Kevin Kluge

Class:
Senior
Weight:
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Hometown:
Aurora, Ill.
High School:
Metea Valley HS
Major:
Criminal Justice

SIU TOP TIMES

50-yard freestyle: 22.50
100-yard freestyle: 48.99
200-yard freestyle: 1:40.22
200-yard butterfly: 2:05.62
500-yard freestyle: 4:28.37
1,000-yard freestyle: 9:26.84
1,650-yard freestyle: 15:20.33

2019-2020 (SENIOR)

MAC Athlete of the Week (1/22)... MAC All-Academic team... Swam in six events... Top-five SIU time in every freestyle event... Placed seventh in the 1650-free and 10th in the 500-free at the MAC Championships... Won six events... First-place finish in the 1650-free at the SIU Invitational... Won the 500- and 1000-free against Henderson State... PR time of 1:40.22 in the 200-free at the SIU Invite... PR time of 48.99 in the 100-free at McKendree... 13 top-five marks.

2018-19 (JUNIOR)

MAC All-Academic team... Competed in five events... Top-five Saluki times in four events... Placed sixth in the 1,650-free and eighth in the 500-free at the MAC Championships... Season-best second-place finish in the 1,000-free versus Evansville... Third-place finishes in the 500-free and 1,000-free versus McKendree... Posted nine top-five finishes.

2017-2018 (SOPHOMORE)

MAC All-Academic team… Placed third in the 1,650-yard freestyle at the MAC Championships… Member of the 800-yard freestyle relay that placed fourth at MAC Championships… Swam fifth-fastest 1650-yard freestyle (15:20.33) in Saluki history… Top-five Saluki times in four events… Second place finishes in the 200-yard freestyle, 500-yard freestyle and 1,000-yard freestyle against Ouachita Baptist… Third place finish in the 1,650-yard freestyle at the Butler Invite… 11 top-five finishes.

2016-2017 (FRESHMAN)

Swam in five events... Won two events, the 500-yard freestyle against McKendree and the 1,000-yard freestyle against Evansville... Had five top-five finishes and nine-top 10 finishes... Finished sixth at the MAC Swimming and Diving Championships in the 1,650-yard freestyle... Had the second fastest team times in the 500-yard freestyle and the 1,650-yard freestyle... Was third fastest in the 1,000-yard freestyle... Was on the fastest Saluki 800-yard freestyle relay team.

HIGH SCHOOL

Four year varsity member at Metea Valley...Member of national team, Maverick Swim Club, his junior and senior year...Academic All-Conference his senior year.

PERSONAL

Born on April 15, 1998...Son of Steve and Betsy Kluge...Has one brother and two sisters...Majoring in criminal justice.