Kate Heintz Season 2024-25
Career Honors
• 2024-25 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
• 2024-25 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2023-24 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
Career-Best Times (collegiate)
200 Free: 1:51.65 at SEC Championships, 2.22.24
500 Free: 4:58.36 at SEC Championships, 2.21.24
100 Fly: 55.54 at Tennessee Last Chance Invitational, 2.28.25
200 Fly: 2:01.11 at Tennessee Last Chance Invitational, 3.1.25
Commodore Record Watch
• Stands seventh all-time at Vandy in the 200 fly
As a Sophomore (2024-25)
• Best time in the 200 fly has met the B standard for the CSCAA National Invitational Championship
• Ranked second on the team in the 200 fly, and was also among the top five in the 500 free (fourth), 100 fly (fourth) and 200 free (fifth)
• Posted then career-best time in the 100 fly (55.68), swimming the 200 free—finishing in a season-low 1:51.67—and 200 fly (2:02.28) at the SEC Championships (Feb. 18-22)
• Finished fourth in the A Final of the 100 and 200 fly—with career-best times in both races—at the Tennessee Last Chance Invitational (Feb. 28-March 1)
• Placed third in the 200 fly (2:03.76) B Final and also competed in the C Final of the 200 (1:52.57) and 500 (5:00.10) free—finishing third in the former race—at the Gamecock Invitational (Nov. 20-22)
• Qualified for the D Final in the 100 fly (56.54) as well at that meet
• Runner-up after posting a career-low mark at the time in the 200 fly (2:02.05) and placed fourth in the 500 free (5:00.62) in home finale vs. Southern Illinois (Feb. 1)
• Recorded a career-best mark at the time in the 200 fly (2:02.31) and also competed in the 500 free (5:02.57) in match-ups against South Carolina and 13th-ranked Georgia (Oct. 11)
• Was Vandy’s top finisher in the 100 fly (57.93) and swam the 200 fly (2:07.93) and 500 free (5:14.47) at the House of ’Paign Invite hosted by Illinois (Oct. 25-26)
• Touched the wall third in the 200 fly (2:06.55) while ending up fourth in the 100 fly (58.20) in home debut against Kentucky (Jan. 3)
• Recorded a third-place result in the 200 fly (2:06.19) and also swam the 50 fly in match-up with Arkansas (Jan. 17)
• Finished fourth in both the 200 free (1:55.83) and 100 fly (58.27) in season-opening meet at Tulane (Sept. 27)
As a Freshman (2023-24)
• Posted mark to meet the CSCAA National Invitational B standard in the 200 fly
• Ranked third on the team in the 200 fly and 500 free, and was fourth in the 200 free as well
• Had her fastest times of season in the 200 and 500 free along with the 200 fly (2:03.41) at the SEC Championships (Feb. 20-24)
• Runner-up in the B Final of the 200 fly (2:04.22) and D Final of the 500 free (4:59.40) at the Gamecock Invitational (Nov. 15-17), also reaching the C Final in the 200 free (1:53.92) and 100 fly (56.62) while posting season-best marks at the time in three of those events
• Posted third-place finishes in both the 200 (1:56.94) and 500 (5:13.10) free to help the Commodores beat Tulane (Feb. 2) on Senior Day
• Was third in the 200 fly (2:04.82) and fourth in the 500 free (5:05.65) at Illinois (Nov. 4)
• Also ended up third in the 200 free (1:52.01) and was fifth in the 100 fly (57.07) in tri-meet defeats of Little Rock and North Texas (Jan. 27)
• Finished third and fifth in the 200 fly (2:05.32) and 500 free (5:09.17), respectively, in win over Iowa (Oct. 28)
• Came in third in the 500 free (5:09.23) and ended up fifth in the 200 fly (2:06.20) in collegiate debut against Florida (Sept. 29)
• Recorded 2:04.90 mark in the 200 fly in tri-meet with Georgia and Florida State (Jan. 13), also competing in the 500 free (5:05.16)
• Placed in the top five in both the 500 free and 200 fly at Arkansas (Jan. 20)
The Heintz File
• Majors are engineering science and communication of science & technology
• Prepped at Carroll Senior High as well as the Mansfield Aquatic Club
• Earned All-America honors all four seasons at the prep level
• Claimed the Dragon “C” Award each of the last three years in school
• Helped lead Carroll High to the University Interscholastic League 6A state championship in 2020 and ’22
• Also helped the Dragons claim the 2020 NISCA Power Point national championship
• Part of the team’s 400 free relay that was a three-time state champion
• Selected a National Merit Commended Scholar in 2022
• A member of the National Honor Society and National Science Honor Society
• Earned the AP Scholar Award
• Daughter of Jessica and Bret Heintz
• Has one younger brother, Colin
• Father, Bret, was a swimmer at Cal Poly
Why Vanderbilt: “I chose Vanderbilt for the incredible academics along with the postgraduate opportunities that come with a Vanderbilt degree. I also fell in love with the city as well as the girls on the swim team. I can’t wait to join a positive environment full of motivated students-athletes in the fall!”