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Liam Kerns

  • position Breaststroke
  • height 6-4
  • class Sophomore
  • Hometown Billings, MT
  • High school Billings Senior High
  • position Breaststroke
  • height 6-4
  • class Sophomore
  • Hometown Billings, MT
  • High school Billings Senior High

Liam Kerns Bio

Kerns’ Top Times
Event

50 Freestyle

Time

21.66p

Date

2/16/22

Meet

SEC Championships

Location

Knoxville, TN

100 Breast 54.74 2/18/22 SEC Championships Knoxville, TN
200 Breast 1:58.86p 2/19/22 SEC Championships Knoxville, TN

! = School Record  |  p = Prelims  |  t = Time Trial  |  # = Leadoff Split/Split

AWARDS/HONORS

  • SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll (2022)

IN THE RECORD BOOK

  • 10th – 100 breast

2021-22 (FRESHMAN)

  • Swam in a five of South Carolina dual meets during the regular season
  • Became one of the Gamecock’s primary breaststroke swimmers during his first year in the Garnet and Black
  • Placed first in the 100 breast during the Gamecock Aquatics Invitational
  • Competed in the 50 free, 100 breast, and 200 breast at the SEC Championships
  • Achieved new personal best times in all three of his events at the SEC Championships

PRE-COLLEGE

  • Attended Billings Senior High School in Billings, Montana
  • Has 6 state records in Montana in breaststroke
  • Was a member of the Billings Aquatic Club, which have been named state champions for five consecutive years
  • Personal best times:
    • 100 breast – 56.22
    • 200 breast – 2:03.31

PERSONAL

  • Son to Chelsie and Benjamin Kerns, brother to Kayla and Kyler
  • Participated in swimming, football, and track in high school
  • Hopes to one day become a dentist