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2025-26 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

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Kiara Borchardt

  • Yr. Senior
  • Height 5-3
  • Events Butterfly/Sprint Freestyle
  • Hometown Eagle River, Alaska
  • High School Eagle River

Biography

Overall Career Honors
  • 2x NCAA Division II National Champion - 400 Medley Relay (2024 & 2025)
  • 9x CSCAA All-American
    • 6x First Team
      • 2023 (200 & 400 Medley Relays)
      • 2024 (200 & 400 Medley Relays)
      • 2025 (200 & 400 Medley Relays)
    • 2x Second Team
      • 2023 (100 Fly)
      • 2024 (100 Fly)
      • 2025 (100 Fly)
  • 8x RMAC Champion
    • 2023 - 100 Fly, 200 & 400 Medley Relays
    • 2024 - 200 & 400 Medley Relays
    • 2025 - 100 Fly, 200 & 400 Medley Relays
  • 12x Overall All-RMAC
    • 10x First Team
      • 2023 - 100 Fly, 200 Fly, 200 & 400 Medley Relays
      • 2024 - 100 Fly, 200 & 400 Medley Relays
      • 2025 - 100 Fly, 200 & 400 Medley Relays
    • 2x Second Team
      • 2024 (200 Fly)
      • 2025 (200 Fly)
  • RMAC Championship Record Holder in two events
    • 200 Medley Relay - 1:40.82
      400 Medley Relay - 3:40.88
  • School Record Holder in three events
    • 200 Medley Relay - 1:39.38
    • 400 Medley Relay - 3:37.54
    • 50 Fly - 25.39
  • El Pomar Natatorium Record Holder in two events
    • 200 Medley Relay - 1:39.38
    • 400 Medley Relay - 3:39.83
  • 2x CSC Academic All-American®
    • First Team (2024)
    • Second Team (2025)
  • 2x CSC Academic All-District® (2024 & 2025)
  • RMAC Academic Athlete of the Year (2023-24)
  • 2x First Team RMAC All-Academic (2024 & 2025)
  • 3x First Team CSCAA Scholar All-American (2023, 2024 & 2025)
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2024-25 (As a Junior): Swam in ten meets, including the RMAC & NCAA Division II National Championships… Was the Mavs’ top butterflyer… Part of the CMU’s national-title 400 Medley Relay team for the second straight year… Helped the Mavs set a school record time of 3:37.54 to win that title… Also helped the Mavs finish fourth at the NCAA meet in the 200 Medley Relay in 1:39.71 after setting a school and El Pomar Natatorium record time of 1:39.38 in that event at the mid-season TYR/CMU Invitational… Earned a third overall CSCAA All-America honor individually, placing 14th in the 100 Fly with a time of 55.23 seconds… Also placed 25th in the 200 Fly (2:05.11) and 57th in the 100 Free (53.42) at the national meet... Won three RMAC titles and four First Team All-RMAC honors at the conference level, raising her conference title total to eight and her all-conference haul to a dozen certificate… Helped the Mavs set a RMAC Championship record time of 3:40.88 in the 400 Medley Relay while also swimming the butterfly leg on the 200 Medley Relay team… Won the 100 Fly at the conference meet while also setting a RMAC-leading and her NCAA qualifying season-best time of 54.66 (altitude-adjusted) in a time trial during the meet… Set the CMU 50 Fly record of 25.39 with her intermediate split of that race… Took second in the 200 Fly with a season-best time of 2:03.00 (converted), which put her fourth on the RMAC season-long performance list… Was also invited to the national meet with that time… Also scored in her other three events, placing ninth and winning the consolation final in the 100 Free while taking 13th in the 50 Free… Also helped the Mavs win the “B” heat of the 200 Free Relay… Accounted for 93 team points in her four individual events and another 27 when including her share of the relay points as CMU easily won a seventh straight RMAC team championship… Set a NCAA “B” cut and personal-best time of 51.81 (converted) in the 100 Free… Won the 100 Fly in the Wyoming dual.. Also won a variety of academic awards… Was tabbed as a Academic All-American® by College Sports Communicators for the second straight year… Was a second team pick after also being named to the Academic All-District team®… Was also voted on to the RMAC All-Academic First Team for the second straight year… Was named as a CSCAA First Team Scholar All-American for the third straight year.

