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- Height:
- 5-5
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- Hometown:
- Mount Pleasant, SC
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- Year:
- Senior
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- High School:
- Oceanside Collegiate Academy
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- Events:
- Butterfly, Breastroke
Bio
2022-2023: During the South Atlantic Conference Championships, Rand had eight season best and four personal best performances. She placed fifth in the 100-yard breaststroke finals (1:05.11) and 200-yard IM (2:06.93). Against Georgia Tech, Rand took silver in the 200-yard IM in 2:10.99, and she set a new personal recordin the 50-yard backstroke in 27.80. Rand competed with teammates Kennadi King, Lily Parr, and Manon Compagner in the 200-yard freestyle relay at the Tennessee Invitational and qualified for national competition based off their time of 1:33.28. Rand ended the season with 13 top-5 performances.
2021-2022: Rand recorded a personal best in the 100-yard freestyle in the Tennessee Invitational with a time of 52.70 and 50-yard freestyle at the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championships with a time of 23.74. She finished in the top-10 against Wingate in the 100-yard breaststroke, and bested herself by placing 12th in the same event at the Emory Invitational with a time of 1:07.35. She took home 1st against Emory & Henry in the 50-yard freestyle.
2020-2021: Made her C-N debut against Wingate.. Finished fifth in the women's 100-yard breaststroke (1:06.60), sixth in the women's 200-yard butterfly (2:14.59), and third in the women's 100-yard butterfly (57.68) against the Bulldogs.. Won her first individual event in Jefferson City as she came away with a time of 58.04 against Mars Hill in the women's 100-yard butterfly.. Gathered a pair of second-place finishes against Emmanuel (Ga.) in the women's 100-yard breaststroke (1:06.88) and 100-yard freestyle (54.12).. Made her Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championships debut with a third-place finish in the women's 50-yard freestyle (23.74), a seventh-place finish in the women's 100-yard butterfly (56.97), sixth in the women's 100-yard breaststroke (1:04.81), and ninth in the women's 200-yard breaststroke (2:24.47).
High School: 2019 Team Captain, 2019 MVP. 2019 Girls State Champions. 2018 100 Fly 2nd Place, 2018 100 Free 2nd Place, 2019 100 Breast 3rd Place, 2019 50 Free 2nd Place.
Personal: Daughter of Mamie and John Rand. Intends to major in Business at Carson-Newman.
News mentions
GENEVA, Ohio- Carson-Newman women's swimmer Kyla Blakemore earned Honorable Mention All-American status in the women's 100-yard backstroke after placing third in the consolation final for the event in 55.07 during the fourth day of the 2024 NCAA DII Swimming & Diving Championships this evening, Mar. 15.
GENEVA, Ohio- Carson-Newman swim's women's and men's 200-yard medley relay teams earned Honorable Mention All-American honors during the first day of the 2024 NCAA DII Swimming & Diving Championships this evening, Mar. 13, finishing 10th and 11th respectively.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn.- Carson-Newman swim will send 11 athletes to compete in the 2024 NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships in Geneva, Ohio after selections for the meet were released Wednesday, Feb. 28.
GREENSBORO, N.C.- Carson-Newman swim's Martina Ivanova won gold in the women's 200-yard butterfly this evening, Feb. 16, during the third day of the 2024 SAC Men's & Women's Swimming Championships.
GREENSBORO, N.C.- Carson-Newman swim left the first day of the 2024 SAC Men's & Women's Swimming Championships this evening, Feb. 14 with relay wins and top-5 finishes.
ATLANTA, Ga.- Carson-Newman swim left Georgia Tech with fast swims and spots on the podium.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn.- Carson-Newman swim will compete against three different programs this weekend, beginning with a late evening match-up against Berry College on Friday, Jan. 26. The Eagles will head to Atlanta, Ga. on Saturday, Jan. 27 to face off with Georgia Tech and East Carolina University.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn.- Carson-Newman swimming took down both the Mars Hill and Emmanuel Lions this evening, Jan. 12 during the last home meet of the season.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.- Carson-Newman swim ended the midseason meet against U-Indy with a second-place finish and combined team score of 1,806.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.- Carson-Newman swim grabbed a slew of top-5 finishes during the first two days of midseason competition.
ATLANTA, Ga.- Carson-Newman swim is headed home from the Emory Fall Invitational with a third-place combined team finish.
MARS HILL, N.C.- Carson-Newman swimming is headed home from Mars Hill, N.C. with another dominant victory on the season. The Eagles bested the Lions 256-149 in a 22-event dual meet.
EMORY, Va.- Carson-Newman swim bested the Emory & Henry Wasps 387-134 in the Eagles' first meet of the season.