Bailey Kovac

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Fort Collins, Colo.
High School:
Fossil Ridge

CAREER BEST TIMES AT INDIANA
100-yard back: 53.53 (2/24/21)
200-yard back: 1:54.07 (2/27/21)
100-yard breast: 1:02.60 (11/16/18)
200-yard breast: 2:09.50 (11/17/18)
100-yard fly: 58.25 (10/9/19)
200-yard IM: 1:57.67 (11/15/18)
400-yard IM: 4:11.16 (2/21/20)

CAREER BEST LCM TIMES
100-meter breast: 1:10.56
200-meter breast: 2:28.92
200-meter back: 2:14.03

CAREER ACCOLADES AT INDIANA
All-American (2021)
Academic All-Big Ten (2019)

SENIOR YEAR (2020-21)
Earned All-America honors in the 200 Medley Relay at the 2021 NCAA Championships … finished 26th overall in the 200 Backstroke at the 2021 NCAA Championships with a time of 1:55.18 … finished 46th in the 200 IM at the NCAA meet … tied for 48th at NCAAs in the 100 Backstroke with a time of 53.87 … member of the 13th-place 200 Medley Relay team at the NCAA meet … finished fourth in the 200 Backstroke with a time of 1:54.07 at the Big Ten Championships … won the Consolation Final to place ninth overall in the 400 IM with a time of 4:13.18 at Big Tens … finished 13th at the conference meet in the 200 IM with a time of 1:59.73 … member of the fifth-place 400 Medley Relay team at Big Tens that touched with a time of 3:34.68 ... member of the winning 400 Medley Relay team (3:40.58) against No. 14 Ohio State.

JUNIOR YEAR (2019-20)
Earned a podium finish (sixth) in the 400 IM with a career-best time of 4:11.16 at the Big Ten Championships … finished 10th in the 200 IM with an NCAA B Cut time of 1:57.75 and 12th in the 200 Breaststroke with an NCAA B Cut time of 2:12.79 at Big Tens … won the 200 backstroke (1:59.76) at Louisville ... 200 backstroke winner (1:59.15) at Michigan.

SOPHOMORE YEAR (2018-19)
Academic All-Big Ten ... finished 35th in the 400 IM at the NCAA Championships with a time of 4:12.91 … placed 43rd in the 200 IM at the NCAA Championships with a time of 1:58.40 … took 52nd in the 200 breaststroke at the NCAA Championships with a time of 2:12.76 … finished ninth in the 200 breaststroke at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 2:10.66 … took 11th in the 400 IM at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 4:11.84 … placed 15th in the 200 IM at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 1:58.34 … won the 200 backstroke with a mark of 1:59.82 in victory over Purdue ... won the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:58.16 against No. 2 Michigan.

FRESHMAN YEAR (2017-18)
Honorable-Mention CSCAA Scholar All-America ... placed 11th in the 400 IM at the Big Ten Championships with a NCAA B cut of 4:14.17 … took 18th in the 200 backstroke at Big Ten’s with a NCAA B cut of 1:56.73 … finished 51st in the 200 IM at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 2:03.26 .

PREP/PERSONAL
Three-time state champion in the 100 breaststroke … also won state titles in the 400 freestyle relay and 200 medley relay … placed second in the 200 breaststroke and the 400 IM at Speedo Sectionals … finished third in the 400 IM at the Winter Junior Nationals … school record holder in the 100 breaststroke … daughter of Jen Kovac, Dan Kovac and Jay Nelson … has four siblings, C.J., Danny, Hadley and Jaidyn.