Danielle Carty

Class: Sophomore Hometown: Ontario, Canada High School: McKinnon Park

Event: Back

Iowa Items -- swam lead leg on school-record setting 200 medley relay (1:42.43) at 2009 Big Ten Championships... her best time in 100 back (55.31) ranks second and in 200 back (2:02.96) rank ninth on Iowa's all-time best performers list... swam lead leg on team-leading 400 medley relay (3:43.73), which ranks second in school history.

2008-09 -- swam lead leg on school-record setting 200 medley relay (1:42.43) at Big Ten Championships... led team in 100 back (55.31), which ranks second on Iowa's all-time best performers list... also swam lead leg on team-leading 400 medley relay (3:43.73), which ranks second in school history... placed 23rd in 100 back (55.98) at Big Ten Championships... swam collegiate-best 2:02.96 in 200 back at Big Ten Championships... that time ranks ninth in school history... won 100 back five times and placed second three times... swam on 12 winning relays... Iowa's Big Ten Sportsmanship award winner... letterwinner... 2009 Canada Games team captain... named to 2009 Canada Games team after placing third in 50-meter back (27.94), and 14th in 100-meter back (1:01.23) at Canadian Spring National Championships in short course meters.

High School -- named to 2009 Canada Games Hopeful Team in 100 back (lcm)... won gold medals as part of 200 free and 200 medley relays and silver medal in 100 back at 2007 Provincial Championships... two-time age group national champion...placed eighth in 50 back at 2008 Summer Nationals... competed at 2008 Canadian Olympic Trials... won 50 back title and placed second in 100 back at 2006 Eastern National Championships... won 100 back Youth Cup in 2006... placed eighth in 50 back at 2006 Bell Grand Prix-Nationals... best short-course meter times are 29.06 in 50 back, 1:03.53 in 100 back, 2:18.0 in 200 back, 27.01 in 50 free and 58.0 in 100 free... coached by Sean Baker... also competed in triathlon at Provincial and Eastern National Championships... named an Ontario Scholar and earned school's academic gold award.

Personal -- born May 14, 1990... daughter of Bernard and Pauline Carty... her sister, Stephanie, was the captain of the women's swimming team at McMaster University and her sister, Adele, runs cross country at Brock University... business major.