• Individual School Record holder, 200-yard Freestyle (2019-20)
• Team Captain (2019-20)
As a senior (2019-20)
• Served as team captain during her senior campaign.
• Broke the 200-freestyle school record (1:48.02) at the Ivy League Championships for the second-straight year, winning the B Final and placing ninth overall.
• Also won the B Final of 100-freestyle at Ivies, finishing ninth with the second-fastest time in Big Red history (49.97).
• Moved up Cornell’s all-time top-10 list in her third individual event of the conference meet, placing 13th in the 50-freestyle with the fifth-best time in the Big Red record books (23.21).
• Swam a leg on four of the five Cornell relays at Ivies, helping each of her relay teams earn a spot on Cornell’s all-time top-10 list.
• Guided the Big Red’s 800-freestyle relay to a school record-breaking performance at the conference meet, posting a time of 7:20.96.
• Made the A Final of the 200-freestyle (1:49.97) and 50-freestyle (23.46) at Akron’s Zippy Invitational, placing fourth and fifth, respectively.
• Helped Cornell defeat Ivy League foe Brown at home, winning the 200-freestyle and adding a third place finish in the 50-freestyle.
• Won the 100-freestyle and placed second in the 200-freestyle against Columbia.
• Closes out her Cornell career having appeared on the Big Red’s all-time top-10 list 16 times (three individual marks, 13 relays), including two school records.
As a junior (2018-19)
• Set a school record in the 200 free (1:49.12), breaking a six-year-old mark en route to an eighth-place effort at the Ivy League Championship.
• Won the B final in the 50 free with a time of 23.26, No. 5 all-time in Big Red history.
• Anchored the school record-setting 800 free relay at the Ivy meet, finishing sixth in a time of 7:23.42.
• Was a member of three other relay teams that ranked in the top three in school history, including No. 2 teams in the 400 medley and 400 free relays.
• Recorded a top five career time of 50.46 in the 100 free on her way to a 13th place finish at Ivies.
• Touched first in the 100 and 1,000 free in a dual meet victory over St. Bonaventure.
• Captured the 500 free title in a victory at Bryant.
• Was the runner-up in the 100 and 200 free races in a dual meet against Columbia.
As a sophomore (2017-18)
• Set the school's 200 free record (1:49.13) in a dual meet win over St. Bonaventure and jumped into the top five in the 100 (fifth, 50.98).
• Competed in six dual meets as well as the Ithaca Bomber Invitational.
• Won five individual dual meet races, including sweeping the 100 and 200 free against both St. Bonaventure and Columbia.
• Captured the 50, 100 and 200 free titles and was part of the championship 400 and 800 free relay squads at the Bomber Invite.
As a freshman (2016-17)
• Won the C final in the 200 free at the Ivy League Championships with the third-fastest time in school history (1:50.32).
• Captured the 100 and 200 free titles at the Ithaca Bomber Invitational.
• Took the runner-up spot in the 50 free in a dual met win at St. Bonaventure.
• Competed in five dual meets during the season.
• Posted career-best times in the 200 free and the 100 back.
Prior to Cornell
• Finished second in the state in the 100 free while attending Northwest Guilford HS.
• Was a four-time all-conference honoree.
• Was selected to receive the Aaron Koths Courage Award in 2016.
earned multiple MVP awards while competing for GCY swimming.
• Was a YMCA national qualifier and finalist during both the long and short course seasons.
• Held multiple team records and was honored as a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American.
Personal
• Laurel Emma Kiselis is the daughter of Gregory Kiselis and Ina Otto.
• She is enrolled in the College of Engineering.
