2023-24 Swimming & Diving Roster

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Kostas Lymperopoulos

Margaret Kleinsmith

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position Breaststroke
  • Highschool Fox Lane
  • Hometown Mount Kisco, N.Y.

Biography

PERSONAL BESTS
100 Breast (1:02.04)
200 Breast (2:14.76)
200 IM (2:06.81)
 
CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2023-24 (Graduate)
All-BIG EAST 100 Breast
All-BIG EAST 200 Medley Relay
All-BIG EAST 400 Medley Relay
2022-23 (Senior)
All-BIG EAST 100 Breaststroke
2020-21 (Sophomore)
All-BIG EAST 100 Yard Breaststroke
All-BIG EAST 200 Yard Breaststroke
All-BIG EAST 400 Yard Medley Relay (Breaststroke Leg)
2019-20 (Freshman)
BIG EAST Champion 100 Yard Breaststroke (1:04.28 prelim) (1:03.11 final)
All-BIG EAST 100 Yard Breaststroke
All-BIG EAST 200 Yard Breaststroke
ACADEMIC HONORS
BIG EAST All-Academic Team (2019-20, 2020-21)
Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2022, Spring 2023)

Villanova Career: Nine-time All-BIG EAST performer and the conference champion in the 100 breast her freshman year … Six of her career all-conference honors have come in the 100 and 200 breast … Program’s third-fastest 100 Breast performer (1:02.04) and six-fastest 200 Breast performer (2:14.76); Two-time selection to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team.
 
2023-24: Earned three All-BIG EAST nods with a bronze medal in the 100 Breast and silver in both the 400 Medley Relay and 200 Medley Relay … Posted season-best times in the 100 Breast (1:02.89) and 200 Breast (2:19.61); BIG EAST Championship (2/28-3/2): Touched third in the 100 Breast (1:03.15) … Part of the second-place 400 Medley Relay (3:42.68), swimming a second-leg time of 1:04.68 … Posted a second-leg time of 28.37 in the silver medal 200 Medley Relay (1:40.60); Penn State (2/3): Logged a trio of top-3 performances … Won the 100 Breast (1:04.72) and was second in the 200 Breast (2:24.76) … Second leg for the A team’s third-place 400 Medley Relay showing (3:51.79); WVU/Iowa State (1/27): Led the ‘Cats in the 100 Breast, touching third (1:03.68) … Swam a 28.85 second leg for the A team’s second-place 200 Medley Relay finish (1:42.39); Rutgers (1/20): Part of the A team that won the 200 Medley Relay (1:45.76), touching in 29.54 as the second leg; Richmond (1/12): Won the 100 Breast (1:06.92) and was second in the 200 Breast (2:25.65) … Helped the A team to a winning 3:53.58 time in the 400 Medley Relay, posting a 1:05.85 second leg time; Penn (11/8): Third in the 100 Breast (1:06.28) … Swam a 29.71 second leg for the A team’s 200 Medley Relay second-place finish (1:44.91); La Salle (11/4): Touched second and third in the 100 Breast (1:05.88) and 200 Breast (2:27.17) … Part of a 200 Medley Relay team that finishes third (1:47.30) with a 29.57 second leg time; Georgetown (10/28): Recorded a 1:07.48 third-place showing in the 100 Breast.
 
2022-23: Swam to All-BIG EAST status in the 100 Breast with a silver medal performance; BIG EAST Championships (2/22-25): Posted to top time in the 100 Breast qualifiers before touching second in the final at 1:02.21 … Logged personal bests in the 200 Breast (2:14.76) and 200 IM (2:06.81); West Virginia (1/28): Finished third in the 200 Breast (2:25.86); Penn State (1/27): Touched third in the 200 Breast (2:25.52); Rutgers (1/21): Led Villanova in the 100 Breast with a third-place time of 1:05.64; Richmond (1/13): Collected a pair of top-two showings, winning the 100 Breast (1:04.21) and finishing second in the 200 Breast (2:21.10); Georgetown (10/29): Swam breast (30.39) for the A team’s 200 Medley Relay second-place finish (1:46.04) … Third in the 100 Breast (1:06.39); UConn (10/20): Logged a 29.39 breaststroke split in the A team’s 200 Medley Relay second-place finish (1:45.40) … Touched third in the 100 Breast (1:05.55).
 
2021-22: Competed in two regular season events; Richmond (1/14): Swam a second-leg split of 30.76 for the “C” team that finished fourth in the 20 Medley Relay with a time of 1:50.76 … Posted a 1:08.52 in the 100 Breast that was good enough for fifth place; WVU Invitational (11/18-11/20): Earned a spot in the B-Final of the 100 Breast, finishing 15th at 1:08.21.
 
2020-21: Recorded individual all-conference honors in the 100 and 200 breaststroke events while also swimming a leg of the team’s All-BIG EAST 400 medley relay … Had the Wildcats fastest times of the season in both the 100 and 200 breast during the conference championships … Competed in regular season meets against Delaware and Loyola (Md.); BIG EAST Championships (4/7-4/10): Earned three All-BIG EAST honors at the conference championships … Two of those came in her individual events as she was second in the 100 breast and third in the 200 breast … In each event recorded the Wildcats fastest times of the season and recorded new personal best marks in the championship final … Touched the wall in 1:02.04 in the final of the 100 breast and had a time of 2:17.28 in the final of the 200 breast … Swam the breaststroke leg of the 400 medley relay which earned All-BIG EAST honors with a second place finish and a time of 3:42.42 … Competed in the preliminary heats of the 50 free on the first full day of action at the meet; Delaware (2/13): Placed third in the 100 breast (1:07.67) and sixth in the 200 breast (2:29.82) in the season opener … Swam the second leg of the 200 medley relay as Villanova finished second in the race in 1:47.48; Loyola Md. (3/13): Came in seventh in the 100 breast with a time of 1:08.81.
 
2019-20: Won the BIG EAST title in the 100 yard breaststroke and also earned All-BIG EAST honors for a runner-up finish in the 200 yard breaststroke as a freshman … Tallied her season-best times in both events in the final at the BIG EAST Championships … Posted a winning time of 1:03.11 in the 100 breast after ranking second in the preliminary heats with a mark of 1:04.28 … Finished second in the final of the 200 breast in 2:20.03 … Her top times in other events during the season were 59.52 in the 100 yard butterfly and 2:10.97 in the 200 yard individual medley at the WVU Invitational, as well as 5:38.82 in the 500 yard freestyle against La Salle … Tallied a first-place finish in the 100 breast against Penn … Swam the third leg of the winning 400 yard freestyle relay against Georgetown and the breaststroke leg of the winning 200 yard medley relay at the WVU Invitational.
 
Club Swimming: Competed for the BGNW Marlins for 11 years … Was an NSCA champion in the 100 meter long course breaststroke in 2018 … Phillips 66 qualifier … Five-time NCSA qualifier and Junior National qualifier.
 
Fox Lane High School: Earned All-America honors as a freshman on the swimming team and was part of her school’s third place finish in the 200 yard medley relay at the NYSPHSAA state championships … Four-time qualifier for the state meet.
 
Personal: One of three children of Tracy Mahoney … Has two siblings, Ian and Charlie … Hobbies include hiking, cooking and reading … Chose to attend Villanova for the incredible academic and athletic opportunities the school offered … Noted that there was an overwhelming sense of camaraderie and community when she made her official visit and she immediately felt comfortable on campus … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences and has yet to declare a major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    Breast
    5'6" 145 lbs
  • 2020-21Sophomore

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  • 2021-22Junior

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  • 2022-23Senior

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  • 2023-24Graduate Student

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