Kate Minette Award Performer of the Week Week Of 12/4/2023 Sport Women's Swimming & Diving School Simpson College Year Junior Position Hometown Liberty, Mo. High School Liberty Women’s Swim & Dive – Performer of the Week Kate Minette, Simpson College Jr., Liberty, Mo./Liberty Minette and the Storm competed at the Pioneer Classic at Grinnell College on Friday and Saturday. The junior was part of three school records on the weekend. She lowered her own school record in the 50-yard freestyle on day week, recording a time of 24.52 to take third out of 51 swimmers. On day two, Minette broke her own school record in the 100-yard freestyle, clocking a time of 54.16 to take third again out of 44 competitors. Minette anchored a school record breaking 400-yard freestyle relay, where the team swam in 3:46.37. Additionally, Minette was the anchor for the 200-yard freestyle relay, where they recorded a time of 1:42.94, just .01 seconds off another school record. The junior capped off the meet with a career-best in the 100-yard individual medley by over five seconds (1:06.05) to take sixth place in the race. The Storm are off until January 13 when they host St. Mary’s in Indianola. This is the Liberty, Missouri native’s third time earning Performer of the Week honors (12/5/22, 1/16/23, 12/4/23).