2023-24 (As a Sophomore): Won the NCAA Division II title and set the former school record of 3:38.52 in the 400 Medley Relay as the Mavs’ butterfly leg at the national championships in Geneva, Ohio… Won three CSCAA All-America honors, including two first team accolades… Also swam on the Mavs’ third place 200 Medley Relay (1:40.51) at the national meet… Earned an individual second team all-America honor as the consolation heat winner in the 100 Fly… Finished ninth in 54.54 seconds after setting a personal best time of 54.48 seconds in the preliminaries to rank second in CMU history… Also qualified for nationals in the 200 Fly, taking 23rd in 2:04.47… Went on to earn some prestigious academic awards… Was voted as the RMAC’s Academic Athlete of the Year with a 4.00 GPA… Also named as a College Sports Communicators First Team Academic All-American®… Was also a CSC Academic All-District® and First Team RMAC All-Academic pick in her first year of eligibility for those awards… Was also tabbed as a CSCAA First Team Scholar All-American over the summer… Won two RMAC relay titles as well as three first team and four overall All-RMAC certificates at the conference meet… Helped the Mavs set RMAC Championship records of 1:40.82 and 3:41.27 in 200 and 400 Medley Relay victories… Won the silver medal and another First Team All-RMAC certificate in the 100 Fly with a time of 54.82, which was her personal best at the time… Also claimed the bronze medal and a second team all-conference honor with a personal best time of 2:02.97 (altitude-adjusted) in the 200 Fly… Ranks sixth in CMU history with that time… Was the RMAC’s top performer in the 100 Fly throughout the season… Finished third on the season-long performance list in the 200 Fly… Also competed in the 50 and 100 Free events at the RMAC Championships placing 10th in the 100 (52.63) and 12th in the 50... Set a season-best of 24.14 seconds in the 50 Free… Helped the Mavs set the former 200 Medley Relay pool and school records of 1:39.97 at the TYR/CMU Invitational… Also swam on the pool record setting 400 Medley Relay team that finished in 3:39.83 at that meet… Won the 100 Fly in a dual at the Colorado School of Mines (Oct. 21)... Competed in ten meets overall.

2022-23 (As a Freshman): Competed in all 11 swim meets, including the NCAA and RMAC Championships as the team’s top butterflyer... Earned CSCAA All-America honors in all three of her events at the national championships… Picked up two first team honors in medley relays and a second team honor in the 100 fly, individually… Helped the Mavs set a former school-record time of 1:41.54 in the 200 medley relay helping the Mavs take third… Also helped the Mavs finish sixth in the 400 medley relay after helping the Mavs win the RMAC title in that discipline with a former school-record time of 3:42.52 (altitude-adjusted)/3:42.92 (actual)… Finished 16th at the NCAA Championships in the 100 fly with a time of 55.61 seconds… Had qualified for the national meet thanks to her RMAC-winning effort of 55.27 seconds (55.17-altitude adjusted)… Won three RMAC titles and four first team All-RMAC honors… Set former RMAC meet records in both the 200 medley (1:41.74) and 400 medley (3:42.92) relays… Earned another First Team All-RMAC honor while claiming the silver medal in the 200 fly with a season-best time of 2:06.99 (adjusted)…. Also took fifth at the RMAC meet in 50 fee with a personal-best of 23.99 seconds… Finished tenth in the 100 free with a season best of 52.70 (adjusted) while helping the Mavs win the “B” heat of the 200 free relay… Accounted for 58 team points in her four individual events at the RMAC Championships and another 24 ½ counting her share of relay team points… Was a part of the Mavs’ former El Pomar Natatorium pool and meet-record setting 200 medley relay team that finished in 1:41.73 at the TYR CMU Invitational… Was named as a First Team CSCAA Scholar All-American.

Prep: 2022 graduate of Eagle River High school… Won the 100 butterfly title at both the 2019 and 2020 Alaska State Championships for the Bryce Carpenter coached Wolves… Was a 4-year letter-winner and served as the team captain as a senior in the fall of 2021… Set two individual and three relay school records… Finished third in both the 200 IM and 100 fly at the state championships as a senior after finishing second in the 100 fly as a freshman in 2018.
 
Club: Swam for Carpenter and the Chugiak Aquatics Club… Won back-to-back titles at the Junior Olympic Championships… Set multiple individual and relay state records… Finished fifth in the 100 fly at the 2021 Speedo Sectionals in Phoenix, Arizona.
 
Personal: Is majoring in kinesiology/exercise science… Is keeping her career options open, but is looking into physical therapy the most… Has five younger siblings… Loves to paint, draw, hike, paddle board and hang out with friends.
 
Why I Chose CMU: “I really fell in love with the swim team atmosphere and the coaches really made me feel like I could reach my full potential at CMU.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    Butterfly/Sprint Freestyle
    5'3"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Butterfly/Sprint Freestyle
    5'3"
  • 2024-25Junior

    Butterfly/Sprint Freestyle
    5'3"
  • 2025-26Senior

    Butterfly/Sprint Freestyle
    5'3"