fullname birth_date nicknames article_title strokes name collegeteam
kathleen treible slaton 9 september 1961 `` kathy '' kathy treible
 breaststroke , freestyle kathy treible university of florida
kathy treible

kathleen treible slaton -lrb- born september 9 , 1961 -rrb- , née kathleen treible , is an american former competition swimmer who represented the united states in international events during the 1970s and early 1980s .
treible studied at the wisconsin hills junior high school and brookfield central high school in brookfield , wisconsin .
she started swimming as an age group swimmer at the age of 9 , and began competing internationally at 12 years old .
as a 15-year-old , she placed fourth in the final of the women 's 100-meter breaststroke at the 1978 world aquatics championships .
treible accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the university of florida in gainesville , florida , where she swam for coach randy reese 's florida gators swimming and diving team in national collegiate athletic association -lrb- ncaa -rrb- competition from 1981 to 1984 .
in four years as a gator swimmer , she received twenty-eight all-american honors -- the maximum number an individual college swimmer can earn .
treible was a key member of the 1982 gators women 's team that won the ncaa national team championship , winning three individual ncaa national titles in breaststroke events in 1982 , for a total of six individual ncaa titles and five ncaa relay team titles during her career .
she was recognized as the southeastern conference female swimmer of the year in 1981 and 1982 .
treible won a silver medal as a member of the second-place u.s. team in the women 's 4 × 100-meter freestyle relay at the 1982 world aquatics championships in guayaquil , ecuador .
individually , she also competed in the 100-meter freestyle at the 1982 world championships , and finished eighth in the final .
at the 1983 pan american games in caracas , venezuela , she finished fourth in the 100-meter freestyle final .
she graduated from the university of florida with a bachelor 's degree in exercise and sport science in 1987 , and was inducted into the university of florida athletic hall of fame as a `` gator great '' in 1995 .
