{"id":186,"date":"2017-03-27T20:31:45","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T20:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gahof.org\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=186"},"modified":"2024-09-21T16:12:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T16:12:34","slug":"kara-lynn-joyce","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/gahof.org\/?portfolio=kara-lynn-joyce","title":{"rendered":"Kara Lynn Joyce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kara Lynn Joyce is a three-time Olympian who swam for the University of Georgia. In high school, Joyce broke five National High School Records in freestyle events. Joyce began swimming for UGA in 2004. While with the Bulldogs, Joyce was part of one Bulldog NCAA Championship Title, along with multiple individual and relay championship titles. In 2006, Joyce earned Swimmer of the Year honors during the NCAA Championships. She also became the first swimmer in the Women&#8217;s NCAA Championships to win the 50y, 100y, and 200y freestyle events during championships. Joyce has represented Team USA in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, and the 2012 Olympic Games in London, as well as multiple World Championships, the Pan-Pacific Games, and the Pan-American Games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Career Highlights<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2004 USA Olympic Team 2x silver medalist<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2008 USA Olympic Team 2x silver medalist<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2012 USA Olympic Team<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2006 Pan-Pacific Games 2x gold medalist<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2003 Pan-American Games gold medalist<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7x World Championship medalist<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">18x NCAA Championship titlist<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">28x All-American<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American Record Holder<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kara Lynn Joyce 2016\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DbMPkavxmjI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kara Lynn Joyce is a three-time Olympian who swam for the University of Georgia. 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