Katura Harvey

Position:
Freestyle
Height:
5-9
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Rockville, Md.
High School:
Richard Montgomery

Career Best Times: 24.26 in 50 free; 50.95 in 100 free; 1:46.94 in 200 free (3rd in school history); 4:39.12 in 500 free (2nd in school history); 9:37.57 in 1000 free (2nd in school history); 15:56.77 in 1650 free (2nd in school history).

General: Three-year letter winner who has had an amazing career at Carolina...holds UNC records as part of the 400 and 800 free relay units...also possesses the ACC meet record in the 500 free...2010-11 team tri-captain...qualified for NCAA Championships all three years as a Tar Heel...named an NCAA first-team All-America after her career best time and seventh place finish in the 1650-yard freestyle at the 2009 NCAAs... has made the Dean's List every semester at Carolina.

Long Course Highlights: Placed fifth in the 800-meter freestyle at the 2009 U.S. Open...also placed fifth in the 1500-meter free with a best time of 16:45.05...qualified for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 400-meter freestyle.

2009-10 (Junior): All-ACC selection...finished third at the ACC Championships in the 500 free in 4:43.73...was seventh in 1650 free and 11th in the 200 free at ACCs...won the 200 free in the dual meet versus Virginia...qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 500 free and 1650 free...named to All-ACC Academic Women's Swimming Team...tapped for the Dean's List in both semesters of the 2009-10 school year...earned ACC Academic Honor Roll honors for the third straight year.

2008-09 (Sophomore): Shared the Andrea Erben Memorial Award as the team's most dedicated swimmer... swam on UNC's school record-setting 400 and 800 free relay teams at the ACC Championships...member of the 800-yard freestyle relay team that broke the school record in a time of 7:08.07...she broke the 20-year-old ACC meet record in the 500-yard freestyle while winning the event in a time of 4:39.12, a standard which put her in second place all-time in school history...placed third in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:46.94, moving her into third place in school history in that event... placed second in the 1650-yard freestyle at ACCs in a time of 15:59.08...earned All-ACC honors...first-team All-America in the 1650-yard free-style...swam a personal best time and placed seventh in the 1650 at NCAAs with a time of 15:56.77, the second best time in UNC history... won women's at-large first-team ESPN Academic All-District honors...also named to the 2009 ESPN Third-Team Academic All-America At-Large Team...tapped for the 2009 All-ACC Academic Women's Swimming Team...made the Dean's List for both the fall and spring semesters...member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll... recognized by the CSCAA for its Scholar-Athlete Team in 2009.

2007-08 (Freshman): All-ACC selection...her career best time of 4:44.42 in the 500-yard freestyle at the ACC Championships claimed third in the event and put her in second place all-time in school history...her career-best time of 16:16.57 in the 1650-yard freestyle at the NCAA Championships put her third in school history...she finished fifth at the ACC Championships in the 1650 freestyle...placed 17th in the 1650 freestyle at the 2008 NCAA Champi-onships, missing honorable mention All-America accolades by just one spot...honored by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America on its Scholar-Athlete Team...named to the 2008 All-ACC Academic Women's Swimming Team...named to 2007-08 ACC Academic Honor Roll...was selected for the Dean's List in both semesters.

Prep: Graduated from Richard Montgomery High School in June 2007...four-year letter winner in the distance freestyles...has competed in club swim-ming since 1994...All-Gazette and All-County first-team selection from 2004-07...All-Metropolitan first-team selection in 2006 and 2007...high school team captain in 2006-07...Metro Swimming Championships title winner in 200 free, 500 free and on the 400 free relay squad...AP Distinguished Scholar ...International Baccalaureate Program graduate...National Merit Commended Scholar.

Personal: Name is Katura Margaret Harvey...daughter of Phil Harvey and Kathy Radimer...was born February 25, 1989 in Brisbane, Queensland, Aus-tralia...has one brother, Will, 24...double major in journalism and international studies.

20 Questions With Senior Katura Harvey
Section #1: Swimming & Diving
1. The best thing about being a Tar Heel swimmer is having the opportunity to represent the University of North Carolina as a student-athlete.
2. My favorite thing about competing for Coach DeSelm is going fast.
3. Since my last competitive season, the aspect of my training I've worked on the most is my technique.
4. My best friend on another college swimming is Christine Chuang at Georgia Tech.
5. My greatest strength as a swimmer is my competitiveness.
Section #2: Hobbies & Interests
1. Away from the pool and academics, I like to spend time sleeping, eating, reading and watching movies and TV.
2. On a long bus trip, I'd like to watch a Lord of the Rings marathon!
3. If I could compete in another sport at UNC it would be soccer; a few NCAA championship rings wouldn't go amiss.
4. If I received free concert tickets via a radio or Internet promotion I would love to see The Offspring.
5. The one interest or hobby I have that people would be surprised to know is If I told everyone it wouldn't be surprising anymore.
Section #3: Food
1. After a big meet I'd love to see a buffet spread that included burgers, fries and milkshakes.
2. My favorite beverage is Mountain Dew.
3. I'm allowed to enter a room with unlimited snacks, one room has the salty stuff, the other sweet stuff? Which room do I enter and why? Sweet, because I like sweet food.
4. My favorite food made by a relative is my Grandmother's shortbread cookies.
5. On my birthday, I'd love to be treated by my friends to dinner at The Melting Pot.
Section #4: Personality
1. If I possessed the gift of time travel I would go to the future, then come back to the present and win the lottery. There is no time or place I would rather be than the present.
2. My most prized personal possession is my freedom.
3. My iTunes library includes about 13,000 songs, mainly rock.
4. In a perfect world where making money was not a consideration my dream job would be a writer.
5. The most interesting person I've met in my time at UNC is Temple Northup because he had lots of crazy stories from when he worked as a screenwriter in L.A.