Kyla Blakemore
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- Height:
- 5'5
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- Hometown:
- Durban, KwaZulu Natal
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- Year:
- Freshman
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- High School:
- Crawford College La Lucia
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- Events:
- Backstroke and Butterfly
Bio
2020-2021: In her season debut against Milligan, Blakemore won the women's 100-yard backstroke with a time of 58.37 and the women's 200-yard backstroke in a time of 2:07.84.. Highest C-N finisher in the women's 100-yard backstroke with a time of 58.72 against Wingate.. Finished top-20 in the women's 100-yard butterfly (59.55), 100-yard backstroke (58.37), women's 200-yard butterfly (2:19.41), and the women's 200-yard backstroke (2:08.83) at the 2021 Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championships.
High School: Crawford College Senior Swim Captain from 2018-2019. Member of Crawford College Victrix Ladorum from 2015-2019. 2018 - 2019 Full Academic Colors.
Personal: Daughter of Dave and Melanie Blakemore. Intends to major in Business Management at Carson-Newman. Mom, Melanie Blakemore swam provincially for KwaZulu-Natal between 1985 -1988.
News mentions
Senior CJ Jensen (Copenhagen, Denmark) surpasses her own school record in the women’s 400 IM as part of another successful morning at BMC Championships for C-N
The Carson-Newman swim team will look to continue their strong start to the 2020-21 season and improve upon their imposing home record (24-3) when they host a familiar foe in the Wingate Bulldogs this Saturday