2025-26 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster
Sikes, Katie Belle
Katie Belle Sikes
- Position:
- Free
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Orange
- Hometown:
- Hillsborough, N.C.
Bio
Record Book: No. 5 in 200 freestyle relay...No. 10 in 200 medley relay.
2024-25: Earned Second Team CSCAA All-America citations in 200 freestyle relay and 400 freestyle relay...Member of 12th-place 200 freestyle relay and 16th-place 400 freestyle relay at NCAAs...Selected as relay alternate for NCAA Championships...Named No. 8 national alternate in 50 freestyle...Finished 13th in 50 freestyle, 23rd in 100 backstroke, and 26th in 100 freestyle at SEC Championships...Member of fourth-place 200 freestyle, sixth-place 400 freestyle, and seventh-place 200 medley relays at SECs...Has posted B-cuts in 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, and 100 backstroke...Finished fourth in 50 freestyle, 14th in 100 freestyle, 12th in 100 backstroke, and 16th in 100 butterfly at UGA Fall Invitational...Earned three dual wins...Named to SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll...Named to J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll.
High School: Swam for Orange High School under coaches Ron and Kristi Geib and for East Carolina Aquatics under coaches Claudio Battaglini and Casey Charles...Won three straight titles (2022-24) in 50 and consecutive (2023-24) in 100 freestyle at NCHSAA 3A State Championships ...Finished second in 50 freestyle and fifth in 100 freestyle at 2023 Speedo Winter Junior Championships East...Finished second in 50 freestyle and third in 100 freestyle at 2021 NCHSAA 3A Championships...Holds North Carolina state record in 50 freestyle and 3A state record in 100 freestyle...Named NCHSAA 3A Most Outstanding Swimmer of the Year...Named three times to USA Swimming Scholastic All-America Team...Appeared in Sports Illustrated "Faces in the Crowd."
Personal: Born October 4, 2005...Daughter of Kristin and Tommy Sikes...Mother played volleyball at North Carolina...Majoring in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology.
Collegiate Personal Bests
2024-25: Earned Second Team CSCAA All-America citations in 200 freestyle relay and 400 freestyle relay...Member of 12th-place 200 freestyle relay and 16th-place 400 freestyle relay at NCAAs...Selected as relay alternate for NCAA Championships...Named No. 8 national alternate in 50 freestyle...Finished 13th in 50 freestyle, 23rd in 100 backstroke, and 26th in 100 freestyle at SEC Championships...Member of fourth-place 200 freestyle, sixth-place 400 freestyle, and seventh-place 200 medley relays at SECs...Has posted B-cuts in 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, and 100 backstroke...Finished fourth in 50 freestyle, 14th in 100 freestyle, 12th in 100 backstroke, and 16th in 100 butterfly at UGA Fall Invitational...Earned three dual wins...Named to SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll...Named to J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll.
High School: Swam for Orange High School under coaches Ron and Kristi Geib and for East Carolina Aquatics under coaches Claudio Battaglini and Casey Charles...Won three straight titles (2022-24) in 50 and consecutive (2023-24) in 100 freestyle at NCHSAA 3A State Championships ...Finished second in 50 freestyle and fifth in 100 freestyle at 2023 Speedo Winter Junior Championships East...Finished second in 50 freestyle and third in 100 freestyle at 2021 NCHSAA 3A Championships...Holds North Carolina state record in 50 freestyle and 3A state record in 100 freestyle...Named NCHSAA 3A Most Outstanding Swimmer of the Year...Named three times to USA Swimming Scholastic All-America Team...Appeared in Sports Illustrated "Faces in the Crowd."
Personal: Born October 4, 2005...Daughter of Kristin and Tommy Sikes...Mother played volleyball at North Carolina...Majoring in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology.
Collegiate Personal Bests
| 50 Freestyle | 22.03 | 2025 Bulldog Invitational (3/1/25) |
| 100 Freestyle | 48.94 | 2025 SEC Championships (2/22/25) |
| 100 Backstroke | 52.91 | 2025 SEC Championships (2/21/25) |
| 100 Butterfly | 54.46 | 2024 UGA Fall Invitational (11/21/24) |
Georgia Women's Swimming and Diving NCAA Day 4 Post-Meet Interview
Sunday, March 23
Georgia Women's Swimming and Diving NCAA Day 2 Post-Meet Interview
Friday, March 21
Georgia Women's Swimming and Diving NCAA Day 1 Post-Meet Interview
Thursday, March 20
Georgia Swim & Dive Feature - Abby McCulloh and Jake Magahey
Tuesday, March 18
