Kate is in the 400 and 800 Freestyle events at the 2008 Beijing Games.
Stats:
- CLUB: The Fish (FISH-VA)
- DOB: Jun 27, 1988
- HEIGHT: 5' 11" (180.3 cm)
- HOMETOWN: Great Falls, Va.
- RESIDENCE: Great Falls, Va.
- BIRTHPLACE: Fairfax, Va.
- COACHED BY: Ray Benecki
- PRONOUNCED: ZIG-ler
Personal Notes:
- High School: Bishop O’Connell HS '06
- College: George Mason '10
- Future Professional Aspirations: Interior decorating or psychology; loves fashion, and has considered becoming a personal shopper
- Parents: Don and Cathy; father is President of First Service Bank, and mother is a homemaker
- Sibling(s): Older brother (David) graduated from MIT; older sister (Anne) attended Mary Washington
- Sports Played Before Swimming: Basketball, softball
- Hobbies Outside the Pool: Shopping
- Most Influential Person: Her coach, Ray Benecki
- Charities: Serves as a "clean water ambassador" for the Global Water Foundation
- Sponsor(s): Speedo
- Training Stats: Swims 11,000 meters/yards per day, 2-4 hours a day, 6 days a week
- Likes to celebrate a big win by going out with her mom and getting her nails done
- turned professional in April 2006, forgoing her eligibility to swim for a college
- Favorites:
- Movies: Oceans 11, The Departed, The Notebook, Mean Girls
- t.v. shows: Friends, Grey's Anatomy
- music: rap, country, rock
