Kim Thoresen Class: Sophomore Hometown: Manassas, Va. High School: Osbourn Park Event: Breast/IM

2007-08: Swam four events for the Patriots, with three of her personal-best times (100 breast, 200 IM, 400 IM) coming at the Patriot Invitational.

Prep: Lettered all four years for the Yellow Jackets, and was captain her senior year ... was co-MVP and first team All-Area her junior year ... swam year-round for QDD Swim Team for nine years and Urbanna Swim Team summer league for 10 seasons ... coach of QDD her last three years was former Olympian Jeremy Linn ... National Honor Society and Quill and Scroll member.

Personal: Full name is Kimberly Nicole Thoresen ... parents are Barbara and Stephen Thoresen ... has two siblings, sister Christina (20) and brother Matthew (14) ... father, Stephen, swam four years at the U.S. Naval Academy ... hobbies include dancing and shopping ... chose Mason over UNC Wilmington, Old Dominion, Mary Washington and Shippensburg ... major is undecided.