LSU Record Holder in the 100 Freestyle, 200 and 400 Freestyle Relays and 200 and 400 Medley Relays
2009 NCAA First-team All-American (200 Medley Relay)
2009 NCAA Honorable Mention All-American (200 and 400 Freestyle Relays)
2008-09 Team Co-Captain
2007 NCAA Honorable Mention All-American (200 and 400 Freestyle Relay)
2006 NCAA Honorable Mention All-American (200 Freestyle Relay)
CAREER
Arguably the most versatile and consistent women’s swimmer in the Adam Schmitt era … Leaves LSU with five school records and five All-America honors, including First-team All-America accolades as a senior … Holds the school record in the 100-yard freestyle … Ranked in the program’s top-10 in four other categories … Led the team in four swimming events as a freshman, two as a sophomore and junior and one as a senior … Recognized as the team’s most outstanding swimmer twice in her career and honored as the top freshman on the squad in 2006 … Served as one of the Lady Tigers’ co-captains as a senior.
SENIOR SEASON (2008-09)
Enjoyed the finest season of her career, culminating in First-team All-America honors at the NCAA Championships … Played a pivotal role in the Lady Tigers posting their highest finish at NCAA’s (16th) since 2001 … Also captured two honorable mention All-America honors and claimed five school records … Anchored the Lady Tigers 200 medley relay team to a fifth-place finish and First-team All-America honors at NCAA’s … That team also shattered the school record with a mark of 1:36.88 … Spearheaded a consolation finals’ victory in the 400 freestyle relay on the last day of the national meet, breaking her own school-record mark in the 100 free with a lead-off split of 49.00 … Helped the 200 freestyle relay group take All-America honors with a 11th-place finish and new LSU all-time mark of 1:29.09 … Also swam the freestyle leg of the program’s record-breaking 400 medley relay team (3:38.09) … Delivered a 13th-place finish in the 100 butterfly at the SEC Championships with a time of 53.95 … Swam on four top-five relays at SEC’s … Earned SEC Female Swimmer of the Week honors on Nov. 25, 2008 for a remarkable performance at Texas A&M’s Art Adamson Invitational … Shattered a then-school-record in the 100 butterfly with a time of 53.48 to emerge victorious in the consolation final of that event … Swam to a then-school-record finish in the 100 free with a time of 49.62 to seize seventh overall … Also placed 10th overall in the 200 free with a NCAA ‘B’ cut time of 1:48.03, third fastest in school history at the time … LSU’s best dual-meet performer, winning 12 races in the regular season … Recorded a hat trick against Arkansas, sweeping the short-distance freestyle events with victories in the 50, 100 and 200 frees … Registered two wins apiece against Alabama, Kentucky and Florida State and at the LSU Invitational … Part of the Lady Tigers’ pool record-breaking 200 and 400 freestyle relay teams at the LSU Invitational.
JUNIOR SEASON (2007-08)
Continued to be a force in freestyle events and a critical part of the freestyle and medley relays … Registered team-best times in two races and top-two marks in five events … Notched a 10th place finish at the SEC Championships in the 50 free with the second-best time in LSU history (23.00) … Helped both freestyle relay teams place in the top six at the SEC’s … Enjoyed a sensational Georgia Tech Invitational where she was a part of four victories … A member of three winning relay teams at that competition … Anchored LSU’s record-breaking 400 medley relay squad (3:43.58) … Tied teammate Katie Gilmore for first-place in the 50 free (23.20) … Also recorded a career-best clocking of 55.70 in the 100 fly to take fifth at the Invite … Swept the 100 and 200 free races at No. 20 Florida State … Seized the 100 fly and 200 free titles against Houston and Rice … Reached the wall first in the 100 free (50.99) versus Alabama and Vanderbilt … Tallied wins in the 100 back (58.60) and the 100 fly (57.15) in a dual-meet victory over Delta State … Swam the 100 free in 50.71 seconds to capture first-place versus Georgia … Took the top spot in the 200 free (1:48.83) against the fourth-ranked Texas A&M Aggies … Posted the top 200 free time of her career (1:48.69) in a runner-up finish at No. 7 Florida… Played a pivotal role on 13 victorious relay squads during the season … Received the team’s Most Outstanding Swimmer Award at the annual banquet … Earned her third varsity letter.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2006-07)
