50 Breaststroke | LCM | 42.54 | BB+2.95s to A | 2024-05-04 | Daniel Jaekel Friendship Classic 2024 slow pool |
| 50 Butterfly | LCM | 29.04 | AAAA | 2025-07-25 | 2025 NCSA Summer Swimming Championships |
| 100 Butterfly | LCM | 1:03.55 | AAA+0.46s to AAAA | 2024-07-25 | 2024 ISCA Summer Senior Blast venue |
| 200 Butterfly | LCM | 2:29.75 | AA+3.36s to AAA | 2023-12-02 | 2023 ISCA LC Open venue |
| 200 Individual Medley | LCM | 2:29.74 | AA+0.25s to AAA | 2024-06-29 | 2024 Last Dance Open venue |
Cuts are USA Swimming single-age motivational standards (B → AAAA) at age 18.
Pool tags are a venue speed heuristic (median deviation of all swims there vs each swimmer's typical time) — see the venue page for the method.
IMX / IMR
IMX 17-18 · LCM
3298 points (4/6 events — incomplete)
| Event | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 400 FR LCM | 4:24.03 | 1012 |
| 200 BK LCM | 2:41.17 | 645 |
| 200 FL LCM | 2:29.75 | 789 |
| 200 IM LCM | 2:29.74 | 852 |
| 200 BR LCM | — | 0 |
| 400 IM LCM | — | 0 |
IMR 17-18 · LCM
3473 points (4/5 events — incomplete)
| Event | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 200 FR LCM | 2:05.60 | 1004 |
| 100 BK LCM | 1:14.13 | 658 |
| 100 FL LCM | 1:03.55 | 959 |
| 200 IM LCM | 2:29.74 | 852 |
| 100 BR LCM | — | 0 |
Scored against AAAA motivational base times: ordering is exact, absolute points run ~25% above the official USA Swimming scale.
PR splits
100 Backstroke SCY 59.20
Front half 28.70s · back half 30.50s
200 Individual Medley SCY 2:11.19
Front half 61.08s · back half 70.11s
100 Freestyle LCM 58.47
Front half 28.45s · back half 30.02s
200 Freestyle LCM 2:05.60
Front half 62.02s · back half 63.58s
400 Freestyle LCM 4:24.03
Front half 131.49s · back half 132.54s
800 Freestyle LCM 9:16.86
Front half 277.83s · back half 279.03s
100 Backstroke LCM 1:14.13
Front half 36.19s · back half 37.94s
200 Backstroke LCM 2:41.17
Front half 77.46s · back half 83.71s
100 Butterfly LCM 1:03.55
Front half 30.42s · back half 33.13s
200 Butterfly LCM 2:29.75 RT 0.73s
Front half 70.46s · back half 79.29s
200 Individual Medley LCM 2:29.74
Front half 69.11s · back half 80.63s
Reaction time
From electronically-timed starts only (~2% of corpus swims carry a reaction time). PRs with a recorded reaction show an RT chip in the splits section above.
Progression
Faster times are higher. One card per event, all courses & history.