Kaelyn Gridley

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Personal Bests and Event Progression

Honors

First Team All-American (NCAA's 2026 – 200 Breastroke)
Second Team All-American (NCAA's 2026 – 100 Breaststroke, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay)
First Team All-American (NCAA’s 2025 – 100 Breaststroke, 200 Breaststroke)
First Team All-American (NCAA’s 2024 – 200 Breaststroke, 400 Medley Relay)
Second Team All-American (NCAA’s 2024 – 200 Medley Relay)
2024 U.S. Olympic Trial Qualifier
18 and under U.S. Champion (1:08.69 – 100 Breaststroke – Silver Medal)
First Team All-American (NCAA’s 2023 – 200 Breaststroke)
All-ACC Academic Team (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26)
CSCAA Scholar All-America (2024-25)
ACC Academic Honor Roll (2024-25)

2025-26 (Senior)

Third in the 200 breaststroke (1:05.24) and ninth in the 100 breast (58.22) at the NCAA Championships; Also part of the 200 (1:36.22) and 400 (3:29.59) medley relays
Fourth in the 200 breast (2:05.55) and fifth in the 100 breast (57.83) at the ACC Championships; Also helped the 200 medley relay (1:35.67) to a sixth-place showing
Swept the 100 breast (58.53) and 200 breast (2:09.12) at Tennessee
Won the 100 breast with a time of 59.99 against Georgia Tech
First in the 200 breast (2:05.25) and second in the 100 breast (58.47) at the Wolfpack Invitational
Swept the 100 breast and 200 breast at Northwestern with times of 59.21 and 2:09.93, respectively
Clocked 58.46 to win the 100 breast at Virginia Tech
First in the 100 breast (59.07) and 200 breast (2:10.04) and third in the 200 IM (2:01.35) versus North Carolina
Won the 100 breast (1:01.30) and placed second in the 100 butterfly (56.74) against Davidson
Took first in the 100 breast (1:01.80) and 200 breast (2:15.12) at the Duke quad meet

2024-25 (Junior)

Posted 12 first-place finishes during the season
Placed first in the 100 Breast with a time of 58.59 and first in the 200 Breast with a season-best 2:05.71 at the Wolfpack Elite Invitational
Set a personal best of 58.14 in the 100 Breast against North Carolina
Won the 100 Breast with a time of 58.23 and finished fifth in the 200 Breast with a 2:07.71 at the ACC Championships
Finished fourth in the 200 Breast with a time of 2:05.91 and eighth in the 100 Breast with a time of 58.72 at the NCAA Championships

2023-24 (Sophomore)

Two-time First Team All-American placing fourth in the 200 Breaststroke at the NCAA Championships with a school record-breaking time of 2:04.94
Apart of the All-American 400 Medley Relay
Second Team All-American in the 200 Medley Relay
Scored 26 points at the ACC Championships including a second-place finish in the 100 Breaststroke
Broke a school record in the 100 Breaststroke while winning the GAC Invitational
Posted 10 first-place finishes during the dual meet season including two wins against Texas
Advanced to the semifinals at the US Olympic Qualifier, touching in third with a time of 1:06.80 (personal best) in the 100 breaststroke
Finished fifth in the 100 breaststroke finals with a time of 1:06.67 at Olympic Qualifiers
Secured her second semifinal appearance at the US Olympic Qualifier in the 200 breaststroke, touching in fifth place with a time of 2:27.14, before finishing fifth in the finals with a time of 2:25.82
Tallied a fourth-place finish in the 200 breaststroke at NCAA’s, clocking in with a personal best time of 2:04.94
Earned bronze at ACC Championships in the 100 breaststroke, touching with a time of 58.81

Finished fourth in the 200 breaststroke at ACC Championships, touching with a time of 2:08.48

2022-23 (Freshman)

Collected her first collegiate individual victory against Virginia Tech in the 100 Breaststroke, clocking in a 1:01.23
Tallied a then-season best in the 100 Breaststroke against South Carolina, touching in at 1:00.82
Set a personal best at the NC State GAC Invitational in the 200 Breaststroke, clocking a time of 2:07.82 and finishing third
Also finished fourth in the 100 Breaststroke at the NC State GAC Invitational
Became the 18 and under U.S. Champion at the Toyota U.S. Open Championships, clocking a time of 1:08.46 in the 100 Breaststroke, finishing behind Ireland’s Mona McSharry
Broke the school record in the 100 Breaststroke at North Carolina, surpassing Sarah Foley’s record time and touching in at 59.12
Collected a silver medal at the ACC Championships in the 200 Breaststroke, clocking in a personal best and NCAA B-Cut (2:06.74)
Joined Sarah Foley as the only duo in program history to collect first-team All-American status at NCAA’s
Finished sixth in the 200 Breaststroke at the NCAA Championships, clocking in with a time of 2:06.26

Prior to Duke: No. 15 rated recruit in the 2022-23 signing class … was the fastest breaststroker in high school class …