McKenna Avery

Class:
Junior
High School:
Plainfield East HS
Hometown:
Plainfield, Ill.

Top Times
50-yard freestyle: 23.29
100-yard freestyle: 50.98
200-yard freestyle: 1:54.14
100-yard backstroke: 57.13
100-yard butterfly: 58.23

2016-17 / Junior

Swam in five events for the Salukis... Won the 25-yard Freestyle (Evansville), the 100-yard freestyle (Arkansas-Little Rock and Indiana State)... Finished fourth in the 50-yard freestyle at the MVC Championships... Had the fastest time of any Saluki in the 50-yard freestyle (23.29)... Posted a top-five team time in the 100-yard backstroke... Was on teams that set the fastest time for SIU in the 200 and 400-yard freestyle relays.

2015-16 / Sophomore

First Team All-MVC
Member of 400-yard relay team that broke SIU record (3:23.70)… Member of SIU record breaking 200-yard medley relay team (1:43.01)…Seven first place finishes on the season...eleven recorded times in the 100-yard freestyle under 55 seconds and nine times in 50-yard freestyle under 25 seconds…swam in ten different events for the Salukis over the course of the season…Member of three different winning relay teams…Top Saluki time in five different events…Competed in six meets.

2014-15 / Freshman

Competed in nine events… Finished third in the 50-yard freestyle against Evansville on 10/4/14… Against Missouri State, took third in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 54.62…Took first in the 50-yard freestyle against UALR and WUSTL on 1/17/15…Competed in three events in the MVC Championships.

Prior to SIU

All-American in the 200-yard medley relay at sectionals...Four-time high school MVP...Team captain junior and senior year... Qualified for state in four events in junior and senior years.

Personal

Full name is McKenna Lynn Avery... Daughter of Michael and Ellen Avery... Has three siblings (Megan, Merek, and Marc).