San Diego Athletics

Junior in 2004-05: Honored as a San Diego team captain... Essential component of USD[apos]s relay efforts while pacing all Torero swimmers in a number of backstroke events... Swam a USD season-best time of (59.26) in the 100 yard Backstroke at the 2005 WAC Championships... Helped the Toreros establish top times in the 200 Freestyle Relay (1:36.93), 200 Medley Relay (1:49.50) and the 400 Medley Relay (3:57.32)- all achieved at the conference championships.. Swam a (24.57) in the 50 Freestyle at the WAC[apos]s... Placed 12th overall and was USD[apos]s top swimmer in the 200 Backstroke (2:06.41) at the WAC[apos]s... Out-swam all competition, placing 1st in the 100 Backstroke (59.99) vs. UCSD... Posted three 2nd place finishes against LMU... Placed 10th overall in the 200 Backstroke (2:11.43) at the Big West Shootout... Finished 2nd and was USD[apos]s top finisher in the 100 Backstroke (1:01.73) at the USD Invitational.

Sophomore in 2003-04: Concluded an excellent sophomore season with the Toreros by being named to the All-PCSC First Team... Had an incredible finish at the 2004 PCSC Championships... Clocked in at (2:05.94) in the 200 yard Backstroke to place 2nd... Helped USD take 5th in the 200 Freestyle Relay (1:37.97) at the league championship meet... Rose[apos]s time of (59.35) in the 100 Backstroke placed her 5th at the PCSC meet and was the 2nd best time for any Torero during the season in that event... Swam the 100 Backstroke in (1:00.76) to place 22nd at the 2003 Speedo Cup... Out-swam the competition in both the 100 Backstroke (1:00.36) and the 200 Backstroke (2:10.36) to take first place in both events against UCSD... Was a key member of several Torero relay teams who swam strongly at both the Speedo Cup and the PCSC Championships while setting several Torero top times.

Freshman in 2002-03: Posted a USD season best time in the 200 yard Backstroke (2:09.11)... Also notched a USD top-2 time in the 100 Backstroke (1:00.71) at the league championships... Her 200 IM time of (2:14.04) at the PCSC[apos]s was good for 15th overall and was a USD team top-3 time on the year... Placed 8th in the 200 Backstroke at the PCSC[apos]s and her time in the 100 Backstroke at the league championship meet was good for 9th place overall as well... Won the 100 and 200 Backstroke outright against conference rival UCSD... Also won the 200 Backstroke at the Pepperdine Invite.

Prep: Standout swimmer and water polo player at Kealakehe High School... Named swim team MVP for three consecutive seasons... Served as team captain as a senior... While swimming for the Kona Aquatics club team, Rose won the state championship in the backstroke events... Qualified for state sectionals as both a junior and senior... Coached by Steve Borowski at Kealakehe HS.

Personal: Anthropology major... Chose to attend USD for the weather, people, coaching staff and academic programs... Also recruited by Pepperdine, Iona, and Seattle University... Born on August 3, 1984 in San Clemente, California... Daughter of Rick and Holly Rose of Kailua-Kona.