Liam Kerns

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AWARDS/HONORS

• SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll (2022)
• SEC Academic Honor Roll (2023)

IN THE RECORD BOOK

• 6^th – 100 breast
• 2^nd – 400 medley relay

2022-23 (SOPHOMORE)

• Competed in all seven of South Carolina’s regular season dual meets
• Placed first in the 200 breast and second in the 100 breast at the Gamecock Invitational
• Earned a spot on the SEC Championships team where he competed in the 50 free, 100 breast, and 200 breast
• Made the finals of the 100 breast after placing 23^rd in the prelims and jumped up to finish 21^st overall in the finals
• Set new personal best times in both breaststroke events at the SEC Championships – 53.55 in the 100 breast and 1:58.39p in the 200 breast
• Swam the breaststroke leg of the 400 medley relay at the SEC Championships that became the second fastest in program history

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