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Career Best Times: 1:48.98 in 200-yard freestyle; 4:49.20 in 500-yard freestyle (9th in school history); 9:57.91 in 1000-yard freestyle; 16:46.27 in 1650-yard freestyle.
General: Huge contributor for the Tar Heels in her first year of competition in 2006-07 after transferring to the University...will again be one of the team's a middle distance swimmers in the freestyles.
2006-07: Ranked No. 2 on the 2006-07 Tar Heel depth chart in both the 200-yard and 500-yard freestyles...placed third in the 200-yard freestyle at ACC's with a career best time and NCAA B consideration time...took seventh in the 1650 freestyle with an NCAA consideration time...was the ninth-place finisher for the 500-yard freestyle at the ACC Championships with a career best time and another NCAA B standard...her career best time in the 500 landed her in ninth place on the Top 10 All-Time list at Carolina...named an All-Conference Performer in the 200-yard freestyle...named ACC Women's Swimmer of the Week on November 13, 2006...tapped for the All-ACC Academic Swimming Team.
Prep: Graduated from Providence High School in 2004...a four-year swimming letter winner at Providence, swimming the 200 and 500 freestyle events...co-captain of team as a senior...helped lead Providence to state high school championships in 2001, 2002 and 2004...won the state titles in the 200 and 500 reestyles in 2004...also won the 500 in 2002 and the 200 in 2003...named a Coca-Cola Scholar-Athlete...named Providence's Female Athlete-of-the-Year in 2004 ...Charlotte Observer's 2001 Swimmer-of-the-Year.
Personal: Given name is Kristin Ashley Oxford...nicknamed K.O. ...daughter of Duke and Toni Oxford...was born September 7, 1988 in Boston, Mass.
Ode To Oxford
Academic Major at Carolina: Journalism, Advertising
Career Plans: I want to do marketing for Nike or anything sports related such as Under Armour or ESPN, maybe even Speedo; I would also love to live in New York City for a few years
Hobbies: Shopping, Crafting, My Friends, Reading, Reality TV Shows, Working Out
Athlete I Most Admire: Michael Phelps
Biggest Sports Thrill: Getting an Olympic Trials cut
Person Who Has Had The Greatest Influence on My Athletic Career: Dave Gibson
Favorite Book: A Total Waste of Makeup
Favorite Magazine: US Weekly, Cosmo
Favorite Food: Mac and Cheese, Filet Mignon
Favorite Movie: Knocked Up, Zoolander
Favorite TV Show: American Idol, One Tree Hill, Top Model, The Hills
Favorite Website To Visit: Facebook, TarHeelBlue.com
City I've Never Been To But Want To Visit: Paris with a lot of money
Entertainment Figure I'd Most Like To Have Dinner With: Chris Daughtry
