Keira Kask Season 2025-26

2024-25 / AS A SOPHOMORE
• TYR Summer Championships Qualifier (50m & 100m Fly, Relays)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Competed primarily in the butterfly events and 200 IM
• Season-Best Times: 53.85 in 100 Fly, 1:58.57 in 200 fly, 2:01.47 in 200 IM – all three also being lifetime bests
• In program history, moved into eighth place in the 100 fly and ninth place in the 200 fly
• Won the C final of the 200 fly at the Big Ten Championships while posting her lifetime best
• Also swam the butterfly leg on Purdue’s 400 medley relay at Big Tens, helping the team post the sixth-fastest time in program history
• Season bests in the 100 fly and 200 IM were both at the Purdue Invitational
• As a three-time A finalist, accounted for 44 team points to help the Boilermakers win the Purdue Invite
• Finished third (100 fly), fourth (200 fly) and sixth (200 IM) in her individual events at the Purdue Invite
• Won her prelim heats of the 100 back and 100 fly at the Purdue Invite, opting to scratch from the A final of the 100 back
• Victorious in the 100 fly in dual wins at Missouri, Rutgers and Illinois (also the runner-up in the 200 fly at MU & RU)
• Helped Purdue win medley relays at triple dual vs. Kentucky and Notre Dame (400) as well as the home opener – the Dan Ross Indiana Intercollegiate
• At the TYR Summer Championships Southern California in August, won the B final of the 50m fly and the C final of the 100m fly
• At the Indy Cup in June, was an A finalist in the 100m & 200m fly

2023-24 / AS A FRESHMAN
• CSCAA National Invitational Championship Qualifier (100 IM, 100 & 200 Fly, 200 Medley Relay)
• USA Swimming Speedo Summer Championships Qualifier (100m Fly, 400 Medley Relay)
• Competed primarily in the 100 backstroke, 100 butterfly and 200 IM
• Season-Best Times: 55.47 in 100 back, 54.30 in 100 fly, 2:02.47 in 200 IM
• Raced in all three events at the Big Ten Championships
• Also raced on Purdue’s 400 medley relay at Big Tens
• Won the B final of the 200 fly at the NIC meet in Florida with a career-best time of 1:59.47, moving into 12th place in team history
• Also a B finalist in the 100 fly at the NIC meet
• Moved into 14th place in team history with
• Accounted for 28 team points to help the Boilermakers win the Purdue Invitational
• At the Purdue Invite, scored in the A finals of the 100 fly and 200 IM as well as the B final of the 100 back
• Also at the Purdue Invite, was the runner-up in the C final of the 200 back and won her prelim heat of the 100 fly with her season-best time
• Placed third in the 100 fly as Purdue’s top finisher in the event at the Big Ten Quad vs. Minnesota, Northwestern and Iowa
• Won heat 2 and finished fifth overall in the 200 IM at the triple dual vs. Missouri and Illinois
• Finished second overall as part of Purdue’s 1-2-3 finish in the 100 IM at the Dan Ross Indiana Intercollegiate
• Impressed at Swim Fest/Indiana Senior State in July, winning gold in the 200m IM and silver in both butterfly events
• Also finished second in the prelims of the 100 back before scratching from the A final
• Went to a Speedo Sectionals meet the following weekend in Columbus and qualified for Summer Nationals in the 100m fly in the process
• At Summer Nationals in Southern California, finished 20th in the prelims of the 100m and helped Purdue’s 400m medley relay team place ninth

HIGH SCHOOL
• Three-year varsity letterwinner for coach Chris Plumb at Carmel High School in suburban Indianapolis
• Three-year Indiana State qualifier
• Helped Carmel extend its national record of 37 consecutive IHSAA state championships
• As a senior, won silver in the 100 back and bronze in the 100 fly at state
• Three-year USA Swimming Scholastic All-American and CHS Scholar Athlete
• Placed eighth in the 200 IM and ninth in the 100 backstroke as a junior at state; took sixth in the 200 IM and 11 tin the 100 free as a sophomore
• Four-year Metro Interscholastic Conference Academic All-Conference honoree, earning her first honor at North Central High School as a freshman before moving to Carmel
• National Honor Society
• Also competed for the Carmel Swim Club and Riviera Swim Club
• Carmel Swim Club Scholarship recipient
• Speedo Summer National Championships and Toyota U.S. Open qualifier
• Also qualified for the winter and summer Junior Nationals

PERSONAL
• Major: Biomedical Health Sciences / Pre-Denistry
• Full name is Keira Lynn Kask
• Born in The Woodlands, Texas
• Parents are Michael & Tina Kask, both Purdue alumni
• Family also includes younger brother Matthew
• Aunt & uncle Jamie & Joshua Buening are also Purdue alumni