Her time of 52.65 in the 100-meter butterfly broke the State record for 17-18 year olds set decades earlier by fellow Kentuckian Mary T. Meagher of Louisville.

By 2006, she had set USA swimming National Meet qualifying times in every stroke, a rare and distinctive achievement.

The team was coached by Louisvillian Mike DeBoor, of Lakeside Swimming Club, and featured another Kentucky swimmer, Rachel Komisarz, a silver and bronze medalist at the meet.

Swimming Trials at the Qwest Center in Omaha, Nebraska, she unexpectedly qualified for the Women's Olympic team by placing second in the 100-meter butterfly with a time of :58.21, upsetting event favorite, University of Kentucky graduate Rachel Komisarz who took third.

[7] In one of her best performances, she won a gold medal swimming in the preliminary heats of the 4×100-meter medley relay at the 2011 Summer Pan American Games in Guadalajara and an individual bronze in the 100-meter butterfly.

She won a silver medal in the preliminary heats of the 4×100 m medley relay at the 2006 World Short-Course Swimming Championships in Shanghai.

Her husband Colin has worked as an orthopedic surgeon in Indianapolis and Bloomington, Indiana for the Midwest Center for Joint Replacement.