One of the top-two freestyle swimmers on the team who helped LSU break a pair of relay records … Now claims three All-America honors in her career … Competed in every dual meet, the SMU Classic, the SEC Championships and the NCAA Championships for the second straight season … Helped shatter the school record in the 400 free relay at NCAA’s with a time of 3:17.92 in the prelims … That mark broke last year’s record by five seconds (3:22.21) … Swam a leadoff split of 49.72 in that race, registering as the second-best 100 free time in school history … Posted a finals clocking of 3:18.78 to finish 13th overall and earn honorable mention All-America status … Broke the 200 free relay school record on the first day of the NCAA meet, recording a mark of 1:29.69 to win the consolation final … That time broke the old record (1:31.10) she helped set last year and secured honorable mention All-America honors with an overall ninth-place finish … Became the first relay teams to earn multiple All-America honors since 1997 … Also was a member of the 200 medley relay that finished 21st at NCAA’s (1:43.05) … Placed 46th in the 50 free (23.11) and 39th in the 100 free (50.09) at NCAA’s … Finished 18th in the 50 free (23.51) and 16th in the 100 free (50.83) at SEC’s … Helped the 200 free relay take fourth place (1:31.59) and the 800 free relay finish sixth (7:27.66) at SEC’s … Won the “C” final of the 100 free at the Art Adamson Invitational (51.26) … LSU’s most outstanding swimmer at the SMU Classic … Recorded a team-high 11 individual victories in dual-meet competition … Won three events versus No. 2 Florida — 50 free, 100 free and 100 fly … Received her second varsity letter.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2005-06)
The most valuable freshman on the squad and one of the top freshman in the SEC … Recipient of the team’s Most Valuable Swimmer Award at the annual banquet … Posted four school individual all-time top 10 times and helped set two records in relays … Joined Colleen Bertirotti, Katie Gilmore and Heather Brand to set the school record in the 400 freestyle relay at the NCAA Championships (3:22.21) … The time broke the previous record set in 1993 … Also helped the squad earn All-America honors in the 200 free relay (1:31.59) … Time earned the group an 11th-place finish overall and third in the consolation finals … Placed 53rd in the 50 free prelims at NCAA’s (24.10) and 54th in the 100 free prelims (50.81) … In just one season, posted the third-best marks in school history in the 50 free (23.07) and 100 free (50.29) … Also held the seventh-fastest mark in the 100 butterfly (55.79) and 200 fly (2:03.68) … LSU’s highest finisher in the 100 free at the SEC Championships, taking ninth overall and third in the consolation final with the third-fastest time in school history (50.63) … One of nine teams to earn pool records as a member of the 200 free relay at SEC’s … Helped the group take third overall with a school-record clocking of 1:31.10 … Captured third-place honors (ninth overall) in the consolation final of the 50 free (23.37) … Helped lead the Lady Tigers to a victory over Alabama on Jan. 7 with wins in the 200 free (1:51.77) and 400 free relay (3:26.92) … Also won the 100 free (50.93) versus Houston and Rice on Jan. 14 and the 200 fly (2:05.37) at No. 21 Florida State on Oct. 28 … Qualified for the championship final of the 200 fly at the Texas A&M Invitational and placed sixth (2:03.68) … Later won the consolation of the 100 fly (55.79) at A&M … Earned her first varsity letter.
PRIOR TO LSU
A four-year letterwinner at St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale … Florida state high school champion in the 100 butterfly and 50 freestyle as a senior … Member of three state championship teams (2001, ’02, ’04) and four district championship squads … Swam six All-America cuts as a senior … Set three new career-fast times at the 2004 Florida state meet … Three-time Miami Herald First Team selection … Honor student in the classroom … Coached in high school by Jimmy Paramenter.
PERSONAL
Born Dec. 9, 1986 in Boynton Beach, Fla. … Parents are Howard and Margaret Noland … Has one brother, Thomas and one sister, Elizabeth … Majoring in elementary education.
KATHERINE’S TOP TIMES
50 freestyle :23.00 2008 SEC Championships
100 freestyle :49.00* 2009 NCAA Championships
200 freestyle 1:48.03 2008 Art Adamson Invitational
100 butterfly :55.36 2009 NCAA Championships
200 butterfly 2:03.45 2008 Art Adamson Invitational