bio updated Sept. 22, 2021
Honors & Awards
2018 All-Mountain West honoree (100 Breast, 200 Medley Relay)
2019-20: Opened the season with six career-best performances at USD (Sept. 13, 2019), in the 50 Free (26.67), 100 Free (58.77), 100 Back (1:04.93), 50 Fly (29.04), 100 Fly (1:04.84), and 100 IM (1:03.02) … Tallied her season-best 100 Breast performance at the Mizzou Invitational (Nov. 20-22) with an 11th-place finish in the prelims, touching the wall at 1:02.82 … At the same meet, collected her season-best 200 Breast effort, placing 10th in finals with a time of 2:15.48 and her career-best 200 IM performance, finishing 33rd in prelims with a time of 2:08.69 … Competed in the 100 Breast, 200 Breast and 200 IM at the MW Championships (Feb. 19-22).
2017-18: Named to Mountain West All-Academic team… Finished in third place and posted a b-cut time in the 100 breast at 1:01.40 during the Mountain West Championships prelims, also good for the fifth fastest in school history… Also recorded a b-cut time in the 200 breast with a 2:14.30 during the Mountain West Championship finals, leading to a ninth-place finish… Finished in fifth place in the 100 breast during the A3 Invitational with a time of 1:02.82… Recorded a first-place finish in a dual meet at UC Davis, logging a time of 1:05.20 in the 100 breast on Oct. 21, 2017.
2016-17: Joined the team in January as a sophomore transfer from New Zealand ... Competed in only two meets: dual at University of San Diego (Jan.20) and the 2017 conference championship meet (Feb. 15-18) ... A member of the 400 medley relay squad that turned in the ninth-fastest time in program history (3:39.89) during the 2017 Mountain West Championships ... Top time in the 200 breaststroke of 2:15.68 came at that same meet ... Captured first in the 100 breast (1:06.03) and 200 breast (2:28.83) at the dual meet at USD.
Collegiate Career-Bests
50 Free | 26.67 (at USD Pentathlon, Sept. 13, 2019) |
100 Free | 58.77 (at USD Pentathlon, Sept. 13, 2019) |
100 Back | 1:04.93 (at USD Pentathlon, Sept. 13, 2019) |
100 Breast | 1:01.40 (at 2018 MW Championships, Feb. 16, 2018) |
200 Breast | 2:14.30 (at 2019 MW Championships, Feb. 17, 2019) |
100 Fly | 1:04.84 (at USD Pentathlon, Sept. 13, 2019) |
200 IM | 2:08.69 (at Mizzou Invitational, Nov. 20-22, 2019) |
HIGH SCHOOL
Competed for Waimea College... Won gold medal in the 100 breaststroke for the 17-18 age group in the New Zealand short course championships in Auckland, New Zealand in 2015... Recipient of the Glue Family Cup, Waimea College's largest individual achievement in swimming.
CLUB
Swam for Tasman Swim Club in Nelson, New Zealand.
PERSONAL
Full name is Caitlin Amy Delaney, born July 10, 1998, in Nelson, New Zealand... Daughter of Mike and Paula... Has one younger brother, Caleb, who plays softball and rugby in New Zealand... Enjoys hanging out with friends, adventuring, and photography... Aspires to become a charted accountant in her home country of New Zealand... Also considered Nevada in recruiting process... Lists Australian swimmers Taylor McKeon and Cam McEvoy as her favorite athletes... Business major at SDSU.