[1] At the age of 16, Kerr represented Canada at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California.

Kerr won a bronze medal as a member of the third-place Canadian women's 4x100-metre medley relay team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, together with Andrea Nugent, Allison Higson and Lori Melien.

[4] Kerr was also a member of the Gators' 1989 NCAA national championship relay team in the 4x100-metres freestyle, together with Laura Walker, Carmen Cowart and Paige Zemina.

[4] She received twenty-three All-American honors during her four-year American college swimming career.

[1] Kerr and Sandy Goss were inducted into the Swimming Canada Circle of Excellence Hall of Fame in 2006.