2006-07: Kristin swam her career bests last year in both the 500 freestyle and 100 butterfly, breaking the one-minute mark in the butterfly for the first time in her career. Primarily a butterflier, she also swam in the 500 freestyle. She contributed several points for Penn State in dual meets over the season. At Big Ten's she swam her fastest career times in both the 500 free and 100 fly while also swimming her second-best career time in the 200 fly. Her best finish of the season was a third place finish and she also had two fourth place finishes. She swam the fifth-fastest time on the year last year in the 200 fly.
Meet-by-Meet Highlights: Placed sixth in the 200 fly and was a part of the fourth place 400 medley relay team in the season-opening meet at West Virginia....Finished seventh in the 200 fly at the Big Cat Invitational....Swam in the 100 free, 100 fly and 200 fly at the Bell Grand Prix, swimming her fastest times of the year in all three events and her fastest career times in both the 100 free and 100 fly....Came in fourth in the 200 free in her only swim of the year in that event in the dual meet vs. West Chester....Finished fifth in the 200 fly in the dual meet vs. Ohio State....Placed ninth in the 200 fly and 16th in the 100 fly and also swam in the 500 free for the first time on the year at the Shamrock Invitational.

2005-06: Kristin won her first career event when she was part of the 200 medley relay team that finished first in the dual meet with St. Bonaventure. She also was a part of two other relay teams that placed second in meets during the season and also picked up points for the Nittany Lions in individual events in two other meets. Smith also set career best times in the 50 free, 500 free and 200 IM during the year. She was also an Academic All-Big Ten selection.
Meet-by-Meet Highlights: Placed eighth in the 200 fly at the Indiana/Ohio State/Penn State tri-meet....Placed third in the 200 fly, picking up points for Penn State and seventh in the 200 IM in the dual meet with Kenyon....Placed fifth in the 200 fly and was on the second place 400 free relay team in the dual meet vs. Rutgers....Part of the first place 200 medley relay team and also placed third in the 200 IM vs. St. Bonaventure....Finished fourth in the 100 fly in the dual meet at Florida....Part of the 200 medley relay team that finished second and also picked up points for Penn State with a fifth place finish in the 100 fly in the dual meet vs. West Chester....Picked up points for Penn State in the 200 fly (5th place) in the dual meet with West Virginia.

2004-05: Smith debuted with a fourth place finish against West Virginia in the 200 butterfly. She was only seconds away from beating out West Virginia for third place (2:12.78). Smith finished with an individual best time of 2:05.29 in the 200 fly at the Big Ten Championships.

High School: Smith was a member of the National Honor Society and swam for the Columbia Aquatics Association in Columbia, Md. She was named a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American three times.

Personal: Kristin Smith was born on January 10, 1986. Her parents are Nancy and Don Smith of Columbia, Md. Both parents are Penn State alums. She also has a younger sister, Kelsey. Smith is majoring in industrial engineering.

Why I Chose Penn State: "I chose Penn State because I really like the team and Coach Dorenkott, and PSU's College of Engineering ranks among the best in the country."