Upcoming Event: Swimming & Diving versus Boston College on September 26, 2025 at 4 p.m. Diving / 5 p.m. Swimming
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4 p.m. Diving / 5 p.m. Swimming
Swimming & Diving
vs Boston College
2023-24 Swimming & Diving Roster
Belyakov, Catherine
Catherine Belyakov
- Position:
- Breast/IM
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Quince Orchard
- Hometown:
- Gaithersburg, Md.
Bio
Academic Accolades
Career Accolades
2023-24 (Senior)
2022-23 (Junior)
2021-22 (Sophomore)
2020-21 (Freshman)
Prior to Duke: Six-time state champion ... Five-time NISCA All-American … Set two records in the 100 breaststroke and 200 individual medley … Qualified for the US Open in the 100 breaststroke as a junior … Metropolitan Champion in the 100 breaststroke … Named to the Washington Post Winter All-Met First Team … Member of National Honor Society, National English Society, Math Honors Society and Rho Kappa Honors Society (social studies) … Gathered over 300 volunteer hours over her four years.
- ACC Academic Honor Roll (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23)
- All-ACC Academic Team (2022-23)
- CSCAA Scholar All-American First Team (2022-23, 2023-24)
- CSCAA Scholar All-American Second Team (2021-22)
Career Accolades
- Matt McKenna Team Above and Beyond Award (2021-22)
- Blue Devil Award (2022-23)
2023-24 (Senior)
- Posted All-Time Top 10 times in the 200 IM, 100 Free, and 100 Breaststroke
- Scored 21 points at ACC Championships
- Swam at the NCAA Women’s Championship in the 100 freestyle, 400 freestyle relay, 100 breaststroke and 200 IM
- Earned her NCAA-B cut in the 200 IM at the UT Last Chance Invitational (3/1), finishing first with a season best time of 1:57.05
- Collected a NCAA-B but in the 100 breaststroke at ACC Championships (2/20-24), clocking a time of 1:00.36 (season best) and finishing 12th in the event
- Set a new personal best in the 100 freestyle against Queens (2/2), swimming a time of 49.14 to earn a NCAA-B cut
- Began the season with a second-place finish in the 200 IM against South Carolina (1/20) and third place finishes in the 100 and 200 breaststroke (1:03.62; 2:16.18)
2022-23 (Junior)
- Swam a personal best 2:18.43 at the Toyota U.S. Open in the 200 IM, before besting that mark to 2:17.39 in the finals later that evening
- Scored in three events for the Blue Devils against North Carolina, placing on the podium in the 100 and 200 Breaststroke and 200 IM
- Collected 42 points for Duke at the ACC Championships, finishing as high as eighth in the 200 IM finals
- Finished 14th in the 200 Breaststroke finals at ACC Championships, with a mark of 2:12.42
- Touched in 29th at the Women’s NCAA Championships in the 200 IM with a time of 1:57.09
2021-22 (Sophomore)
- Scored in two events at ACC Championships
- Competed in the bonus final of both the 200 IM (22nd) and the 200 Breaststroke (24th)
- Narrowly missed the 100 Breaststroke finals, placing 25th as the first alternative
- Touched second in the 200 IM against North Carolina
- Enjoyed a stellar meet at the 2021 NC State GAC Invitational, placing in four finals with four career-best times
- Recorded a career best mark of 1:58.76, sixth in program history to place sixth in the 200 IM
- Finished eighth and 15th in the 100 and 200 Breaststroke finals with career best times of 1:01.40 and 2:14.26, sixth and seventh in program history
- Placed 10th in Duke lore with 4:18.29 mark in the 400 IM
- Touched first in the 100 and 200 Breaststroke against Georgia Tech
- Placed second in the 100 IM with a mark of 57.22, ranking third all-time in program history
2020-21 (Freshman)
- Reached the bonus final in the 100 Breaststroke at ACC Championships
- Placed 24th in the event after swimming a career-best (1:02.33) in the preliminaries
- Reached three consolation finals at the midseason Janice Hape Dowd Invitational
- Touched in 13th in the 100 Breaststroke, 14th in the 200 Breaststroke and 16th in the 200 IM
- Opened her collegiate career with a third-place finish in the 100 and 200 Breaststroke against Virginia Tech
Prior to Duke: Six-time state champion ... Five-time NISCA All-American … Set two records in the 100 breaststroke and 200 individual medley … Qualified for the US Open in the 100 breaststroke as a junior … Metropolitan Champion in the 100 breaststroke … Named to the Washington Post Winter All-Met First Team … Member of National Honor Society, National English Society, Math Honors Society and Rho Kappa Honors Society (social studies) … Gathered over 300 volunteer hours over her four years.
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