2025-26 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Kaya Flaherty

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Freshman
  • Highschool Senior
  • Hometown Maple Grove, Minn.
  • Major Environmental Engineering

Biography

Career Top Times

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Part of the swim team at Maple Grove Senior High School in Minnesota, notching races in all high school sanctioned events … Earned a varsity letter each year of her prep career … Finished fifth at AA state in the 100-fly in 2023, was seventh in the 100-fly in 2024 … Won a bronze medal along with a fifth-place finish, and two eighth-place finishes at AA State Relays … Broke the school record in the 100-fly at 56.36 and as part of the 200-medley relay … Also broke the pool record at her home pool in the 100-fly with a time of 57.39 … Voted team Rookie of the Year in 2021 and won three straight awards as the Most Dedicated team member … Raced to All-Conference status in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 … Was All-State in 2021, 2023, and 2024 … Her career-best 100-fly would have nearly qualified her for the 2025 DII national meet … On the club circuit, raced for NHCP Tuna Swim Club where she was on the Elite and National Team and qualified for Futures … Academically, appeared on the A Honor Roll each year of high school and brought home four academic letters … Also earned Science Student of the Year in 2024 … Plans to major in environmental engineering at Mines.