2024-25 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster
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Dobler, Kaitlyn
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Kaitlyn Dobler
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Aloha
- Hometown:
- Portland, Ore.
Bio
2023-24 SEASON:
High School: Dobler was a six-time OSAA 6A State Champion while prepping at Aloha High School … At the 2020 Oregon 6A State high School Swim Championships, Dobler set the girls national public high school record in the 100y breast, clocking a 58.35. She also posted a state record 22.30 in the 50y free, to earn her second title. … Dobler was a three-time champion at the 2019 Speedo Winter Junior Championships West, taking home titles in the 50y free (22.21), 100y breast (59.31) and 200y breast (2:09.50) … NISCA All-American and two-time USA
Club: Portland Dolphins
Personal: Born February 15, 2002 to parents Neil and Becky Dobler. Kaitlyn has represented the U.S. National Team since 2019. She is also serves as Secretary of the Trojan Athletic Senate.
DOBLER'S PERSONAL RECORDS:
- 4x CSCAA All-American (100y breast, 400y medley relay, 200y breast, 200y medley relay)
- CSCAA First Team Scholar All-American
- 4x Pac-12 Champion - 100y breast (57.51), 200y breast (2:06.58), 200y free relay, 400y medley relay
- At the Pac-12 Championships, Dobler also finished 10th in the 50y free (22.27)
- At the NCAA Championships, Dobler finished 3rd in the 100y breaststroke (56.67) and 6th in the 200y breaststroke (2:05.77). She also helped USC to a 7th place finish in the 200y medley relay, and a 5th place finish in the 400y medley relay
- Named to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
- At the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Dobler finished 4th in the 100m Breaststroke (1:06.77) and 9th in the 200m Breaststroke (2:29.12)
- CSCAA All-American (100y breast)
- CSCAA All-American Honorable Mention (200y breast, 200y medley relay and 400y medley relay)
- CSCAA Scholar America (First team)
- College Sport Communicators First Team Academic All-American
- At Pac-12’s, Dobler swept the breaststroke events with firsts in the 100y breaststroke (57.10) and 200y breaststroke (2:05.66) and placed 14th in the 50y free (22.60). She also helped USC to third-place finishes in the 200y medley relay (breaststroke leg), 200y freestyle relay and 400y free relay, and participated in the 400y medley relay (breaststroke leg).
- At the NCAA Championships, Dobler finished 4th in the 100y breaststroke (57.50), 15th in the 200y breaststroke (2:09.14) and 43rd in the 50y free (22.48). She also helped USC to tenth-place finishes in the 200y medley relay and 400y medley relay (breaststroke legs).
- Named to Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
- Set Uytengsu Stadium record during LA Invite in the 100 LCM Breaststroke (1:06.64)
- Won two silver medals at the LEN U23 Championships (50M Breast, 100M Breast)
- Dobler had a colossal 2022 sophomore season, winning an NCAA Crown (100y breast) and defending her conference title (100y breast)
- At the 2022 NCAA Championships, Dobler won her first title in the 100y breast, shattering her own USC record in the event (56.93) and posting a new Pac-12 record. Also at the championships, Dobler was 39th in the 200y breast and 45th in the 50y free (22.45). The NCAA Champion contributed to four Trojan relays, appearing in the Trojans school record breaking 400y medley relay (breast leg) that finished 7th. She also helped USC finish 9th in the 200y medley relay (breast leg), 12th in the 200y free relay and 19th in the 400y free relay.
- At Pac-12’s, Dobler defended her 2021 100y breaststroke title, capturing the 2022 crown in the event in a school, Pac-12 and meet record. She also scored in the 200y breaststroke (2nd, 2:06.65) and 50y free (9th, 22.23). Dobler appeared in four Trojan relays, 200y medley relay (2nd, breast leg), 200y free relay (3rd), 400y medley relay (2nd, breast leg) and 400y free relay (2nd).
- 2x All American (100y breast, 400y medley relay), All-American Honorable Mention (200y medley relay, 200y free relay)
- Against UCLA, Dobler posted a 58.09 in the 100y breast to claim the event and set a Spieker Aquatic Center pool record
- Went the entire 2021-22 season unbeaten in the 100y breaststroke
- At the 2022 Phillips 66 National Championships, Dobler captured the women’s 100m breast, clocking a 1:06.88 to earn the title of National Champion
- CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team
- Named to Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll
- Dobler’s stellar freshman campaign was highlighted by two Pac-12 Titles and All-American honors after a second-place finish at NCAA’s in the 100y breast (57.46)
- At NCAA’s Dobler lowered her own USC 100y breast record to earn a spot on the podium, while also finishing 11th in the 50y free in a PR of 21.92. With her time in the 50y free, she became the sixth fastest Trojan in school history. Dobler, who entered NCAA’s with a top-8 seed time in the 200y breast, suffered an asthma attack during prelims, where she powered through to finish in 2:12.67
- At the Pac-12 championships, Dobler took home titles in the both the 100y (57.85) and 200y breast (2:06.53), becoming the first Trojan to sweep the breastroke events since Rebecca Soni in 2009 and first Woman of Troy to win two Pac-12 titles as a freshman since Soni in 2006. She was also second in the 50y free, posting a 22.24
- Earlier in the season, Dobler shattered an 11-year-old Pac-12 record in the 100y breast (57.71), set in 2010 by Annie Chandler (58.06) and posted the fastest time in the nation (at that point in the season), while also breaking Olympic gold medalist Rebecca Soni’s USC record (58.10) during the Trojans dual meet against UCLA (Feb. 12)
- Posted a 58.31 to win the 100y breast against Cal, secure an NCAA A-cut and set a Spieker Aquatics Complex record
- Named the Pac-12 Freshman Swimmer of the Year after collecting two Pac-12 titles and contributing to two relay podium finishes (200 medley, 400 free)
- Second team CSCAA All-American honors (100 breast, 50 free, 400 medley relay, 200 free relay, 200 medley relay)
- At the U.S. Team Trials (Wave II), Dobler was fifth in the 100 LCM breast (1:07.42/1:07.28/1:06.29), 35th in the 200 LCM breast (2:30.37), 58th in the 100 LCM fly (1:03.37) and 64th in the 50 LCM free (27.08)
- Named to the 2021-22 USA National Team Roster
High School: Dobler was a six-time OSAA 6A State Champion while prepping at Aloha High School … At the 2020 Oregon 6A State high School Swim Championships, Dobler set the girls national public high school record in the 100y breast, clocking a 58.35. She also posted a state record 22.30 in the 50y free, to earn her second title. … Dobler was a three-time champion at the 2019 Speedo Winter Junior Championships West, taking home titles in the 50y free (22.21), 100y breast (59.31) and 200y breast (2:09.50) … NISCA All-American and two-time USA
Club: Portland Dolphins
Personal: Born February 15, 2002 to parents Neil and Becky Dobler. Kaitlyn has represented the U.S. National Team since 2019. She is also serves as Secretary of the Trojan Athletic Senate.
DOBLER'S PERSONAL RECORDS:
| EVENT | TIME |
| 100y breast | 56.67 |
| 50y free | 21.92 |
| 100y free | 50.31 |
| 100 LCM Breast | 1:05.48 |
| 200 LCM Breast | 2:26.47 |
| 200y breast | 2:05.59 |
| 1000y free | 10:49.89 |
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