Kristine Quance

Kristine Quance is five foot eight and weighs one hundred and forty pounds. She lives in Santa Monica, California. She came from Northridge, California. She was born April 1, 1975. She swims for the Trojan Swim Club.

She won a gold medal in 1996. She won a bronze medal in the 1994 World Championships. She and Janet Evans(in 1991), Sippy Woodhead(in 1978), Tracy Caulkins(in 1978), and Shirley Babashoff( in 1975) are the only women in four different events to qualify for the World Championships in 1998. In the 1992 P66 Summer Nationals she won four events. In the 400 meter individual medley she is the twelfth fastest woman ever and the fourth fastest in the United States history. In the 200 meter individual medley she is the thirteenth fastest woman ever and the fourth fastest in the United States history. In the 200 meter breaststroke she is the fifteenth fastest woman ever and third fastest in the United States history. In the 200 meter butterfly she is the thirteenth fastest woman ever and the fourth fastest in the United States history. In the 100 meter breaststroke she is the six fastest American woman ever. She holds the American record in the 200 meter breaststroke. She was the NCAA Swimmer of the Year in 1996. In 1996 she won the Honda-Broderick Award. She won the Kiphuth Award twice. She was the United States National Champion ten times.

Kristine Quance has two water frogs and a pit bull. She enjoys music and anything country. Kristine Quance’s two younger sisters both swim at BYU. She takes pleasure in painting ceramics as her "therapy." In 1994 and 1995 she had a rotator cuff injury. She is a communications major. Mai Hamm is her favorite athlete. At USC she is a student assistant coach.

Note: The web site we got this from didn’t come out and say that her height was five foot eight and her weight was one hundred and forty pounds so if we took anything on this whole web page wrongly we are very sorry.

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This page last updated on 03/31/98