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This is the first of three stories on the UC student-athletes who achieved All-American status during the 2014-15 school year. - By Bill Koch
Keire finds her "happy spot" in the water
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Keire finds her "happy spot" in the water
... her father, Kanut, died unexpectedly at the age of 66. Keire was 16 at the time and in the 11th grade. After that, swimming was no longer the happy spot it had once been.
"My therapy in swimming became almost like a demon for me because you couldn't escape the thoughts in your head," Keire said. "At that point, it was too much to always be in your own head because you can't talk to people when you're swimming. You can't have distractions. At that point, swimming just wasn't what I needed. It was too hard at that point, so I quit for almost two years."
She's the first UC female swimmer to reach All-American status since Ann Degenstein did it in the 100 and 200 butterfly in 2005.
During her two years at UC, she has set school records in four freestyle events -- the 50, 100, 200 and 500. She has qualified for the NCAA Championships in each of the last two seasons, making her the only UC swimmer to do so. When she did it last year as a freshman, she was the first UC female to qualify in three years. She has also won five individual titles in the American Athletic Conference and was named the Most Outstanding Female Swimmer in the 2014-15 conference championship meet.
"My therapy in swimming became almost like a demon for me because you couldn't escape the thoughts in your head," Keire said. "At that point, it was too much to always be in your own head because you can't talk to people when you're swimming. You can't have distractions. At that point, swimming just wasn't what I needed. It was too hard at that point, so I quit for almost two years."
She's the first UC female swimmer to reach All-American status since Ann Degenstein did it in the 100 and 200 butterfly in 2005.
During her two years at UC, she has set school records in four freestyle events -- the 50, 100, 200 and 500. She has qualified for the NCAA Championships in each of the last two seasons, making her the only UC swimmer to do so. When she did it last year as a freshman, she was the first UC female to qualify in three years. She has also won five individual titles in the American Athletic Conference and was named the Most Outstanding Female Swimmer in the 2014-15 conference championship meet.
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