• Recipient of the 2008-09 Tommy Towles Scholar Athlete
• Recipient of the 2007-08 Shilo Ayalon Most Valuable Athlete Award
• 2007-08 NCAA Participant
• 2007-08 All-Atlantic Coast Conference (100-free, 200-free)
• Named to the 2007-08 ACC Academic Honor Roll
• 2007-08 and 2008-09 Team Captain
• Named to the 2008-09 ACC Academic Honor Roll
In Tech’s Record Books:
• 50-free (1st), 22.88
• 100-free (1st), 49.39
• 200-free (1st), 1:47.40
• 100-back (10th), 56.94
As A Senior In 2009-10: Took part in seven events at the ACC Championships … Helped the Jackets to a sixth place finish in the 800-Free relay (7:18.42) breaking the school record, a seventh place finish in the 400-Free relay (3:21.69), a ninth place finish in the 200-Free relay (1:33.00) setting yet another school record, and a ninth place finish in the 400-Medley (3:44.23) … Finished 15th in both the 50-Free (23.41) and the 200-Free (1:49.11) while taking 20th in the 100-Free (50.92) at the same meet … Finished the regular season with a sweep of the 100 and 200-Free coming in first with times of 51.34 and 1:51.36 respectively vs. Emory … Swam a season best in both the 100-Free in a fourth place finish (50.75) and the 100-Back in a ninth place finish (56.94) at the Georgia Tech Invitational.
As A Junior In 2008-09: Part of the 400-medley relay team which set a school record at the ACC Championships (3:42.17) … Part of the Tech record-setting 200-free relay team (1:33.16) at the ACC Championships …Member of the 400-free relay team which set a school record (3:20.64) at the ACC Championships … Swam season-highs in the 50-free (22.92), 100-free (50.23) and 200-free (1:47.54) at the ACC Championships.
As A Sophomore In 2007-08: Set three individual school records and was also a part of three record-setting relay teams … Registered a NCAA “A” cut in the 100-free at the ACC Championships with a school-record 49.39 that automatically qualified her for the NCAA Championship … It was the third fastest time in the ACC … Also set a school record in the 50-free with a NCAA “B” cut 22.88, good for fifth in the league … Touched the wall of the 200-free in a NCAA “B” cut time of 1:47.40, another new school record and the second-fastest in the ACC … Swam the leadoff parts of both the 400-free and 800-free relays that set new school records at the ACC Championships … They finished in 3:25.24 (eighth) and 7:24.03 (fifth), respectively … Captured her sixth school record of the season swimming the final leg of the 400-medley relay that finished in 3:47.39 at the Georgia Tech Invitational, the seventh-best in the ACC of the season … Was second on the team with a season-best time of 58.36 in the 100-back at the Georgia Tech Invitational.
As a Freshman in 2006-07: Had an astonishing freshman season to begin Tech career … Set four team-best times and swam the first leg on four relay teams that held team-best times on the season … Swam a team-best, lifetime-best time of 23.93 in the 50 free at the Georgia Fall Invitational … Set a personal-best time and new Tech school record in the 100 free event at the Georgia Invite, clocking a split time of 51.48 … Posted her third personal-best time of 1:51.46 in the 200 free competition at the Georgia Invite … Tallied a team-best time of 58.51 in the 100 back … Swam the first leg of the 200 free relay team that posted a team-best time of 1:36.68 at the ACC Championships, finishing 11th … Member of the 400 free, 800 free, and 200 medley relay teams that set team-best times at the Georgia Fall Invitational … Awarded the J. Herb McAuley Freshman Unity Award for the 2006-07 season.
High School: Earned four letters in swimming … Named team’s most valuable performer as a senior and elected team captain … Garnered All-America honors as a junior … Finished fifth at the state championships in the 100 freestyle (51.94) and sixth in the 200 free (1:53.02) in her senior season … Helped team to a third-place finish during her junior season … Swam on the state champion 200 free and 400 free relay teams during freshman and sophomore seasons and helped team win the state championship during that span … National Honor Roll.
Personal: Born Agatha Anna Kwasnik on July 19, 1988 … Parents are Richard and Joanna Kwasnik … Has an older brother, Jacob, who graduated from Georgia Tech in 2008 and was a four-year letterwinner on the men’s swimming team … Enjoys photography and graphic design … Plans to major biomedical engineering.
| Kwasnik’s Career Top Times (through 2008-09 season) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| EVENT | TIME | LOCATION | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 50 Free | 22.88 | 2008 ACC Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 100 Free | 49.39 | 2008 ACC Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 200 Free | 1:47.40 | 2008 ACC Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 50 Back | 27.18 | vs. Georgia (11/7/07) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 100 Back | 56.94 | Georgia Tech Invitational (11/20/-22/09) | |||||||||||||||||||||